Knit sleeve jacket
It’s done. The knit sleeve jacket I have been working on since I started spinning the sleeve yarn four years ago. This is one of my biggest projects. It includes five different textile techniques, and...
View ArticleLinen shawl
Another long-time project is finished, a linen shawl in yarn I spun last summer and have been knitting off and on since then. The flax is between 80 and 120 years old and comes from the Austrian...
View ArticleKnit, rip, reknit
Have you ever knit a garment, not really used it, ripped it and reknit it into something else? I hadn’t until just recently. Today I knit, rip, reknit and rejoice. Spoiler alert: There is no spinning...
View ArticleWool Journey 2023
in 2014 I started a wool traveling club with four friends. Since then we have gone on an annual wool journey together. This year we went to one of the members’ house to weave. Today I launch a new...
View ArticleStash top
Several coincidences led me to knitting this stash top – a weekend in need of a knit. A stashed handspun yarn in need of a project. Hands and mind in need of wool on long work meetings. The idea for...
View ArticleNew socks
I’m not a sock knitter. I love the idea of hand knit socks, but I rarely wear them and I find the knitting quite boring. But then came cold baths. And suddenly I need lots of new socks. I love Irene...
View ArticleStash and grab
A couple of weeks ago I found a shawl pattern that whispered sweet words in my ears. I saved it for later, but it kept poking me for attention. I realized I had all the yarn I needed for it in my...
View ArticleDaily hat
Hats are the ultimate knitting projects. They are small enough to fit in a pocket, they are usually knit in the round, they don’t have to be matched with a twin, you can experiment with difficult...
View ArticleDanish wrist warmers
I fell for Danish star patterned night sweaters, bought the book and decided to practice the technique in a small scale by knitting a pair of Danish wrist warmers. It happened agan. An idea came and...
View ArticleSlot-slot-hole-slot
I don’t know how to weave. Still, I do it. Join me as I move through warping a shawl in my handspun and hand dyed silk singles, in a slot-slot-hole-slot dance across the heddles. Slot-slot-hole-slot....
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