Roses on a fence outside a church in Oslo, Norway - in memory of the victims of July 22th 2011. Hard to blog now, after what has happened in my city & country. But I will try to be back soon... ♥...

Knitting women

A picture from the old days: knitting was done in between other chores...like here: while walking :)

Found this old picture of a little girl knitting! I don't know who made it... :)

I finally found the book "Norwegian Knitting Designs" ! It's a classic I have been looking for a long time... :)It's a cute,old little book (63 pages) with many traditional Norwegian patterns,...

Waiting for summer - it's still kind of cold up here, I found this supercute little bird house, and a lovely shabby chic vintage flower mug! And I am still knitting on the Marius sweater...

Just started on the ribbed knit Marius-sweater.Knitting a sweater feels a little bit like a marathon to me, but I am thinking: Just do it ! I made a mother of pearl-flower stitch marker in...

Magical Forrest

I had to go back to the woods again, to rephotograph the precious flowers. Hard to immagine anything more beautiful, than the forrest floor covered with this starry carpet...

Magical Forrest

I had to go back to the magical forrest again, and rephotograh the precious flowers.Hard to immagine anything more beautiful, than this starry carpet...

Just decided to knit a sweater, with the classic Norwegian Marius-design - in 3 shades of gray.I will knit it in alpaca, and I will knit the arms and the body together on a circular needle :)I am...

Norwegian Woods

I love May in Norway, it's such a beautiful month. I went for a long walk in the forest, and the wood anemones were blooming all over, covering the ground like a white carpet... so incredibly...

Happy knitting Easter !!! Easter is a great time for finding a peaceful moment, to sit outside in the sun knitting - enjoying the feeling of spring! And maybe finish some WIP (WorksInProgress) and...

Create your own designs

Many prefer drawing patterns on graph paper, but for us computer addicts I just found two awesome programs for knitting design: Icelandic KnitBird - a cute and very effective software, perfect for...

Knitting Huldra

Theodor Kittelsen (1857 - 1914) is beyond doubt the greatest artist of Norwegian folklore. His illustrations of Norwegian nature and folktales has greatly influenced our immagination, espescially...

In the sunny, snowy woods

Yesterday we went in the woods to take pictures. Theres was still lots of snow, and the sun was shining - which always reminds me of Easter... Henriette was of course wearing her new mittens :) You...

Here's a selbu mitten pattern found in a magazine from 1948. The Selbu rose has a style characteristic of the 50s ! Should be readable, but the text is in Norwegian, and so politically incorrect......

It's snowing again... ★ I love these vintage prints, they are so innocent. Just uploaded the diagram for the cable knit scarf tonight, hope you enjoy it ! For more detailed instructions on how to...

Winter never ends in Norway, so I made another cable knit scarf, in Alpaca wool. The yarn is supersoft, nice and fluffy, so I used 7 mm needles. Just so fun to knit :) The pattern is my own...

When creating something with my hands, I often think aboutthe past. Maybe because by knitting, we maintain a tradition created by those who lived before us.Many old designs are very intricate,...

Magic Loop

So, I just started knitting mittens using the Magic Loop method... This is a method not very well known in Scandinavia, at least I had never heard of it before I saw it on the internet...! Magic...

A beautiful book ♥

I got this precious pearl of a book for my birthday; "Selbuvotten", a book about the iconic selbu mitten and its history. The author Terri Shea has done profound research on the history of selbu...

The First Mitten ✩

Welcome to my new and fresh blog ♥ !I will try to make this a creative knitting diary, with small projects,traditional knits and my own designs :)Being a Norwegian, I love our old culture and...