Mosaic

A Friday-mosaic. Still sick. And bored. Digged into my flickr photostream and found people I love and things I like.

I added some links, a wishlist and some links to favourite spots in Stockholm.

Among them; Petite France - they've also received an award from a swedish newspaper. No surprise.

I will spend my evening drinking tea, knitting and sketching - and hoping that I will get well for tomorrows Lanternfestival.. Also would like to visit the quite new Russian store close to us: Matrjosjka. I always need pickled gherkins..

Just maybe it is time to start blog in swedish again. I don't even know If I have any foreign readers nowadays, since this has gone from being a blog about mostly knitting to a blog about - craft and life in general - especially my/our life and that is what I think it will continue to be, for me to continue blogging. Haven't decided yet.

Just det. Jag funderar på om det inte är lika bra att börjar skriva på svenska igen. Jag tror inte att jag har så värst många engelskspråkiga läsare, men det är svårt att veta. Skall tänka ett tag till. Ha en skön helg!

Fever

I am stuck in bed. Feverish and bored. So bored, to tired to read or knit or sew or work. I would really love to watch these movies.
Alice in Wonderland
Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life)

But I can't so I guess I will have some more tea and listen to some radio. Maybe wait for the promised snow to start falling. Little V was so happy about the snow yesterday! I could really use a couple of weeks more of autumn before winter...

Get inspired by:
Mamma P
Lisitalou

Thought I´d just stop by. I am planning this springs programme at Skogsbo at the moment. Wrting descriptions, trying to get everything to find a place in the shedule and to get a interesting and varied courses for you to choose from. I am also dreaming about the studio! In january me and three other crafters/artists are moving in to a quite small but wonderful studion, only five minutes away from here (by subway, fifteen by bike).

I really can't believe it is happening, and I don't think I will until I have the key in my hand.

Take care!

Recycle-design bloggen
Märta flyger igen
Cosas

So..

It seems as though Little V has caught something. He fell asleep before finishing his dinner and did not even wan't to eat an apple. That is something. Little V <3 apples.

B is at a parentmeeting and they are preparing the Lanternfestival, which will be celebrated in a couple of weeks by making lanterns Here is my entry on making the lantern last year. I just spoke to B and he told med he cut out a stag in the lantern. Can´t wait to see it!
It is awonderful festive efternoon - eating grilled apples, drinking hot soup and awaiting the dusk to come. Then, see all the wonderful paperlanterns being lit and following the singing children on their walk through the alotmentarea at södermalm in Stockholm. I love it.

I have been browsing around some favourite blogs and stumbled on a couple of really nice ones, of which some are new to me.
How we say hello
at hanna
le train fantôme
happysilly
angry chicken

Have a nice monday evening. I am planning on making even more tea and then knit another cowl. My favourite thing to knit and wear this fall. Working on two at the moment, one in lace and one in lovely garterstitch - using some off my tweedstash..

Oh, and I found this teatowel over at the Design Museum Shop.
I just love EVERYTHING Mr Ryan creates.

<3

Staying inside despite the lovely weather

After spending a couple of days with family in Gagnef, we are back in Stockholm. I feel cold, tired and kind of down. Maybe a little fever, maybe I just need some more sleep. Little V and B are off to celebrate dearest Ragnhild who had her birthday yesterday. Yay! A shawl, some knitting and tea usually helps but apparently not today. However we had a lovely but far to short stay at B´s father and stepmother. Laughs, nice meals, coffee and some knitting. Little V spent a whole day building a car (from one of B´s old skateboard!), and yesterday we had time to visit B´s oldest sister and her family in their new house outside Leksand. Without a doubt one of the beautiful houses I have ever sat my foot in. Wallpaintings, original dramatic wallpapers, tile stoves and a beautiful garden. I am so happy for them!

I also - of course - really hope that we will have a house of our own some day. Or flat closer to the ground and in a calmer part of town.. After leaving Dalarna and staying a couple of hours at B's granny (we left with two wonderful, traditional rugrags handwoven by realtives and several bags of beautiful fabrics) I frankly did not feel happy at all, waiting for the elevator to take us eight stories up. Bah..

I meant to workout this morning, but since my body hurts I decided I´d just stay inside today. Trying not to get to irritated about not exercising, knitting and working out is - as you know - really addictive..

No pictures of my own today, but some links and pictures by other, talented peolpe. Little V has a beautiful red, carudroy cap which I really need to show you some day soon.







Talented photographer Jon Huck has photographed people and their breakfast. Great project!

Pictures below comes from Vamlingbolaget. A company with an interesting background, which produces great and comfortable clothes on Gotland, Sweden. Patterns, colours, quality - always inspiring.





Love this birdpattern! These are archivephotos from the seventies.




Beautiful prints by Sanna Annuka.

Have a great sunday. I will try to get ready for a fresh week and continue knitting my SunflowerTam by Norah Gaughan. Pattern from "Knitting Nature". Lovely knit!

Take care, and if you need a sunday night snack I keep on recommending vanilla and ginger preserved pears! Easy to make, and if you just happen to have a jar of lingonberry/cinnamon pears waiting in the pantry - I recommend one pear of each, served with whipped cream or vanilla icecrem and some calvados or mulled wine.

I will se what B is making in the kitchen - he just got home and it smells lovely, prepare a small treasurehunt for little V and maybe brows for a nice stay in Helsinki with friends later this autumn..

Grimslätt
Hasseludden Yasuragi
Dinner at Wagamama
or at Hablingbo Creperie
and then maybe a week in Berlin and a weekend in Helsinki..

Meanwhile, I will try to get well and then enjoy at Skogsbo. Maybe coffee and hummus at Reggev, workout at Friskis and lunch over at Blå Porten this tuesday after a visit at Liljevalchs and the Märta Måås-Fjetterström exhibition "Märta flyger igen".

Have a great week. Wear socks and gloves, drink tea and do take time to enjoy this crisp fall-air and all the lovely colours.

Links:
Recycle Design-bloggen A really interesting one year cutting edge education at Eskilstuna Folkhögskola and their blog! Visit the blog and the class aswell. I was there a couple of weeks ago and taught a two day class on social medias and creative blogging.

Kiddet Always inspiring!

Tivoli Makes all three of us laugh - Subscribe!

About Malin, Fånge i sin egen kropp

Todays entry will be in swedish and a short one since there finally has been an article on ME in a swedish paper. The article is about my dear, dear friend Malin. I cannot even begin to describe how much I love and miss her. She has not been able to type and sit up since early this year, but her blog is still up. Do visit it!

I dag var det äntligen en artikel om ME i en svensk tidning, jag tror att det är början på en serie. Artikeln handlar om min kära, kära Malin. Jag kan inte med ord beskriva hur mycket jag saknar henne, hur ont det gör att inte kunna kommunicera annat än genom sms, att veta att hon inte ens får behandling. Att det inte går framåt. Det står still, eller blir sämre. Vad säger man då? Vad gör man då? Man är förtvivlad över att se någon man älskar må så dåligt, och man hoppas. Man minns. Man minns att det i den kroppen fortfarande är samma smarta, starka, vackra, lojala, passionerade, underbara kvinna med världens största hjärta som jag känt i snart 15 år. Att hon inte är borta. Att hon fortfarande gillar allt med banansmak, bra whisky, musik, arkeologi, politik, rökt tofu, mörk choklad, är en hejare på att laga mat. Att hon börjar bli riktigt bra på att sticka! Att hon har ett väldigt medryckande skratt och kan se hur finurlig ut som helst. Att hon är viljestark och verkligen vill leva. Man minns allt det och är tacksam för att hon finns. Men vad kan jag göra för att hjälpa henne? Finnas? Det känns så ynkligt.

Läs artikeln och besök Malins blogg: Sick but literate

Just married!

This saturday Björn and I got married in the beautiful herb-garden at Skogsbo. It was perfect! Family, great weather, fantastic food and beautiful ceremony, almost exactly nine years after we first met.

Summer

It feels as if we have been away for a very long time, but in fact it is only a couple of weeks.

There has been long summerevenings, days of rain and reading, meeting friends and hunting for old windows. This past week has been as summery-perfect as you could ever ask for. Sunny, warm, just windy enough to make a nap in the hammock in the shadow perfect and not to cold. I have been reading wast amounts of books, knitting and acutally finishing a beautiful woollen sweater for Little V. The pattern is called "Trolludden" and is designed by my dear friend Sara Toreld over at Grimslatt.se. The yarn is out of the fleece we sheared last autumn, that is a great feeling and a truly gorgeous yarn. Soft and shiny, and a lovely knit!

Yesterday I finished the sweater and Little V ran of when he tried it on, before I even had time to secure all the threads. He sat in the hammock for a long time and seemed to enjoy himself.

Sad enough I was not able to teach at Stickstämman as I had planned. Apparently I catched a gastric catarrh and I still don´t feel quite well. No coffee or stress and hardly no standing up for me for some time.

I am planning to spend this next three weeks of summer by working a couple of days and hours now and then, planning short and longer adventures and by finishing up some new Grimslätt patterns.

For those of you who bought the Grimslätt mitten kit: as pointed out by one of you there was an error in the chart! I was to blind staring at the pattern, and did not realize that the error was right in front of me, but on the chart. I hope that you have been able to finish your mittens, and if you have not - I will fix the pdf and mail it to you. Thank you Mia, for noticing!

How have you been? I have some pics to show you, but you will have to wait.
Take care!
/E

Sunday

I am really looking forward to vacation! So much has happened this year, and I really need the rest. The rest, and the adventure.

I will be working next week and the me and B are off to Gotland for a couple of days. Again :-) We will be taking soilsamples, and hopefully the weather won't be as bad as during our last visit. We will stay at a hostel in Hemse, and maybe have time to visit Labans shop.

The other day I booked us a dinnertable at Hablingbo creperie, and we also hope to have time to visit Fide Fajans, Hablingbo cafe and Beck & rep. Maybe lunch over at Bakfickan? We'll see. It is always nice to be back at the island. If you havn't been to Visby I strongly suggest a coffee over at Rosas, some shopping (clothes/yarn and interior design) at Yllet, tea and coffee at Kränku, furniture and coffee over at the newly opened GAD shop. Outside Visby Vamlingbolaget and, Gotlands Ullspinneri is a must!

I am packing my wellies, books, knitting, raincoat, thermos, camera and aloegel. I am currently digging in to two thrillers by Mons Kallentoft. Usually I am not a thriller-kind-of-personl, but this summer - anything goes.

So. I guess it is time to write some lists and start the sunday cleaning. I promised little V that we would either bake or solve a beautiful jigsaw I bought last time we went to Visby.

have a nice week!

So! I hope you all had a wonderful midsummer and that you have time to enjoy these beautiful summerdays! I had this week off, although I spent yesterday planning and shopping for Skogsbo. Two weeks left before I leave for about a month. Yay! Today I've spent cleaning and running errands. I managed to to some good shopping at home and did not need to go into town.


Thougt I'd just put up som pictures from our flat. Our new quilted bedspread and pillows. All from Afroart.


And my favourite place this time of the year. The red chair on the balcony. Perfect spot for reading, sketching, thinking, drinking tea, spinning, knitting and just resting.. What's your favourite spot?

Take care!