Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Friday, April 09, 2021
Finished knitting project - sweater no. 2 in 2021.
Sometimes inspiration is found in unexpected places - and times. I was watching an Instagram Live with a crafter that taught me how to spin yarn, and she was wearing the most incredible sweater I'd ever seen!
I managed to find it on Ravelry, and bougt the pattern. Trove
Originally knitted in one colour with several contrast colours, but I had an idea for yarn I already had - Sølje by Hillesvåg, dyed by Værbitt in the Tordivel colour (dung beetle in english).
It took me about 6-7 weeks to knit this sweater. But I love it! It's warm and fluffy and smells like wool..
And the colours - the natural grey and the shifting contrast yarn, making it almost shimmer like the metallic colours of beetles.
I decided to knit it in a smaller size than the pattern recommended, because I wanted it to have a snugger fit. The sleeves, therefore, had to be lengthened.
The construction of the neck and shoulders were insteresting and new to me. I guess I keep finding patterns that require me to learn new techniques. I decided to follow the recommendation from the pattern to use italian bindoff too, which took some extra time but gave a very nice result.
And now? Now I'm on a sweater break. I'm knitting a shortsleeved top, but there's yarn and pattern ready for another two sweaters waiting in line.. Including handspun yarn (which will be my first time knitting with my own made yarn). There are exciting projects ahead!
Thursday, April 08, 2021
Løvetannmamma
My mother-in-law gave me a bag of Kauni yarn last year, and I figured that I might as well try to use as much of it as possible, knitting a sweater for myself.
The colours in the pictures are a bit off.. the yarn changes colour from dark blue, to purple and blue, before returning to dark blue.
I've been wearing it quite much lately, it's thin enough to not feel stuffed, yet wam enough to be comfortable in the changing Spring temperatures.
And for the bag of yarn I was "using up"? Well, there's another sweater's worth of yarn left..
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
Finish what you started
I've continued working through my drawers of started projects, and stumbled upon three blocks from a project I made a few years ago (and an extra square of the background fabric). So, instead of making another large project using these blocks, I decided to pair them and make lavender pouches of them. and before I knew it, they were done! It only took four years..
 |
| Front |
 |
| Back |
And then I found four stitcheries just hiding underneath another project.. Well, we can't have any of that, right? Not in the year of finishing things.
A leftover block from my "dotted death"-projet (which still needs either binding - or a trip to the trashcan) paired with some red Moda fabric got a little bit of freemotion machine quilting practice. Perhaps a miniature tabletopper or a mugrug?
Another Christmas stitchery received the same treatment, this time matched up with some blue fabric. I see that I need to practice my fmmq, so I guess if (let's be realistic, when) I find any more blocks like this, I'll take the opertunity to get some more practice.
The last two recently unearthed were made into a couple of zipper bags. They're small, but larger than I first thought, not that it would be a problem. My plan was to make them into notions bags for knitting - with stitchmarkers, needles, a small pair of scissors and a tape measurer. Perhaps as gifts to a couple of my knitting friends.
Saturday, April 03, 2021
This is my medallion for week 13 of the #focuscuttingsewalong hosted by @naomialicec 📘 Ending this theme with some of our family favourites, and a quote from my professor at HiO : it doesn’t matter what they read, as long as they read. So! Comics are just as welcome as the great classics in our house (and bookshelves) 🤓
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
And then it was completed..
I had to ask my mom to check her blog archive to find the year I started working on this UFO.
It turns out that it was from 2008.
One of my uncles went to Seattle and said that mom and I could order something to his hotel for him to bring back, and so we went to Keepsake Quilting and found a few items. Among them was this panel for me - Happily Ever After. I decided to handquilt it, and begun the task back in the summer of 2008. Quite quickly finishing the quilting of the house and most of the large tree - and then it went into a drawer and waited. And waited. And waited some more...
Until! It resurfaced this winter!
I contemplated ripping out the quilting and just quilt it by machine, but I'd gotten that far - why not finish it? And for about a month or two this was my goto-project for my Teams meetings where I was to listen and pay attention (and not speak).
And now it is done. 13 years later.
I still think it's a pretty panel - and I'd like to hang it up on the wall somewhere (I just need to find the perfect spot).
I've spent some time lately, tidying and going through my crafty stuff, throwing out a bunch of things and copies that are just not speaking to me anymore - and rediscovering quite a few started projects that I feel have a chance of being finished. So, in between working on newer (and slowgoing) projects, I'm trying to give these UFO's some well-deserved time and care - sticking by my frase of the year : Finished, not perfect.
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Sunday, March 14, 2021
8-14 #100hexies100days2021 Treasures 🌟 I treasure the fabric I bought while visiting Tokyo, Japan a few years ago, using tiny pieces of them now and then. The last hexie is from the most expensive piece of fabric I’ve ever bought, I’ve saved it until now. ✨ Oh, the memories related to these little pieces of fabric ❤️ #100hexies100days
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Week 10 of the #focuscuttingsewalong hosted by @naomialicec 💪🏻 International Women’s Day. I usually try not to repeat fabric in these sewalongs, but #grlpwr by @damasklove is just too perfect not to use. And the illustrations by @lisaaisato (this is from the cover of her book «Livet - illustrert») are gorgeous and powerful - and simply brilliant. 💜 To girls and women everywhere 💜
Saturday, March 06, 2021
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Week 7 of the #focuscuttingsewalong hosted by @naomialicec ❤️ Things that I love : listening to music and podcasts while working, crafting and walking - the late or wee hours when the rest of the house is sleeping (aka an owl) - mittens! (always cold..) - sewing and crafting (pins & needles) - Snusmumrikken (Snufkin) and the rest of the moomins - cute fabric and dreams of what they can become. 🤍
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Sunday, February 07, 2021
Done is better than perfect
I just decided to have a quote to live (craft) by in 2021 (rather than a word, as I’ve seen other bloggers do). Ironically, just after deciding this, I spent a good hour unpicking the quilting on one of my projects.. *facepalm*
Done is better than perfect
Friday, January 29, 2021
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Må si det har vært en _liten_ utvikling siden spinnekurset i februar 2020. Fra venstre mot høyre : kursspinning @rentoppspinn hjemmespinning @spincityuk silke/mohair @rentoppspinn selvfarget fiber @lailakarlsmo merino @spindlesandstitches 🧶 Mer fiber er spunnet - og enda mer fiber ligger og venter! Nye håndteiner er på vei fra @spinnvilt også 🧤 Snart får jeg strikke litt med dette her, tror jeg, og ikke bare spinne. 🤩
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Monday, January 18, 2021
De siste to årene har jeg spart på magebåndet (lappen) til alle garnnøstene jeg har strikket opp i den søte #bunding posen fra #bladetgarn @bladetgarn Deretter har jeg satt opp en oversikt over året som har gått. I 2020 gikk det med 43 2/5 nøster - som resulterte i 2 270 gram eller 8 730 meter brukt garn. Det er ikke verst! 🤓 (Lagerstatusen? Nei, du, den snakker vi ikke noe om... 🙈🤭🤫)
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Friday, January 08, 2021
Wednesday, January 06, 2021
Monday, January 04, 2021
Friday, January 01, 2021
Thursday, December 31, 2020
My #yearofcolour for 2020 including Squirrel, Slate Gray, Irish Coffee, Tawny Port, Husk, Hot Cinnamon, Galliano, Sandrift, Wisteria, Hacienda, Harvest Gold, Pancho, Salem, Screamin' Green, Chathams Blue, Carmine, Tradewind, Deep Cerulean, Vivid Violet, Grain Brown, Straw, Banana Mania, Rodeo Dust. @yearofcolour #yearofcolour
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Friday, December 25, 2020
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Block two of the L&HFA SAL
Here's my block two. I know mom stitched a different block, the one with the three ornaments, if you know which one that might be.
This one took almost all week to finish. I didn't spend every evening all week stitching, but it took quite some time to stitch all the little swirls of the deer's horn.
I love the little mouse, though, sleeping on the deer's back.
Or is this a reindeer? *shrug*
Next block up for me, is the stocking.
Sunday, December 06, 2020
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
A new SAL - First block done
After completing the final block of the Story of my Day, my mom and I decided to stitch the Christmas blocks from Love and Hugs from Australia. Neither of us could rememer which block was the first one, so we both stitched the first block in both our piles - coincidentally the same block!
Underneath the block is my current knitting experience. I'm not sure when it'll be done, there's no deadline - and no pattern! I've had an idea for a while now, and decided why not just try and see if it works out.
I'll keep you posted on the progress. And who knows, perhaps it'll be a finished object once.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)