Crafts by Wynja

Jodå

2012-01-25T14:10:00.001+01:00

Fortfarande sjuk, fortfarande feber. Sedan den 5 januari. Andra antibiotikakuren, magen är helt utslagen. Jag är helt utslagen. Utslagen och less. Urless.

Orkar i princip bara sova. Sova, lyssna på radio och ibland se på en Husmorsfilm. Jag vill varna känsliga tittare, de är underbara OCH vidriga. Men, jag kan exempelvis verkligen rekommendera korgavsnittet i 1960 års upplaga. Inget för den med svagt hjärta...>

Ja, jag skall väl vila då.

Vissa saker tar för lång tid

2012-01-21T16:03:00.001+01:00

Det tar alldeles för lång tid för mig att bli frisk. Jag har varit sjuk i över två veckor och visst är jag lite bättre, men fortfarande långt i från frisk. Händer det inget revolutionerande i morgon blir det läkarbesök igen på måndag. Så ytterst tråkigt.

Det värsta med att vara sjuk, förutom att man inte mår bra, är ju att man inte orkar göra ett enda någe alls. Fruktansvärt långtråkigt. Jag är både less och tvär.

I dag hade Kulturskolan öppet hus här i förorten, så V och Björn var nere och se vad som fanns. Tyvärr var dansuppvisningen slut, men trumpet och tuba kunde man få prova. Roligt, men det verkar som att det är dans och fiol som står på önskelistan om lilla V själv får välja.

Ett stygn då och då, i evighet amen.

Det här är dagen när det började skymma straxt efter att det blev ljust.

Knack-knack

Inifrån Vs rum hör man mest musik, och legoljud. Soundtracket till "Oh Brother" går runt runt runt och själv ligger jag i soffan (som vanligt) och lyssnar på First aid kit. Rysligt bra, och ungefär vad jag pallar med. Var har jag lagt bricanylen nu då...

Emma Adbåge

Underbart fin flanell från Alewives Fabrics.

Hoppas att ni har en fin lördag i rimfrosten.

Hej då jul

2012-01-13T16:47:00.000+01:00

I dag var det dags. Ut med julen, ut med granen. Jag satt i soffan och flämtade - Björn klippte ned granen gren för gren. Nu är julen nedpackad och på väg upp på vinden, men jag ville ha en minnesbild.

Jag fick mer medicin av läkaren i dag och hoppas att andningen skall bli lite enklare, det är faktiskt riktigt vidrigt nu. Hoppas att ni har det bra därute i verkligheten. Ha en trevlig helg.

Nu skall jag läsa det senaste numret av Mollie Makes som B precis hade med sig hem.

Nä fy

2012-01-11T17:52:00.001+01:00

Jag säger ingenting, men fy fasen.

Längtar till den dagen vi kan ha höns! De här bilderna från Soulemama dämpar inte precis den längtan. Jag kan höra dem, kan du?

Stötte på tidningen Mollie Makes på nätet för ett tag sedan. Har skickat en kurir för att köpa ett nummer om det finns på press stop. Bläddra är ungefär vad jag kan göra just nu.

Och, jag kan inte låta bli. Låt mig presentera ännu ett underverk, en av Bostonbaserade Mimi Kirchners underbara rävar.

Foto från Mimi Kirchners sida - besök den!

Lunginflammation

2012-01-10T19:49:00.001+01:00

Jag var visst lite väl mopsig här om dagen. Febern kom tillbaka. Så även infuensan med allt vad det innebär och det hela verkar ha kulminerat med en lunginflammation. Det blir inget långt inlägg, för händerna värker precis som allt annat i precis hela kroppen. Jag kan varken sy, sticka eller skriva - fastän jag har spännande projekt som väntar på alla fronter. Men, det är ju som det är när man är sjuk.

Har en del att se fram emot i vår! Redan till Sportlovet blir det en resa med familjen till Budapest. Det var länge sedan jag var där, så såfort jag blir piggare skall jag leta rätt på lite bra utflykter. Det skall bli roligt att träffa släktingar också!

Men lite planering och tur blir det baske mig en tur till Helsingfors och en till Berlin också. På en lagom febernivå just nu ligger att titta på tyger i en himlarns trevlig tygbutik i Berlin, Frau Tulpe.

Tyg från Kokka

Mer från Kokka

Tyg från In the beginning fabrics

Nu skall jag vila. Igen, det verkar vara det jag klarar av.

Ett alldeles nytt år, en alldeles ny början

2012-01-07T11:19:00.003+01:00

Äntligen, äntligen lite snö och allt känns lättare, ljusare. Jag har passat på att vara riktigt kalassjuk under de sista dagarna av semestern, men kanske är det på bättringsvägen nu. Influensa är verkligen inget vidare, helt utslagen har jag varit. 2012 har mycket spännande att erbjuda, en del av det vet jag om redan nu och sedan kan man väl räkna med en hel del överraskningar.

En del saker behöver man vänja sig vid, och vilket sätt är bättre än att sticka när ro finns? Maska för maska.

Ha en skön lördag och lyssna på det här, Kulturradions program om Norröra och Söderöra.

365 Lucky days
tsk tsk

Kakbak och vårvinter

2011-02-13T20:21:00.000+01:00

I fredags var det nog inte bara vi som fick tänka om lite. Ingen av oss kom i väg på möten, till jobbet eller till förskoleutflykt. Snöovädret kom till stan helt enkelt. Vi spenderade dagen med att städa, baka bröd och kakor, lägga pärlplattor, gå och simma och ta det rätt lugnt. Inte alls tokigt. Det var rätt härligt att äta fredagslunch tillsammans, och kura i soffan på morgonen med en kopp te och lite morgontv med
ovädersrapport. Tur för oss som kunde stanna hemma, tur för oss som kunde välja. Och tillfällig tur för oss som inte hade bil.

I går var vi ute och njöt i solen! Jag sprang min sex kilometersrunda men det gick rätt tungt, jag skyllde i mitt stilla sinne på att jag bara simmat sedan i tisdags - men det var nog kylan. Snabbare gick det i alla fall, och efter en riktigt snöpulsningspromenad på eftermiddagen var jag rätt mör. Men så skönt med solen - ljuset gör mig verkligen på bättre humör. Nu kanske inspirationen och orken kommer tillbaka?

Söndagar är på sätt och vis min favoritdag. Det finns en lugn jag verkligen uppskattar, när jag har vett att ta vara på det. I dag var det en sådan dag. Även om jag är trött som tusan så var det en bra dag. Frukost tillsammans, en tur till Liljeholmen och Stadsmissonen med alla utrensade kläder och ja - kakbak. För att lite grann förklara omfattningen vill jag säga att vi helt enkelt hade en paket smör i kylen som höll på att gå ut. Så det blev lite bak. Kolakakor (standardkakan här hemma) med mycket ingefära, havreflarn och farmors spröda russinkakor. Inte lika goda som farmors, men goda ändå.

Det blev en eftermiddagspromenad i solen och snön också. Men ingen löpning i dag, bara jag och gåstavarna. Det kanske ser lökigt ut, men jag vill påstå att det är rätt bra träning för armar, axlar och rygg. Stickmuskulaturen alltså.

Men viktigast i dag var ändå besöken på Stödfikat för anrika Fria Teatern i Högdalen. Teatern har fått halverat verksamhetsstöd - mer om det går att läsa på hemsidan. Nu gäller det att visa hur viktig kulturen och teatern är för oss som bor och vistas här. Kulturen behövs i den utskällda förorten.

Dagens ord är lokal förankring, möjligen också kultursyn. Kom nästa söndag du med! Det var jättetrevligt - filmvisning, tröjtryck, gott fika och möjlighet att göra egna knappar. Valdar gjorde två, med stor glädje. Nästa söndag bakar vi och bidrar med det lilla i alla fall. Det är otroligt värdefullt att kunna handla, gå till biblioteket, tandläkaren, besöka simhallen och träna, promenera och delta i ett aktivt kulturliv där vi bor. Att det finns där när man kommer hem från förskola och arbete på andra håll i stan.

Fredag

2011-01-28T23:10:00.000+01:00

Ännu en dag med härlig vintersol. En hel vecka hemma med sjuk Valdar går mot sitt slut. Försöker att inte vara frustrerad över allt jag inte hunnit med på jobbet, men ser onekligen fram emot en arbetsvecka där vi alla är friska - håll en tumme för det. I dag tog jag mig ut på en springtur i Kräppladalen och fick njuta av vintersolen ordentligt. Mycket välbehövligt!

Eftermiddagen bjöd på en tur till ikea med Heléne och kvällen på film och handarbete. Ett gammalt handkviltningsprojekt åkte fram - men tålamodet fanns inte riktigt och rätt var det var gick det sönder och alldeles åt skogen. Återkommer till den en dag i dagsljus med mer ork. Däremot blev det lite yllebroderi. Drömmer om ett riktigt stort projekt, något att bita i. Återkommer till det. Nu skall jag lägga mig och fundera över vilket garn och vilken färg jag skall sticka denna tröja i samt hur trevligt det skall bli med polkagrismakeri i morgon.

Ha en skön helg!

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Sundins Guld Sixten

2011-01-27T22:20:00.001+01:00

Om det är något man bör ägna sig åt i vintersolen så är det ju faktiskt skidåkning. I dag kom B hem med ett par nya (?) skidor till mig - Sundins Guld Sixten. Man måste bara älska dem för namnet om inte annat. Så nu hoppas jag på lite åkning i helgen.

Det finns hopp

2011-01-26T23:08:00.001+01:00

Om jag får önska vill jag gärna ha fler soliga dagar nu. Gärna vinter, gärna kallt, gärna snö - men sol och fågelsång. På hantverksfronten är det mycket lagning nu. Valdar som leker sönder tröjor som skall stoppas, sockor sockor sockor och sönderlekta underställ. Jag gillar det måste jag säga, det finns en ro i det och en glädje över att inte behöva slänga. Att jag kan laga. Ibland blir lagningen fin, ibland bara funktionell.

Men emellanåt åker Lady Eleonor fram, hon är fortfarande bland oss- och sedan virkkorgen. Det är rutorna, du vet de där som är varje restgarnskorgs mål och mening. Det är mormorsrutorna. Lagom krävande, mjukt (alpackarestgarner) och smått. Skönt när man är trött, ottålig, upptagen och ändå verkligen behöver handarbeta.

Annars har jag ju sedan oktober helt klart fått ett nytt stort intresse. Otippat nog är det löpning, eller ja - joggning (jogging?). Man kan ju lungt säga att det var en lite okonventionell säsong att börja, men nu är jag ju inte alltid helt konventionell och impulsiv kan stundvis vara en god egenskap. Med hjälp av den här utmärkta planen fick jag en bra och lagom start, efter några veckor började jag springa efter eget huvud. Det gick också fint.

Och vet du. Det är faktiskt fantastiskt roligt, vem hade kunnat tro det? Inte jag. Dumt av mig. På kuppen letade jag mig fram till ett fantastiskt naturområde precis runt knuten här, och då känns det inte så outhärdligt att bo i stan ändå - jag skall nog överleva så länge.

Är det slut nu?

2010-08-17T23:07:00.003+02:00

På sommaren alltså. Det känns onekligen så, när vi klev av tunnelbanan tidigare i dag var belysningen tänd och klockan var inte mer än halv sex. Daggen ligger kvar i gräset länge om dagarna nu, luften är mättad av blomdofter -i bästa fall. På vägen ned till Skogsbo försöker jag gissa vilka dofter som avlöser varandra. Jag är nog mycket för dofter, och nu börjar det dofta mot höst. Valdars hår luftar fortfarande solvarm skog när jag säger godnatt. Men varifrån kommer allt det här vemodet..?

5 augusti 2010

29 december 2009

För en vecka sedan kändes det ju fortfarande som sommar. Jag inledde dagen med ett morgondopp och sedan två hinkar regnvatten och en skopa i bastun - utan värme på och avslutningsvis en stund på bryggan med den här utsikten.
De stunderna skall jag ha med mig nu i höst och längre fram ändå. Långa frukostar tillsammans och oceaner av tid. Tid att prata, skratta, diska, bada, läsa. Så okomplicerat och vansinnigt romantiskt, inte kul i längden kanske (Vem försöker jag lura, jag skulle gärna - nu börjar frukten mogna och vill koka in allt!)

Egentligen är det ju inte svårare än att varje tid har sin tjusning och hösten är ju en vansinnigt bra avslutning på sommaren och övergång till vintern. Onekligen. Och strategin kanske snarast skall ligga i att vårda minnena ömt, se till att skapa fler och faktiskt fortsätta att ha en meningsfull vardag. Man behöver inte bara överleva under vardagarna och vänta med att leva till semestern. Det blir bara ett annat liv.

Blidö ligger ju för all del kvar också. Det blir en tur om bara några veckor tror jag - det var de där päronen.

Eftertanke är det för all del inte heller fel på, men det är väl lite chockartat alltihop bara.

Tiden som rinner iväg och jag i den. Nu är det ett år sedan vi gifte oss, tio år sedan vi träffades. Lilla V börjar i sexårsgruppen på förskolan och nästa år vid den här tiden är det bara dagar kvar till skolstart. Hisnande.

Sommaren har i alla fall varit underbar och med ett klart navalt tema. Vi har badat sött och salt - varmt och kallt, seglat, åkt olika sorters båt väldigt olika långt. Seglat med Helmi till Rödlöga från Blidö och hem igen. En underbar tur trots busvädret. Vi har haft en härlig dag i Tiveden med skog, vandring och bad, kalas i Bohuslän, mer hav och tid för varandra och för vänner. Precis som det skall vara.

En heldag på Hasseludden Yasuragi har jag också hunnit med. Vilken underbar plats!

Helmis storslagna storsegel

En hel del handarbete har det också blivit. Stickning - bara Lady Eleonore, jag har skött mig fint, matlagning, sömnad, handqulitning och små roliga sashikoprojekt. Som lavendelpåsar med Eva i Näshulta. Det var det där med dofter! Vilken lyx att få sitta utanför Vidåsen och bara dofta på sommaren!

Så nu skall jag se fram emot höstens dofter - äpplen, äppelkaka, grytor, te, mer kaffe, kardemumma, nybakat, regn, solvarm skog och mossa, löv, whisky, fuktig ull och flera. Vilka är dina höstdofter? Jag ser fram emot en hösteftermiddag i solen med kaffetermosen och stickningen i knäet. Snart skall jag till och med längta efter den, men tills dess skall jag njuta av det som är kvar av sommaren.

Det finns mycket att vara tacksam över! Att få ha alla dessa platser att besöka, att ha en tillflyktsort, att få sitta ned en stund med farmor varje dag under flera veckor och få höra om hur det var på Söderäng när hon var barn.

Den kopplingen bakåt känns plötsligt helt central. Det är det där pärlbandet bakåt och framåt, upp och ned. Sjöbloms dass, Helmi, Söderäng, Öregrund och Ungern. Allt i ett. Jag vill börja gräva!

Farmor fyllde 86 år den tolfte augusti.
Det finns mycket att vara tacksam över!

Årets familjebild

2010-07-25T22:29:00.000+02:00

Ha en fortsatt härlig sommar!

Fortfarande på grönbete

2010-07-25T19:39:00.000+02:00

I morgon åker vi vidare till Blidö för två veckor. Jag försöker lära mig hur jag skall blogga från iphonen och publicera bilder, återkommer när jag förstår det. Men nu bara njuter jag av att umgås med Valdar, spela kort, sticka, brodera, baka, träffa vänner, göra utflykter, skriva brev, planera framtiden, fundera, bada och andas.

Valdar ombord på Smulan under segling med Johanna

Utanför smedjan och glashyttan på Fjäderholmarna.

Kvällspromenad i den Japanska trädgården på Hasseludden Yasuragi (dit åker jag hjärtans gärna igen!)

Lavendelpås-verkstad i Näshulta - det doftade och de doftar underbart.
Som komprimerad sommar!

Ett av Valdars alster. Han är minst sagt förjust i Tooticki.

Vi har en härlig sommar, låt den aldrig ta slut - eller åtminstone inte ännu.

Dalarna

2010-06-26T18:34:00.000+02:00

I korthet: myggor, vila, Sätergläntan, familjen, grilla, sticka, utflykt, majstång, sill, kall öl, skrubbsår, knott, kaffe och jordgubbstårta, fiska, fotboll, vedspis, utedass, små grodorna, läsa, promenera, prata, skratta, släkten, tåg, bil, jordgubbar, husinspektion, serieutställning. Åter i stan sent i morgon kväll!

Nu bär det av

2010-06-23T14:29:00.000+02:00

Lady E

Om ett par timmar går tåget till Djurås och midsommarfirande vid Gimmen. Det är välbehövligt och skönt med sommarlov för oss alla tre. Jag packar nattlinne för lata morgonpass, hängmatta, kofta, ett par böcker och en stickning såklart. Det är Lady Elenonor som får åka med - minns ni henne? Utmärkt tågstickning och semesterstickning. Planen är att lata sig, träffa släkt och familj, besöka Sätergläntans butik och sommarutställningen på Adelborgsmuseet i Gagnef - "Från Skiss till Serie". Missa inte den!

Ur Loranga, Dartanjang och Masarin av Sara Olausson

Bild från Sommarutställningens hemsida

2010-06-22T01:37:00.003+02:00

Om vi får fresta!

2010-05-03T10:07:00.004+02:00

Som ditt alldeles eget Kinderägg - som vinst varje gång - Sticka! presenterar...
365 saker du kan sticka

2010-01-22T00:03:00.004+01:00

Tillbaka i stan, tillbaka på jobbet, tillbaka i goda och en del dåliga vanor. Sömnen är inte vad den borde nu för tiden. Jag önskar att den var det. Det finns mycket jag önskar; och nu ligger ett helt nytt år framför oss - kanske hinner en del önskningar att gå i uppfyllelse?

Helgerna var härliga, vintriga - krispigt kalla och vackra, lugna och vedeldade. Vi lyssnade på Birgitta Ulfsson och "Trollvinter"; mycket passande på Blidö, åt ohemula mängder julgodis, läste böcker, Valdar åkte skidor och byggde lego. Jag stickade faktiskt en del julklappar, började virka på en filt - en längtansfilt och vi mest njöt av att vara lediga. Vattnet frös i ledningarna, så det tinades snö till disk och tandborstning. Men vad gjorde väl det? Helgerna var vedeldade.

Jag trivs utmärkt med virkningen just nu, vilken dag som helst försöker jag nog virka efter beskrivning också. Än så länge är det mjuka rutor i glada färger, var och en, sen tillsammans, och tillsammans - det kommer ta tid, men det kommer också att bli en både varm och fin historia. Och kanske mer än någonsin måste jag säga att jag verkligen gillar att saker får ta tid.

Den tiden ger jag mig. Jag ger mig tid.

Björn trillade över några riktigt trevliga länkar för den som gillar kläder från för inte så hemskt länge sedan ; Le Laboureur, och Old Town Clothing. Buss på. Själv hittade på den sistnämnda sidan två tyger som får mig att fundera på exakt vad jag skall klä om..

Bilderna kommer från nätbutiken där man kan köpa dessa UNDERBARA tyger av Mark Hearld. Där kan man även köpa Angie Lewins "Hedgerow" bland andra. Ta en titt på St.Judes vettja! Besök även St Jude´s prints. Där vill man ha en av varje...

Ha en trevlig helg!

Nu är det snart dags!

2009-12-21T20:17:00.002+01:00

Jag vill i all enkelhet önska er en hel hoper med trevliga helger. Ät godis, rulla runt i snön och vila. Själv tänker jag läsa Sara Lidman, sticka i den mån armen inte strejkar och umgås med B och Lilla V. Underbart skall det bli!

För den som vill kan man höra mig i dagens avsnitt av Syjuntan i P1, Syjuntan och trösten. Jag tror att det gick bra.

Varning

2009-11-30T22:18:00.005+01:00

I all hast. I juletid, ett tips...
Valnötsbröd från Gateau, fikon/valnötstårta och Manchego från Fröken Nilsson. Till detta en kopp Saffran/Chili-te från Bönor och blad eller kanske ett glas portvin?

Valnötsbrödet är också gudomligt gott med gruyère och tomatmarmelad. Jag bara säger det.
Nu när jag har börjat läsa Bodil Malmsten kan jag inte sluta.

Men vad jag däremot inte verkar kunna börja med är det där som jag nämnde i går, vad heter det. Jo, stickning. Jag vet inte vad som har hänt. Det har tagit stopp. Kan vara mitt allmäntillstånd. Det finns inte mycket ork just nu. Vill mest av allt spendera dagarna uppkrupen i soffan med en filt, en bok och te. Intravenöst. Möjligen med avbrott för ovan nämnda måltid, eller dylik. Jag behöver energi, inspiration och vila. Längtar efter att börja träna igen också. Men det är väl så - när man har som minst tid behöver man det som bäst.

Tyvärr hjälper det inte att formulera det. Det kommer varken tid eller energi. Bah.

Första advent minsann!

2009-11-29T23:36:00.002+01:00

En ganska så lat och trevlig söndag. Lite kort bara. Söndagar har en tendens att vara det. Jag är egentligen en anhängare av söndagar, men de fick gärna vara längre.. Vårens program är klart, terminens sista kurser går av stapeln och cirklarna har julavslutning. Jag är trött. Jag ser fram emot att vara ledig.

I går var vi ut en sväng till Gustavsbergs hamn och Julmarknad i de Öppna Ateljerna. Mycket fint att kika på! Ingen självklar hit med alla betongtrappor för mamma med ont i benen, men ändå en trevlig dag. Dagens byte blev en varsin kopp av Åsa Lindström, ni skymtar dem nedan. Såg hennes keramik i somras på Hablingbo Crêperie - till Bs stora glädje kunde man köpa sekunda koppar i ateljen utan guldkant. Han gillar inte guld. Möjligen en udda egenskap hos en arkeolog.. Men men.

Lite bilder från dagen. Lat söndagsfrukost med ett märkligt stort antal pålägg, fram med adventsljusstaken och på med julduken. Nu är det dags att komma i stämning, i skön, avslappnad, kryddoftande vinterstämning.

En alldeles ny återbruks-stake från Afroart. Jag föll pladask!

Den stilige surdegsbagaren.

De sista av sommarens tomater slank ned.

Sedan skulle Valdars stjärna upp i fönstret.
Man måste ju faktiskt prova...

Man måste också bygga robotar! Valdar älskar dem, och jag med. Årets första julklappstips! Hittade dem i onsdags hos Mor Karin. Vi bygger en eller ett par varje dag, Lockhåret och jag.

Annars knåpar jag på med julklapparna här men önskar mig mest av allt inspiration. Jag har för mig att jag brukade sticka? Just nu är det mest bak och matlagning som får igång mig...

Ha en bra vecka!

So, a small sunday-entry. We are beginning to tune in on the season. Baking, preparing Christmas gifts and decorating the apartment. Little V is building himself a small and sweet army of tiny card-board robots. Well, I've been building quite a few myself...

Och snart är det jul

2009-11-23T23:28:00.005+01:00

I helgen var det Öppet hus på Skogsbo. Det var himla trevligt, gott om besökare och tiden bara rann i väg! Jag spenderade, som vanligt, tiden i köket men tror att jag hann hälsa på alla.

Det var inte utan att jag kände av en smygande jullängtan. Årets första. Detta fick mig att genast börja planlägga vilka julmarknader som skall besökas i år. Under den kommande helgen är det Livstycket i Tensta och Hoppa hage med flera i Gustavbergs hamn som lockar. Nästa helg är det Konstfack och helgen därpå, alltså Luciahelgen slår Beckmans upp portarna.

Troligtvis blir det i vilket fall ett besök på Skansen och Rosendal. Har du inte varit och firat Midvintersolståndet på Rosendal tidigare - med eldfest och allt så har du chansen den 20 december.

När det gäller Konstfacks julmarknad är det två elever som jag är alldeles särskilt nyfiken på! Dels är det Fideli Sundqvist med sina underbara pappersklipp och porslinsjulhängen, och sedan är det Henning Trollbäck som gjort detta helt underbara Dalahästtryck! Trycket hittade jag idag via Kurbits, men ta en titt i hans blogg för en fantastisk tändsticksaskskrubba (dagens glosa!).

Visst är det fantastiskt fint!

Ett annat spännande evenemang den närmsta tiden är Jul & Hantverksmässan på Kistamässan. Särskilt spännande skall det bli att se den Bästa Återbruksklappen koras! Ett bra och vettigt initiativ tycker jag. Med på mässan finns också Recycle Design - Återbruk från Eskilstuna Folkhögskola. Jag tänkte gå på fredagen, är det någon som vill göra mig sällskap?

Ha en bra vecka! Själv tänkte jag bli klar med vårens program på Skogsbo redan på onsdagen och sedan lata mig resten av veckan. Det låter som en plan!

Mosaic

2009-11-06T20:08:00.007+01:00

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

2009-11-05T14:12:00.002+01:00

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

So..

2009-10-19T20:39:00.007+02:00

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

2009-10-18T16:27:00.006+02:00

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

2009-08-31T21:40:00.003+02:00

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!

2009-08-18T22:19:00.004+02:00

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

2009-08-08T10:04:00.005+02:00

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

2009-07-05T15:54:00.004+02:00

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!

2009-06-27T01:24:00.004+02:00

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!

2009-06-17T14:48:00.003+02:00

I don´t knit anymore. Or, I do some knitting - but not as I used to.. Lost my inspiration somewhere - and until I find it again I read wast amounts of almost anything. At first I vacuumed our local library for something new and interesting and stumbled upon two books by Anna Gavalda, also reread some of Selma Lagerlöf´s classic novels .

Here is a pile of some of the books I ended up ordering to always have something to read... And I'm more then halfway through it. Any suggestions? Care to swop?

Take care!

2009-06-17T00:43:00.004+02:00

Still here! Just being really busy, getting the Fall-Programme finished and off to get printed. Little V is doing just fine, as usual and we are too. If you are in Stockholm, go visit Kulturhuset and the Crafts exhibition.

Little V enjoying cake and cake..

Detail of embroidery by Jennie McMillen is a part of the exhibtion at Kulturhuset.

Have a great Midsummer and take care - enjoy the rain AND the sun... (Wear wellies)

Its a beautiful day!

2009-04-28T21:15:00.005+02:00

Oh, I have SO much to tell and show you. But since my back, left arm and neck are really sore, and I am only able to use my right hand to type - that will just have to wait. In short - life is wonderful and there are so many things to be thankful for. Work, family and friends. Health and spring. Hopefully I will soon be able to knit again. I am SO bored from not being able to knit/sew/paint or even write for almost a week.

Valdar turned five on the 19 of April. Strange and wonderful. My dear, beautiful boy. He is growing, learing and becoming more himself every minute. We had two great parties, the last one over at Överjärva Gård this past weekend. Cupcakes, coffee and play in the woods. Little V and his friends having a treasure hunt, looking at the sheep, eating cupcakes, gingercookies and enjoying the sunshine. Little V spent ten minutes explaining to his friends everything about sheep, lambs and tractors. He is quite an expert..

Studio Violet makes beautiful things; visit the blog and the shop ( - and shop, I sure will...). Also visit talented Irina Lindqvist and her exhibition at the Glassery later in May.

And: this friday I will spend the afternoon over at Manos. There is a circus visiting!

Take care, enjoy the sun and breathe!

A new comic!

2009-03-31T11:25:00.002+02:00

This will be a post in swedish - but in short: a new comic and a new publishing company has been born! The comic is called "Tivoli med vänner" - "Tivoli and friends". My dear and utterly talented sister in law Camilla Nyman is one of the duo that owns and and manages the company and comic!
Picture from the Tivoli med Vänner website.

Jo! Nu i dagarna är det dags för en ny, helsvensk snäll och smart serietidning att se dagens ljus! Tidningen heter "Tivoli med vänner" och ges ut av det nystartade förlaget "Positiv förlag" som drivs av Jennie Warg och min kära svägerska Camilla Nyman. Den består av både längre serier och kortare gästserier. Visst ser omslagen lovande ut? Målgruppen är barn mellan 4 och 8 år.

Såhär står det på hemsidan:
"Genom levande berättelser och fantasifulla bilder vill Positiv Förlag öppna nya och spännande världar för barn. Vi vill erbjuda barnen inspirerande, starka och roliga karaktärer att spegla sig i. Vi vill locka till skratt, läsning, kreativitet och eftertanke."

Låter himla bra tycker jag, som ser fram emot första numret! Kanske en bra påskpresent till någon liten kompis? Annars finns den att köpa på ICA från den 3 april - nu på fredag alltså.

Rough lace, owls and Rosemary.

2009-03-29T15:41:00.006+02:00

A while ago I wrote about flowerpots by Anna Broström. Maybe you also heard about our owl-ceramics? Last sunday I spotted a owl-flowerpot at Designtorget and here it is! Owls and Rosemary!
We love her owls and I hope to find some more owls. They fit in great with our 1940 and 1950´s flowerpots and porcelain.

More owls, a bird mug thrifted last autumn - Little V´s favourite and a beautiful faience bowl made in Stig Lindberg's studio at Gustavsberg. The flowerpots in the back are from Steneby and Upsala-Ekeby, made in the 1940´s. And yes, I collect flowerpots.

Yesterday I finished my Trellis scarf! Yay! Blocked it and left it to dry and block over night. I really like the way it turned out. Lace-y enough, soft, warm and yellowish/green. Just the thing to brighten my grey and/or black coats.

Trellis scarf
Pattern by Evelyn A Clark, pattern source IK Spring 2006.
Needles: 5 mm
Yarn: Gotlandsull from Fjällbete

After casting off, there was about 20 cm left of the yarn... Skill? Luck?

Time to update the Skogsbo-blog. Trip to Ikea anyone? I really need to go there, but don't seem to find the time. Or the interest.

And, speaking of Owls! How I would LOVE the Owls-sweater!

2009-03-27T17:53:00.004+01:00

So, it is snowing outside. Again. I am tired. Tired of being tired, but on the other hand - happy about getting better and better. However, this is a not-so-good-day and I had almost forgot about them. Instead of being frustrated about not having the energy to clean, sew and work today I should have curled up in the sofa several hours ago. Maybe knitting, maybe having a cup of tea and planning next week at Skogsbo and being happy about getting better. Today reminded me.

Concering knitting. I am still working on my Trellis scarf. I still love how the shawl is coming along. Love the pattern, the yarn and can't wait to wear it. Some weeks ago I went through all my WIPs, frogged some and found some I had forgot. Now, they are all sorted - laying in individual bags i a huge Ghanan basket waiting to be FOs. And some day I think they will. I am looking forward to some tvåändsstickning and some inspiration.

I also ordered some new knitting books earlier today - haven't done that in a while but I realised that "A fine fleece" and "Knitted Lace of Estonia" is just what I need!

A couple of days ago Easter arrived at Afroart and it did in a very colourful and inspiring way - just look at these! I tell you; several have moved in at Skebokvarnsvägen 324!

Have a nice evening. Time for tea.

2009-03-18T11:44:00.002+01:00

The sun is shining today - spring is not only in the air, but inside - outside and in-between. Wish I had brought my knitting for some outdoor-knitting during my lunchbreak today. Maybe I will take a walk down by the water instead.

Anyhow, the Skogsboblogg is now up and running. Some of you will not be able to read it since it is all in swedish, but on the other hand - I hope that you will enjoy the pictures. I also hope that you come by and visit. Just let me know.

Take care, and enjoy the sunshine - I sure will!

Yet another week

2009-03-13T20:58:00.005+01:00

This week, winter returned to Stockholm. Some of us (Little V) highly enjoys this, some of us don't. Monday, I had cup of coffee outside at Skogsbo, sitting at the stairs - listening to the birds and the silence. When I arrived there tuesday morning it was like arriving in a christmas card.

I also wanted to show you some random pictures from this past week at Skogsbo; weaving-, upholstery- and paintingcircles and the sleeping herbgarden . A ordinary Tuesday at Skogsbo - I will launch the blog soon. This weekend!

Yesterday I went to the opening of a very exciting collaboration between swedish and slovakian craftspeople called "Sloverige" at Svensk Slöjd. Andrea Filová told us about her beautiful perforated and painted eggs - who are a part of this exhibition which will travel Sweden and Slovakia. Showing the similarities in traditions and tecnique, rather than the differences. It is well worth a visit! The pictures are taken from the Svensk Slöjd website!

Eggs by Andrea Filová and wooden birds by Miloslav Jaros.

I also FINALLY met Frida Engström, the author of design/slöjd/craftblog "Kurbits". She is also one the editors of Tidskriften Hemslöjden.

Nest week I will finally get along to see a very interesting exhibition at Nordiska Museet: Fair fashion?. Every wednesdayevening there is a debate on sustainable fashion at the museum, see you there this upcoming wednesday? I'll be there.

Valdar has bulit some WONDERFUL robots this past week - and I asked him if I could show the to you. And I could; may I present - Little V and the Robots!

I just LOVE them, and him of course!

So, what else? I am still knitting at my Trellis scarf, and since the pattern will not show properly until finished and blocked I don't have any pictures for you. What I do have is BEAUTIFUL pics of blankets from The Great English Outdoors. All these wonderful blankets and woven loveliness comes from their website, where you also can purchase them... *sigh*

Pictures, Tapestries and Blankets from The Great English Outdoor.

If you are in Sweden, I do hope that you have not missed out on the premiere episode on one of the best tv-programme on SVT for a long time ... "Från trädgård till tallrik" or "From the Garden to the Table: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Your Own Food ".

Finally some great music;
Jenny Wilson and the equally talented Yael Naim - especially love the line "How can you stay outside - there is a beautiful mess inside" from the song "Far far".

Have a great weekend!

EDIT: Frida just put up a video of Andrea Filová over at Kurbits!

Saturday

2009-03-07T23:20:00.003+01:00

Yesterday I finished my first week at my new job. Everything is exciting, new, a bit confusing at times but on the whole almost to good to be true. I am very happy, to say the least. I spent a couple of hours at Skogsbo today aswell and realised that even though it is a beautiful place during winter, spring will be even more beautiful this year. I so enjoy the walk from the tram, among the sleeping gardens and houses, the woods and all the birdsong and then arriving at Skogsbo. Such a silent and kind place..! Valdar visited Skogsbo for the first time ever today and his first statement was "It is beautiful". We raised him well :-)

After spening an hour or two at Skogsbo we visited my grandmother who lives close by. Valdar and Farmor enjoys eachothers company a great deal, and it also feels great for me to be able to be closer to her at least a couple of days a week. After all, she turns 85 years this August.

This evening I have been replanting all our indoor plants - there are quite a few - and I got to use some of the 1950´s flowerpots I thrifted this wednesday, visiting Heléne in Täby. I have got a softspot for beautiful flowerpots you see, so I have alse fallen in love with pots by Anna Broström.

The one to the right is made by Anna Broström.

And then I painted my fingernails. It is Saturday, after all...

My knitting at the moment is going very well thank you. I bought some lovely, soft green/yellowish 2ply pälsull by Fjällbete at a craftfair in Östersund 1,5 years ago. I am knitting a kind of rustic version of the Trellis scarf by the talented Evelyn A. Clark. Lovely and fast knit, since I am using a thick-er and thick-er needles, although the rows where I have to knit seven stitches together no less then three times gets me inventing new profanities . Have to finish it soon though, in order to wear it a s a p ...

And so I finally got to visit one of the more impressive on-line shops I have ever seen! I bet you have been there before, but I had not. Such a impressive and tasteful collection of great products. Do visit Cosas, and if you don't have time I will show you some of the thing that left me speachless, impressed and longing.. Pictures are taken from the Cosas website.

All these pictures comes from the Cosas website

So, how are you? Have you noticed that it smells of spring outside? Even on the cold and gloomy days, something has shifted - and I always enjoy the shift. And I celebrate it by replanting flowers, cleaning, sorting out messy cupboards, piles of fabric and linen, by taking baths and long walks. By trying to take time to breath and enjoy - and sometimes succeding. By planting seeds to later plant outside on the balcony. Little V enjoys planting, and he also enjoys the idea of an aquarium of his own. In a couple of weeks that will be a reality. He can't wait. He wakes up every morning, asking about the water, the fishes and the aquarium. We will see, it is great seeing him this engaged. It is actually very nice to come home earlier aswell, to spend more time with Little V, B and by myself.

Take care, and have a lovely sunday!

Studio Violet
morkarin
manos
Afroart - do notice the new Etiopian stools!

Here I am!

2009-02-17T16:34:00.005+01:00

Yes, here I am. Behind the mittens :-) This past months has been interesting ones to say the least! We´ve been celebrating christmas, driven about 1500 km - visiting friends and family all around the country - we spent little more than a week at Grimslätt. Knitting, cooking, baking, going for long walks and spending time with friends and the sheep..!

Little V got skiis for christmas and he LOVES them. So there was alot of skiing. Back in Stockholm we are still waiting for winter; as in snow.

The Grimslätt-sheep :-) One got away!

The main reason for me being so happy these days is, besides health and great family/friends, the fact that I start my new Very Exciting job on the 1st of March :-) I will tell you more about this, of course - but in short I will take care of and be in charge of a beautiful house; craft workshop and school. There are workshops in weaving, ceramics, fusing, painting, embroidery painting furniture and beyond. AND there is a wonderful garden...

May I present- Hantverksgården Skogsbo, which is a part of Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan; SV Stockholm. There will be a blog soon!

The glass veranda

Re-planting geraniums in the kitchen.

Different furniture, during their re-make

Needless to say; I love it. I will tell you more and show you more. At the moment I am just trying to take it all in. That it is for real, that this wonderful place is for real and that I will be working here, developing the workshops, taking care of the visitors and the house - for a long time.

I am SO happy!

Take care!

A note: there is ONE Grimslättmitten-kit left, the pattern is in swedish and if you are interested, send me an email asap. There will be more Grimslätt-patterns out this spring!

Brrr

2008-11-20T23:00:00.005+01:00

It is winter again. Cold and dark mornings, and I kind of wonder where autumn went? I haven´t had any, or at least to few, long walks enjoying the colours, cripsness and fragrance of fall.

But, I do enjoy the cold. I do. I´ve even started to knit socks, although I am no sockknitter. Now and then I forget this and I try, but I almost always fail. Hopelessly. Anyways; I´ve started a striped pair of "Sargents" from "Noro: Family" by Jane Ellison, using two skeins Noro Kureyon Sock - of different colourways. They will be kneehigh, striped socks and I need to finish them soon.. Wearing a skirt today was freezing I tell you...

The ribbed and striped beginning.

All three of us had some calm and cozy evenings together, Valdar practising his A´s and V´s - he tend to draw the A´s upside down. Otherwise they look great.

And me, making collages, knitting or just enjoying the cardemomcake B and V made earlier.

Some weeks ago there was a Autumn-celebration at Valdars preschool; a Lanternfestival where there are grilled apples, hot soup outside and then - when it gets dark - the beautifully decorated paperlanterns are lit, songs about light in the dark sung and the children takes the lanterns and the light for a walk.

All of this demanded a lantern. So, I made one and Valdar wanted his to have foxes and dogs, so it had.

One thing I really enjoy about this flat is how our diningplace is such a nice and calm workspace. Look at my beautiful cut-work pillow from work...! :-)

At the moment I am dreaming about going to Mali. To visit Hotel Djenne Djenno and take a Bogolan course with Swedish artist Sophie Sarin. Maybe one day I will.

And I have to show you what came in to the shop today. Mrs Hippo! She was part of the result of a campaign for "Save the Children"-Sweden and several swedish designers and was designed by Gunilla Lundberg - who is one of the owners of AfroArt and handstitched at a Fairtrade cooperative in Bangladesh. The Hippo is sold at the AfroArt shops and over at "Save the Children"´s website. Go shop!

Take care!

Jam and links

2008-10-17T16:01:00.004+02:00

1,5 kg of apples - peel and cut in slices
about 500 g of crude sugar - unless you will freeze the jam
3 teaspoons of pestled cardemom
the juice of two lemons
1 dl of water

Pour the water into a saucepan and add the apples as they are peeled and sliced. Add the lemonjuice and put the heat on. Bring the water and apples to a boil as you add the cardemom and sugar. Continue to let the apples simmer as you stir. As the apples get softer you decide how chunky this jam will be - I like it quite chunky. After about 15 minutes, as the jam sets you turn the heat off an let it rest.

Put the clean glass jars in the oven at 100 degrees celsius for about 15 minutes. Put the lids in boiling water. Pour the jam into the cans and - if it is a can with a loose lid put the can upside down while the jam cools down - this way the preasure builds up in the can and makes the jam lat longer.

Enjoy.

I used Åkerö and Melon-apples but Signe tilisch or Gravensteiner will do aswell - as long as it is a apple on the sour-side.

And some links, some of them in swedish:
asfaltsblomman - the guide to eniviromentally friendly and fairtrade shopping and living
A new issue of Lines & Shapes-magazine "Ljus"- featuring great swedish artists and artisans.
Anjah and Ardalanish- an exciting collaboration
Ekovaruhuset: Lovely shop in Stocholm, New York and soon Paris. I would LOVE to shop there - if they made clothes in my size...
Vamlingbolaget

Have a nice friday!

Staying at home

2008-10-15T15:22:00.005+02:00

Valdar woke up last night with a fever. So today I stayed at home with him. We are having a calm day - drawing, making apple/cardemom jam, soup and Valdar decided he wanted to sew. Or rather he started sewing earlier this morning, using a thread, needle and cloth that he found laying around - not the perfect combination though, so later he got some broadcloth and the threads of his choice. Off course I had to take some pictures! And he really seems to enjoy it, as he sat still - concentrating and asking for help when needed.

This, his first embroidery. will turn into a small sewing pouch or a pin cushion - he has not decided yet. Needless to say I am very happy about him enjoying to sew..

I also wanted to show you how the refurbishment in Högdalen is going along. This is our new kitchenfloor. B put it in this weekend. It is linoleum tiles from Ikea and I think that we are very content wih the result. Now, we are awaiting entry hall to be finished before we can move back home.

Now, it is time for some coffee before Little V wakes up from his rest. But I do want to congratulate Katarina and Stefan on their wedding this past Saturday, and Heléne on her birthday today!

Take care!

2008-10-13T22:53:00.002+02:00

Hi there everyone. There is alot of things going on; jobwise, healthwise and--- jobwise. And I have made some rather bad planning. For which I am suffering. The trip to Grimslätt was great, as always and I feel blessed to be able to return there - hopefully we will be back in a month or so. It is time to go to bed; but I will give you some pics. Take care!

Studio Violet
Grimslatt gård

The earth and water-sweater

2008-10-03T15:44:00.003+02:00

I have actually got something off the needles this past week. It was a fast and fun knit, Valdar second one. Can´t wait until Valdar can try it on.

Pattern: "Barntröja med rund hals" by Nina Sagulin
Yarn: Noro Kureyon
Needles: 5 mm

Tomorrow afternoon we are leaving for Bohuslän and Grimslätt. It is time to shear the sheep. We will be back next week. Hopefully I will finish Lady E, or at least almost finish -due to the long carride...

Take care!

In so many words

2008-09-22T23:51:00.004+02:00

Finally, I´ve got some pictures up! This sunday we went to Mariefred on a visit to my sister in law and her family.
I thought I just give you something to look at.

Last monday I and Valdar made lingonberry-jam, lingonberry-jam-cupcakes and ..

Lingonberry-jam in whipped cream.

this and that

2008-09-17T21:27:00.005+02:00

There is alot of things going on at the moment. Alot of good things and alot of things I can´t tell you about. Yet. Hopefully everything will turn out fine. And when they do, I will tell you.

We have bought a new cardreader, that did not work. But we have now located our old one and one of these days there will be pics.

Anyways: knittingrelated - have you visited the Lindex website lately? They´re writing about knitting -history and the promo says something about a "knitting revolution" - here is a link to the video.

Yesterday I passed by the display window of department store PUB, and this is what I saw:

Yarn, knitting and a wheel. Not bad, not bad at all.
Now, I will go back to drinking tea and knitting. More on Väv 08 later. While I was gone, two beautiful boys were born: Little T and a darling Frog :-). I am so happy for you! <3 Lycka Form: Wonderful blankets!
"Stickat och virkat- vintage på svenska" A new book!
Two new books by author, knitdesigner and LYSowner Nina Sagulin - have a look at nysta.se

I got this wonderful nomination from Maria over at Skapande, I am very proud and grateful! I want to pass it on to a couple of bloggers that never stop to inspire me: Stickigt, En till stickblogg, Mecozy, Camilla Engman, Emmas designblogg, angry chicken, Happy Silly, Fine little day, Brooklyntweed, Kurbits and - woops, that is more than seven - but I could easily nominate five och six more.

The rules of passing this nomination - if there are any - are as follows:

Vinnare/nominerade kan lägga in loggan på sin blogg!
2. Länka till personen som nominerat dig. /Put up a link to the person from whom you got the nomination
3. Nominera 7 andra bloggar/ Nominate 7 blogs of your choice
4. Länka till de bloggar som du nominerar/ Put up links to your nominees
5. Lämna ett meddelande hos de bloggar som du nominerat/ leave a message to those you have nominated (I might not this last one)

Oh. I forgot. I picked up the latest issue of IK earlier. And, I happened to pass by Knitty the other day - and the fall issue is up.

We still like it in Årsta. Wish we could stay.

Take care!
/E

TIme to go

2008-09-10T08:39:00.002+02:00

In a couple of minutes me and Valdar is off to Väv 08 in Leksand.

If you need something to do while I am gone - this is a suggestion.

Take care.

2008-09-07T20:06:00.002+02:00

Still no photos. But, meanwhile I thought I´d put some links up. For several reasons we are looking at furniture, wallpapers and so on. Lets say we have been looking around, and I found a couple of things I like.

Wallpaper "Storskogen" by Karin Moberg. Found it over at Designista, where I also found these pictures.

Meet Sixten! We have been looking for a kitchentable and a coffee-table for ages, I think we just might have found them. There are, actually, some Sixten chairs aswell.

This kitchen by Kvänum is one of my favourites.

And finally, Svenskt Tenn. Elefant Blå by Estrid Ericson.

Time to go, take care. Maybe I´ll see you in Leksand at Väv08?

Alive

2008-09-01T22:14:00.003+02:00

Another short message. We are alive, and quite well although my health seems to resemble a roller coaster more than anything else. Today I finally got to buy a cardreader - but there seems to be some problem so we will just have to wait. Just wanted to tell you that I still knit, we are fine, we stay in Årsta at the moment due to the refurbishment in Högdalen and enjoy Årsta greatly.

The Dwarven battle-bonnet :-)

Time to go!

2008-08-07T23:02:00.002+02:00

Enjoying summer? Good. Today I worked my last day in a while and we will leave for Blidö in the morning. I need some time to play football, read, swim, bake foccacia, knit and write. In the meantime: you should really visit Manos at Överjärva gård and Eva´s exhibition at Karin´s wonderful workshop and shop!

Some of Eva´s great wirework
Photo by Karin Eriksson from her website.

For more information about the exhibition, visit Karin Eriksson´s blog or website.

See you all in a week or so.

Unbelievably hot

2008-07-28T22:15:00.004+02:00

It is like walking into a wall of heat, getting outside these days. But I am a polarbear you see. I love sunny days, if there is a shady spot for me. Or a wind at least. But I can´t handle this kind of numbing heat. Despite the heat and me being super-tired it has been a great couple of days! I worked until four this saturday, and then I met up with B and left for Jonas in Eskilstuna. First we had some dinner - or tried to in the heat. Earlier that day I passed by the Beirut Deli in Östermalmshallarna and bought some Mhamara (paprikarelish with walnuts and pomegranate), Fatayes (pirouges containing fetacheese and spinache), hoummos, Bulgursalad and Jonas served some great wine, grilled halloumicheese and icecream. Needless to say, that was a great meal. Later we went to listen to Sofia Karlsson by Rademachersmedjorna. Great concert, as usual - although I find it quite petty to sell tickets to a prize of 250 sek and don´t offer seats to more than a third of the audience. It would have been OK if 1) there had been a note anywhere, describing the seating situation 2) if I had not been standing behind the counter for six hours 3) If we had not been so darn polite and had gone fetching your average park bench as some of the senior citizens did. Well, the concert was great and the location beautiful, much resembling an traditional swedish "people´s park" - Folk park. In short - we did not get seats.

Afterwards we gave J a lift home and went to Näshulta and Vidåsen. As always it was great meeting Eva and Nicke. We spent the major part of yesterday by lake Näshulta, swimming and by Vidåsen. Later we went home and today I was back at work.

I have been knitting at my Lady Eleanor entrelac stole lately - but this is a far to big and warm a knit to knit daytime. I have also sewn a - according to me - fully functional and useful skirt inspired by angry chicken´s 5-minute skirt. I used this wounderful nigerian wax batik and no F.O.E. but a zip. Get some picture up later.

And, I have been reading. First "Kite Runner" and "Thousand splendid suns" by Khaled Hosseini, then "Bitterfittan" by Maria Sveland. Great books all three of them. Coming up is "Världens mått" by Daniel Kehlmann and "The Inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai. I am so looking forward to reading them! Reading is a great way of spending exhausted summer eves.
Any suggestions of summerreads? I will need a new one by thursday or so.

And! I almost forgot! Nicke made us a great summer´s lunch after bathing the first time yesterday: a great potatosalad - roughly based on this recipe by Ernst (quite famous interior decorator in Sweden) and a GREAT beansalad - roughly based on this:

1 can of large white beans
1 can of black beans
1 can of kidney beans
finely-chopped leek
sliced pickled garlic
chopped tomatoes
salad - any kind fresh!
curry (powder)
raisins
olive oil (a "light" one)
salt

Blend and rest for five minutes - enjoy!

Now, it is time to rest. We are actually not that happy tonight. Bs father and his family had to put down their 8 years old Leonbergerdog earlier today. I met him - Folke - the first time long before his new family did and have always loved him. Leonbergerdogs are particulary bred to look like lions - not to live, so they are often sick and Folke was.. We will miss him. Mother told Valdar this evening, that he would not meet Folke ever again and Valdar said "I will not pat Folke ever again, grandad will be sad".

That kind of sums it all up. Rest in peace Folke.

2008-07-17T23:30:00.003+02:00

So. Just wanted to say hi! I am working alot at the moment, and have no or little computer-time since I try to spend some time with B and V every day, before V goes to sleep, and then I am just to tired to knit or write. It is great fun - working - but I am tired when I get home, and I certainly look forward to my sunday off.

But I have attended a knittingrelated activity. This past weekend Karin arranged a stitch´n bitch with yarnswap. I really enjoyed getting together and knitting! Since I forgot to bring my camera - visit Marika, Maria, ToveB or Sanna who brought theirs.

I have to get a picture of darling Lionel and his pinwheel blanket. The blanket is not that big, but neither is L. I am in love. Here is a link to the pattern.

I have started knitting up some of my 2 ply homedyed, homespun finull from Åddebo. Currently I am knitting a feather and fan pattern, but it does not work. Rip rip rip. Any ideas? I am thinking a kind of rough scarf. Garter stitch perhaps?

Time to sleep now. Work tomorrow. Do stop by! (At Nybrogatan)

A mosaic of inspiration

2008-07-10T14:21:00.002+02:00

1. sweetest sleep, 2. Little-Wren-A-STORE, 3. Leafwares, 4. liina, 5. Bird Nest & Mom's Eggs 2005, 6. Book Bag Detail (C365: Day 8), 7. 22//52, 8. IMG_8696, 9. Happy Cloud 2, 10. Three Snow Walkers, 11. ♥ bird, 12. Paper cutting, 13. The so soft little sheep, 14. in the studio, 15. Clutching at Straws, 16. silly peepers Mr. Owl, 17. Untitled, 18. archipelago, 19. Felt Love Birds, 20. .., 21. Summer Flowers Pintail, 22. Steel wire bowls, 23. Michael LaFosse Origami North American Cardinal, 24. Untitled, 25. little lilly, 26. I love this lil guy, 27. Sweden, 28. Mini Owl Mama, 29. Birds and Owls, 30. red-winged blackbird

Endless inspiration! Colours, structures, shapes and expressions.

V and B left for Grimslätt the other day. I worked at Fryshuset's (click here for an english translation) "Sommararena" yesterday, and will work this weekend. But today, I am at home, alone - trying to get rid of my summercold and awaiting the perfect moment to do the dishes. For sure it will appear any moment now? Otherwise I will take out the knitting basket in a while. Or maybe the wheel, or the sewingmachine.

Fryshuset is a very special place, and I love the fact that we are able to have craftworkshops there all summer! Hopefully the collaboration might continue this autumn. Yesterday's theme was felt. Next wednesday the theme will be steel-wire, later this summer embroidery. The workshop is held as an open workshop where the participants comes and goes as they choose for three hours - we supply material, models, books and tools. And instrucitions of course. It is a open-ended way of working and a good way to begin. Have you been involved in open forms of craftworkshops? In which context?

One issue, often discussed is the one of age. Is it a good or a bad thing to work with certain age-groups? Or is it best with mixed groups? Mixed groups gives people a larger opportunity to get new approaches, inspiration and a new insights of people outside their own age och social group. On the other hand such an arrangement demands openness and consideration of the instructors and participants. Something that always is and should be demanded of the instructors, but can it be so of the participants? Maybe.

All I know for certain is that I think it is tremendously important in this day and time - not only to give people the opportunity to meet materials, techniques, traditions and one owns creativity; make things with ones hands, but also to meet all kinds of people - in a context where the common ground and perhaps the only common ground is the wish to learn and create.

The moment has come. Time to do the dishes.

Do visit:
My little drama
Lotta Jansdotter
Stephanie Congdon Barnes

And well, if you have not already visited or seen the WONDERFUL prints from Qualle, here is some pictures from their site. I could not help my self!

Take care
breath!

The unknown UFO

2008-07-07T21:33:00.003+02:00

Pinwheelblanket
Originally uploaded by Wynja

This is how it looked when I first started. Actually, this is the second one - but it looks the same.

It is a Pinwheel blanket: a sunshine blanket for newborn baby Lionel <3 here.

Yarn: handdyed 2 ply wool and 3 ply alpaca from Marias Garn and Alpaca from Drops.
Needles: 3 mm

I acutally went to a job interview today, but since I am a bit unwell an feel a cold coming up I will tell you about that another day. It is cold and rainy outside and I need a cup tea and a whisky - to be wuite frank. Take care.

Back home

2008-07-06T23:11:00.006+02:00

The trip back went well. Valdar spent the last hour and a half asking if we were home soon (every other minute). I do know the feeling.

We stopped by the Adelborgsmuseum in Gagnef before we went, what a great museum! Even if you not happen to be a lace-person you will enjoy it. Promise. I´ll you more about the exhibitions another day. Right now I will leave you for a cup of tea and some freshly baked bread. And something to watch! Mr Bill Bailey - seen on Black Books if not elsewhere - with his suggestion for a new very Portishead-ish national anthem.

EDIT: Well, and the UFO is finished. It is time to block :-)

Some entertainment

2008-07-05T23:06:00.002+02:00

Found this earlier this week at Broderibloggen. Enjoy!

Greetings from Dalarna

2008-07-05T22:47:00.004+02:00

Todays adventures

2008-07-04T23:42:00.007+02:00

As if one of my UFOs had overheard my reasoning earlier the Rosewood circular needle snapped while knitting on our way to Leksand. What to do? Luckily Leksands hemslöjd had plenty to offer; including 3 mm circular needles. I also happen to find some broad-cloth, buttons and traditional bands. They, along with some linen embroidery yarn, followed me home.

I have been knitting at this very UFO all night - just saying. I think the reason to why I brought them is that I sometimes find it easier to finish up projects when changing mileu. You seem to have kind of the same strategy as I - almost anyway. I also tend to carry rather heavy bags since I do not want to want for that very project I left behind.. Luxury problems, I know - but considering everything that has happened this past year I like to ponder over these aswell as the more acute ones. This upcoming monday it is exactly one year since I started my radiationtreatment.

Time certainly does fly. I am very very lucky.

While in Leksand today I visited the "Krona och Krans- smycka till fest och bröllop " exhibition at Kulturhuset. The title of the exhibition translates into something like "Crown (refering to the traditional use of Bridal Crowns) and Garland - decorate for fiest and wedding" and it is about weddingtraditions; above all swedish but also with a slightly more international aspects. It is a very inspirational exhibition, take a look here to see where you can see it. "Krona och Krans" wants to inspire to formulate personal traditions - and it does.

Here is two quite blurry photos. So that you get a sense of it all. Enjoy, and do visit it if you get the chance.

Tomorrow we are off to Mora.

Short messenges

2008-07-04T10:48:00.002+02:00

We are soon off to Leksand in the summer heat. A couple of things slipped my mind yesterday.

First some good advice. Never ever leave home without handcards and at least ONE spindle.

At least if you are me. I had some (stupid) idea that I would engage totally into a selection of UnFinishedObjects. Bah - humbug.
Apparently it did not occur to me that a) I would pass by several shops where one can obtain spinning fibers b) That fiberarts - knitting, stitching, spinning - whatever- are my tools of survival. This means that I can´t ask of myself to choose projects several DAYS ahead. Not when we are on holiday.

Yesterday I tried to make a spindle using a far to thin stick, a rubber and a compact disc. How very McGyver of me. Needless to say it did not work.

But, What about the UFOs then? I really really need to finish up som projects. Partly because some of them are gifts, some of them have been laying around for far to long and I really want to wear/use them. And partly because it is a such a nice feeling to finish projects, to follow the thought from start to finish.

So. I really really need a pair of handcards and a spindle. And I need to finish up some things. And I secretly dream about casting on to knit a lace scarf, or a top-down raglan for Björn. Or the February Lady Sweater.

How do you reason with yourself? When it is time for summervacation - do you begin new projects, especially chosen for vacation, do you finish up old ones or do you bring tools to start what ever comes across your thoughts or feet?

Time to go. Me, V, B and my special UFO.

Birdbag and more

2008-07-03T10:05:00.001+02:00

I proudly present. The Birdbag. These pictures only show of one side of the bag, but there is actually two birds on the other side. The birds are stitched using wool, silk and linnenyarns on broadcloth. The lining is the Leciens fabric I have been on and on about for-ever. The sides and strap is made out of handwoven herringbonetwill by textileartist Mai Ohlson, whose studio was put down two years ago due to old age. I LOVE her fabrics!

And I must say - I am quite satisfied with the bag.

Some pictures from a hike this past sunday, in Näshulta. There had been a forestfire some weeks before, and we went there to have a look. It was fascinating to see what fire does, red or bright orange marks on rocks where there had been lichen, whole root systems exposed underneath trees where the soil chared.

This tuesday we left for Djurmo in Gagnef, Dalarna to visit Bs father and family. We have had some calm and pleasant days. Yesterday we went to Bingsjöstämman in Bingsjö. In short that is Swedens largest Folkmusic meet and attract about 12 000 participants and spectators. Valdar stayed at his grandfathers and we had a lovely time! Meeting old friends, listening to great music, less great music and enjoying the summers eve.

This was my first visit to Bingsjö, but it was also my first meet without any instrument. A very strange feeling.

Just before we sat in there car and drove back.

Today we went to Wålstedts spinning mill. Not only do the sell great yarns. They also sell dyed wool ...

And STRAWBERRIES! We have spent this evening cooking strawberryjam; with orange and lemonzest. A great combination I can tell you ...

Tomorrow we will go to Leksand and the "Krona och krans"-exhibition. The exhibition is about weddingtraditions and is built and made by the craft consultants of Sweden. And maybe we will stop by Adelborgmuseet in Gagnef and have a look at the summerexhibtion; "Min dröm om Hemslöjd" (something like "My dream of tradtional crafts" or "My dream of the Sloyd movement").

Now, I will have to go to sleep. I am looking forward to tasting the jam tomorrow.

Birdbag

2008-06-26T22:26:00.003+02:00

This is a cliffhanger. The birdbag is finished. And I must say that I am quite pleased, and somewhat smug. But - there will be no pictures tonight. Actually, there won´t be any pictures until sunday. Well - perhaps, but do not count on it. The embroideryclass ends tomorrow and me and B will leave for Näshulta and stay there until sunday. There will be knitting, embroidery, walks in the woods, concerts, dear friends, food, wine and SLEEP. I will leave you with a borrowed picture of the lining of the bag - it might be familiar from a previous post. Then it is time to pack. And I have not even written packinglists yet. Do you write lists? I do. Every day. It keeps me kind of calm, and kind of sane.

Tomorrow I´ll also send a couple of mitten-kits to their keen and able knitters. I really hope that you will enjoy them.

A calm and, well, CALM weekend to all of you!

The lining, ladies and gents - the lining. "My Folklore" by Lecien.
Provided by dear, dear Satoko.

Fire and redecoration

2008-06-23T23:59:00.004+02:00

We´ve had some day today! In short: an appartment in our house caught fire and Valdar and B was at home. Although this appartment was on the first floor and we live at the.. eighth they had to try to get outside - without using the elevator. When the reached the second floor the fire department smashed in the door of the burning apartment and they got caught while the smoke and extremely hot air got out into the stairs. Luckily they got out and were taken care of by the nurses in the ambulance and after beeing given some oxygen they went to the hospital.

They are both alright. V got a monkey in fire men´s gear from the fire men and he (the monkey) has been putting out fires at our kitchen table this afternoon.

I don´t think that V got time to get scared. But I sure did. We are back in the flat and to my knowledge no body was hurt in the fire.

Valdar is sleeping in his bed, B is sitting in the chair reading and I am on the couch. All is well.

Oh, and I changed the apparance of the blog a bit. Hope you like it.

Oh my!

2008-06-22T21:53:00.004+02:00

It has almost been a month since I last made an entry - and it has been a crazy month! School is over - I am no longer a student. Well, actually I am - since I am taking a summerclass: Embroidery at HV Skola. It is a three weeks class, and the last week starts tomorrow. But, first things first.

Some weeks ago I finally got to try the art of spinning flax! We had a two days class held by Stina Wåhlmark and I focused on trying everything I thought was hard about spinning. This is part of the result. The skein of 2ply to the right is a dishcloth nowadays. My best one ever.

This is a small greeting from Sätergläntan in Insjön, Dalarna, Sweden. Such a inpsiring enviroment! It was a good annualmeeting - I even got to go to a jobinterview.. I haven´t heard anything yet. And I will keep you posted!

New books and magazines! From the left: the new book "Okända mästare" (unknown masters) by Olle Nessle, "Quilting, patchwork & applique" from Thames & Hudson (- this is one of the most inspiring and beautiful books I have ever seen!) - and to the right the latest issue of Hemslöjden. A great read for everyone interested in crafts - in swedish though.

The day after. Enjoying some coffee and the calmness the days after the graduation day.

Valdar. Crumbs and elderberriemust.

One of my ink-sketches for the first exercise - a stitchexercise. I really liked putting the sketches together.

Embroidery inspiration. Skansens klädkammare, again. I LOVE going there! Look, just LOOK at this. Have you ever seen, could you ever imagine? Less is more and more is more. Beads, colours, more colours or just red stitches on linen cloth. Simple, complicated, serene or strong. Folk art at its best!

At the moment we are finishing up some exercises or projects using wool cloth and wool/silk thread. I am making a birdhandbag. I will show you some pictures later.

You will hear from me soon again - the coming month will hopefully be more sane, calm and normal - and less INsane, crazy and stressfull. And, about that good news? You will just have to wait! :-)

Och just det! Ett meddelande. Om du är intresserad av att köpa en materialsats till Grimslättvanten - alltså mönster och garn - ekologiskt och handfärgat, så finns det några färdiga! Maila mig om du är intresserad. Det går såklart att skicka, materialsatsen väger ca 160 g.

Är det förresten inte UNDERBART att det är sommar - med SOMMAR i P1 och allt?
Har ni inte sett vår, alltså Stockholms Handvävares, utställning på Skansen så gå dit! Du har några dagar på dig!

Natti!
/E

Time flies!

2008-05-28T23:09:00.003+02:00

Wednesday already! I am beginning to resemble the white rabbit of Carroll´s Alice-in-Wonderland. In a couple of days it will all be over, I will have my degree and maybe everything will sink in. I have signed up for a embroideryclass at HV, beginning the week after. I am so looking forward to that!

This past three days we have been crocheting with utterly talented designer and author Maria Gullberg and . since today - spinning with Stina Wåhlmark. I am loving it, off course! It is such a luxury - having a chance to get to know these able and skilled people.
The spinningclass is really what I need at the moment. Down-to-earth, real and something I enjoy and feel comfortable about.

Some days ago I received this award from a new-found friend on the internet - Anna! Thank you very much - I am moved, proud and somewhat smug.

I am forwarding this in a couple of days. In the meantime - visit Anna, and Eleanor - another new acquaintance! And a very interesting one! (Hi Eleanor!)

Friday morning I am leaving for the SHR annual meeting at Sätergläntan - so I will return late this week with some pictures and maybe, maybe some news. Great news.

Last, but not least: a very important message! There are several spots left for the next round of Högre Hemslöjdutbildningen at HV Skola. This is a one of a kind education - leadership within the craft movement. Who knows what it might lead to. APPLY!

A short message!

2008-05-22T13:09:00.004+02:00

Thank you everyone for kind e-mails and comments! I am happy but exhausted today. The opening of the exhibition went great - and I will have some pictures up in a couple of days. Special thanks to all of you who showed up, for the flowers and the gifts! Heléne, Marika, Satoko and Knit-Marie et al!

Until I have time for a more metaphoric entry please visit them who brought a camera to their visit yesterday! Knit-Marie, ToveB and Katarina .

Now I am off to the dye workshop again!
Take care, and check out HV Skolas new and improved website.

Jo. Ett förtydligande

2008-05-20T18:29:00.003+02:00

I morgon är det invigning av vår examensutställning! Den pågår mellan kl 15 och 19 på HV Skola, Djurgårdsslätten i Stockholm. Mitt emot Skansens huvudentré! Följande är hämtat från HV Skolas hemsida.

Examensutställning HV skola 21 maj-4 juni 2008

Textil hantverksutbildning och Högre hemslöjdsutbildning
Eleverna visar examens- och gesällarbeten. Med textil, trä och smide som utgångspunkt förenas nyskapande formspråk och hantverk med de nyexaminerades personliga uttryck. Vernissage den 21 maj 15.00-19.00
Öppettider:22 maj t.o.m 4 juni, tisdag–söndag 12.00–16.00
Onsdag 28 maj 12.00-19.00
Måndagar stängt

Välkomna! HV skola ligger mitt emot huvudingången till Skansen. Kommunalt tar du buss 47 eller 44 till Skansen eller Djurgårdsfärjan till Gröna lund. Adressen är Djurgårdsslätten 82-84. Telefon 08-545 686 50

För dig som planerar att komma kan det vara bra att veta att djurgårdsfärjorna är uttagna i strejk och därför inte går i morgon - om inget nytt inträffar under natten vill säga.

This is an invitation and some information on the opening of our examexhibition which starts tomorrow. If you want this information in english, send me a comment! Hopefully I will have some pictures to show you later!

Invitation!

2008-05-17T13:43:00.002+02:00

Välkommen på invigning av examensutställningen!
Onsdagen 21 maj 2008 kl 15.00

Textil hantverksutbildning
Utbildningen är en treårig kvalificerad hantverksutbildning. Den ger kunskaper och färdigheter i att hantverksmässigt och konstnärligt framställa vävda och broderade textilier.

Högre hemslöjdsutbildningen
Utbildningen är en tvåårig ledarutbildning inom hemslöjds- och hantverksområdet.Den ger fördjupande teoretiska och praktiska kunskaper inom ledning och förmedling av den traditionella slöjdens uttryck, teknik och funktion samt fördjupande kunskaper i att bevara och utveckla slöjden utifrån etiska värden, god funktion och kvalitet.

Laceknitting swap

2008-05-14T20:42:00.002+02:00

I have many WONDERFUL pictures to show you, most of them depicting the result of yesterdays dyeing- adventures. I love it. I really love dyeing, and I think I am getting the hang of it. But for now, you will have to wait. Because the reason why I am making this entry, despite my extreme lack of time these days, is the Lace-knitting-swap- package that arrived yesterday! My secret benefactor was Annicka - TUSEN TACK!

The yarn was blue laceweight wool handdyed by Sanna over at Sannsticks.se - 1000 m per skein, the chocolate was great and exactly what I needed after spending nine (!) hours in the dye workshop. Scarf Syle has been on my wishlist for some time now, and I can´t wait to cast on some of the projects in there... Anyone up for a summer knit-a-long? Finally - thank you very much for the knitting needles and the card - thank you for a perfect combination of beautiful things!

Just saying hi

2008-05-12T21:33:00.009+02:00

It is actually my birthday today! And it has - this far - been a great one! I brought some of my lemonyraspberry-cupcakes to school and we hade a nice, sunny birthday"fika".
I had the afternoon with Valdar. We stopped by the fish shop om our way home and bought some smoked shrimps and saffron aioli. This was Valdars suggestion. At the fish shop they also sell this LOVELY crispbread, with stone-ground rye, sesame seeds and well, I simply love it. And it goes well with aioli and shrimps, or creamcheese and ripe tomatoes - black pepper. You really should try!

Later in the evening my mother with husband Janne, my father and my grandmother came by - bringing cake and flowers! It was nice having this small celebration, just the closest of family today. I got a lovely brownish-gold-pink new bicycle, a pair of vintage earings and a lovely necklace with a birdshaped pendant made by artist Karin Ferner. Thank you all for the WONDERFUL gifts. I had to go cycling for a while, wearing my necklace of course.. I got this memory image of being five years old and running off to play with my birthdaygifts, wearing the new bathing suite, the dress and the wellies. At the same time. Just because they were new. Do you remember that?

Knittingwise I am finishing up the swatches and sketches for the opening of our final exhibition next wednesday. We will put everything up this thursday and friday. Tomorrow afternoon I will conquer the dye workshop together with Heléne. I am SO looking forward to that. Don´t wait up, we might be late.

Lovely links of the day; partly in swedish!
The helylle-foträta styling experience
Signerat.se
Jag blommar

Take care!

Today´s entry, mostly in swedish

2008-04-25T23:26:00.004+02:00

Jösses anåda! I dag har jag uträtta storverk! Storverk av det slag som får en att bara vilja utföra fler, större, bättre högre - ja ni hajar. Jag har färgat garn till min materialsats. Det blå blev egentligen alldeles för mörk och den orangea lite fööör - skall vi säga köttfärs? Inte helt lyckat - men SÅ trevligt. När jag blir stort skall jag färga mer garn. Massor med mer. När jag blir stor och bor i Bohuslän och har en massa snälla får. Då jäklar i min lilla låda. Då ska jag färga. Ska fota lite i morgon. Så här dags får små Erikor nämligen inte alls vara vakna.

Dagens lärdom: Köttfärseffekten uppstår när garnet är för mörkt. Det borde man (Erika) ha lärt sig för flera år sedan (när den nu mera klassiska Köttfärs-kyperten uppstod vid en omsjungen krappfärgning på Björkö - inte ens ett offer bestående av en flaska bättre norditalienskt rödtjut kunde ordna detta...).

Jag kanske går dit och smygfärgar nästa vecka. Smyyyyyyg.
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Well. Maybe a short summary then! I spent the day dyeing yarn for my exam, although I managed to get the perfect pink/brown shade of minced meat on one of the skeins. I will try to get some pictures up tomorrow. Dyeing makes me happy. It makes me feel like an alchemist.

Something that makes me sad though! Yesterday I was not able to attend the opening on the exhibition on the collaboration between Camilla Engman and Karin Eriksson. I hope you had a grand opening and that there will be a print or two and maybe a bowl left for me next week...

Fabrics

2008-04-15T14:28:00.008+02:00

All pictures above comes from the Purl Soho website and just happened to fall into my shopping cart. I have not bought them . Yet.

So. I had a lot of things to do today. Such as applying for some classes for this autumn, talking to my physician, writing a review of an artexhibition for Kravallslöjd, knitting at my swatches and so on. The applicationpart took me a bit over three hours. Hours I did not have, and the most frustrating thing of it all was when I finally got the verification on my application (after those three hours) the application website was updated with a message that the nationalapplicationdate has been moved to this friday. Grrr. Well. At least I am finished with my applications now. There are only evening, distance or part-time classes since I really want to work this autumn, but there is always room for learning something new. Got a suitable JOB for me, anyone? Part-time, fulltime - anything goes. Just e-mail me :-)

And also: Here is a link to a swedish article in Nerikes Allehanda
(showing a photograph of my friend Eva) on the workshop with Pasi Välimaa we attended this last Saturday.

Home again.

2008-04-14T15:54:00.006+02:00

I got home from Eskilstuna this afternoon. I had a wonderful time; long walks, a workshop with textileartist Pasi Välimaa at the library in Kumla this Saturday, time to knit at my degreeproject, to sketch and to attend a quiltmeet at Haneberg. I dived into Evas scraps, stripes and threads and made something, quilted it by hand and made a cover/cozy for my PC. I think I caught the bug. The quilt and patchworkbug. Perhaps it was always there, but I sure have seizure at the moment.

I will post some pictures from the workshop later.

Valdar got me some flowers when I was away.

Birds, baskets and a whole lot of knitting.

2008-04-11T17:34:00.003+02:00

Above: Wirebaskets by Eva snd a kingsfisher carved by Nicke. Pictures from Hand och Tanke

Yesterday I left Stockholm to spend a couple of days in Näshulta outside Eskilstuna at the Svensson-Helldorff residence. I will be back late this weekend, hopefully showing you a handcarved bird or two, some of my knitting-in-progress and some wirework by Eva.

The hightlight of the day was having lunch outside on the patio. Spring! Finally!

Corners of my home

2008-04-08T14:33:00.003+02:00

Today, some corners of our home. Preparing lunch and noticing the colours. Greens, beige and whites. The geranium I received yesterday with my grant. Finally getting to decorating the wall above my side-board in our bedroom next to the part I use as a workspace.

The word GOD means lots of things i swedish: fair, sweet, nice, good - and is therefor a good word. My dear friend Eva Svensson - who makes beautiful things in wire - made this and I will ask her for more.

I have tried to sleep of a persistent headache, without any luck. Not even the Tom ka gai-soup helped. Maybe a nice cup of coffee and a good friend will?

Tired and happy!

2008-04-07T23:35:00.003+02:00

What a day! I started by spending the morning at Skansens klädkammare. It is sort of an open collection - not a museum - where they not only keep clothes from different timeperiods and areas to show and keep traditions and tecniques, but they also use some of the items in the different farmsteads and scenes in the Openair museum. So, if you wish study some part of this collection - be it a certain tecnique or a certain garment you can apply to do so. I studied everyday knitted garments. The pictures above shows of to of my new friends from today. The one on top is a coat knitted in one of the most traditional Binge patterns. The next picture shows a detail from a 1940´s cardigan. Plain and very beautiful.

After lunch it occured to me that the had a Fabricsale at Klädkammaren. So I stayed. And bought some fabrics. Mostly scraps and small pieces but also larger pieces. Perhaps I will show you some of them tomorrow!

And then, this evening I attended the annual meeting of Stockholms Läns Hemslöjdsförening and received a grant! I will use this grant to develope a set of classes on different craft-tecniques. I am honoured and very happy about this encouragement!

I hope you had a nice monday!

Excursion

2008-04-03T10:19:00.004+02:00

I am soon of to Ann-Kristin and her craftshop in Norrtälje - Tyllra. This will be my first visit and I will have time to ask her some questions concerning my project and probably some knitting aswell, Lady E is my travelcompanion of the day.

2008-04-02T00:27:00.005+02:00

Hi there. This is a message from Erika. She is sleeping, this is her hand typing.
She started her degree project (is that the correct word for it?) yesterday. Today she spent about six hours looking at mittens. That´s luxury for you! And she listened to a song about a hundred times, maybe the Best Song Ever.

It´s from the soundtrack of Once that I - well Erika - mentioned the other day and it is called "Falling Slowly". Another recommendation from the Wynjacraft recorddepartment is of course the collaboration album "Raising Sand" by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Every track is a masterpiece!

Bye

If in Stockholm:
Undersöka form, Etnografiska museet, 125 kvadrat, Mikaela Willers and Blå porten

Have a look at this!

2008-03-29T22:16:00.002+01:00

Borrowed the picture from the Sneakers n Stuff homepage.I am still sick. Tried to ignore that earlier today, without any luck.
Soon returning to my Lady E and a large cup of tea I just wanted to show you these wonderful shoes, now avaliable in Sweden. By illustrator Camilla Engman.

It is my birthday in may. Just telling.

Mopey me

2008-03-27T11:43:00.003+01:00

Well. Since my sinusitis and fever is getting the best of me, I am just presenting the glorious result of a test showing how much of a "literature-nerd"(sv. boknörd) I am . And then I am off to bed again.

A update in short

2008-03-25T20:02:00.002+01:00

Sinusitis. Again! We arrived to Djurmo and my father in law yesterday. Since I appear to have regained my sinusitis I am not feeling to well - and this update will be a short one!

On the needles: Dearest Lady Eleanor entrelac stole from Pam Allens scarf style.
I really enjoy knitting it, and this far I think the yarn (Noro Silk Garden) fits the pattern as a glove.

On the iPod: The wonderful soundtrack of "Once". I haven´t seen the movie yet, have you?

Reading: The jubilee publication of knitting from Halland- "Binge"

On the wishlist: "The Creative Family" by Amanda Soule, i just might order it..

Todays adventure: A stop by "Tulavippa" - a rather large and well-stocked thriftstore closeby and then a trip to Falun: Hemslöjden and The Museum of Dalarna - where almost all the exhibitions were closed due to refurbishment.

Inspiration: Small magazine, Lisa Congdons Etsy shop and brooklyntweed.

Over and out.

Bye for now

2008-03-19T20:05:00.002+01:00

Tomorrow afternoon we will leave for Blidö and some peace and quiet. We will spend this Easter at Blidö, then we will go to Gagnef and Valdars grandfather - to be back in Stockholm at the end of the week. I hope all of you will have a peaceful Easter.

Now I will try to find some recipes for painting eggs for easter, make carrotcakemuffins, pack my knits, paper and scissors for papercutting, Valdars watercolours and books. Lots of books.

The weekend in short

2008-03-18T20:35:00.004+01:00

Tuesday already! Thought I´d begin by showing you some pictures from this weekend.

Saturday. I went to Slöjdhuset (The Sloyd/Crafthouse) and attended a papercuttingclass, held by artist Agneta Flock. The papercut on the top was made by a very talented woman attending the class.. The next three pictures shows the papercuts made by me, Satoko and another friend and shows some of the exercises we went through: a tree, different kinds of trees, hearts with things growing out of them and so on.

I really enjoy papercutting and it is something I have devoted some time over the past eight years. I think I will spend even more time cutting now, as I have noticed Valdar really enjoy playing around cutting shapes in left over pieces of paper and cardboard.

Nikki McClure
Tord Boontje
Scherenschnitte
Peter Callesen
Robert Ryan

Sunday we went to Överjärva gård to visit this years eastermarket. Of course I visited Karin Erikssons newly opened shop manos, where we are not only able to purchase Karins wonderful ceramics, but also other carefully selected items from artists and crafters like Port 2 Port Press, Camilla Engman and Processor among others. It is a great shop, a welcoming atmosphere and I will return - at the launch of this if not sooner.

Afterwards we visited the market, bought some freshly baked walnut/olivebread, caramel almonds (or is it candied), had some tea in the and visited the baby lambs. Valdar, of course, vistied his favourite tractor. This time, hiding (resting?) beneath a blanket. We also past by Eva and Nicke - admired their items: handwoven doubleweaved rug rags, steelwire baskets and handcarved birds.

More pictures form this weekends various adventures at flickr.

Yesterday we entered a three day intensive woodturningclass. I thoroughly enjoy it, although I have to admit I am not completly relaxed around machines that size. And I do enjoy fairly quite forms of crafting. Our teacher, Åke Landström is vastly competent- both at his craft and as a teacher. Should you ever get the chance to take one of his classes, you really should. Tomorrow I hope to make a nystpinne. And maybe a small spin (snurra helt enkelt). Keep your fingers crossed for me, hopefully I will be able to show you some kind of result.

On the needles:
Finally I have decided what to make from the lovely Noro Silk Garden I bought about two years ago. It will be a Lady Eleanor Entrelac Stole - pattern by Kathleen Power Johnson from Scarf Style. This far, I enjoy it. I think that this will be my easterknitting. I am in a very impatient mood that goes well with the possibility of making one square, seeing the result and then decided whether I want to make one more.

Now, time for tea and som blogreading.

Collages of shapes

2008-03-10T22:45:00.001+01:00

Collages of shapes
Originally uploaded by Wynja

Midnight collages. I am beginning to realize I really like to play with images, words, scissors and glue off the computor aswell as on the computor..

Sunday

2008-03-09T22:26:00.003+01:00

After a short visit at Nysta yesterday me and Satoko ran some arrends, had some lunch and went for a walk through Södermalm. As we passed these two houses I fell for the wonderful combination of colours.

The late daylight has a very special impact on these limewashed jugend houses, I noticed the same effect in Helsinki. It might the "Baltic Sea-effect"..

If anyone, and I say anyone, has a flat to spare around in one of these houses we are more than happy to take care of it for several years. Promise. I am quite good with tile stoves.

After a quick stop a Nysta - in which I managed both having a chat with Karin AND avoiding to buy any more yarn we went to the japanse shops to make some grocery shopping and then we ended up at morkarin.

Here is a picture of the article in Elle Interiör I mentioned the other day.

And this is some great news! They sell prints by Camilla Engman! I mentioned her prints to them a month or so ago, and now they are available in the shop. Great gifts, if you have got them for yourself...

One of the things I am looking forward to this spring is defintly the exhibition of the exciting collaboration between Camilla Engman and Karin Eriksson in late may at Överjärva Gård. Although I will go to Överjärva next sunday. Time for Eastemarket! I am excited about the newliy opened craft/design shop manos and to see talented craft by my dear friends over at Hand & Tanke (Hand and Thought).

And here´s a finishing pictures from morkarin.
I bought some stamps by The Small Object.
They make me immensly happy. Valdar loves them too.

This afternoon I went to Ikea, hoping to buy some fabric to make cushions for our lillberg rockning chair - no luck. I ended up buying plants, candles, a chunk of parmesan and a picturefram to frame a lovely print by Stina Wirsén. This is another of her prints I got hold of some weeks ago. You have not missed the Stina Wirsén stampcollection? I think I will frame mine.

Todays inspiration comes from making beadnecklaces with Valdar, reading Fine Little Day and planning a tweedie-project. Soon to be revealed.

Have a nice week!

Colours

2008-03-06T11:27:00.009+01:00

A picture from this Saturday, I really liked the combinations of colours. Light blues and red are colours I often return to; in planning of projects, in sketches, in things I immediately react positive to.

OH God I am bored. You know that space of time between when you are sick and well? I am there. Not yet fit to go about my normal every-day-life, but still - so bored. Lucky for me, Elle Intertiör arrived today. This is a new subscription to me, and I am still surprised everytime the magazine appears. In this issues "Right now" (just nu) -spot the magazine covers a favourite shop of mine of which I written before - morkarin. This is a shop at Tegnérgatan in the central parts of Stockholm, selling indie items and more. The article also mentions The Small Object, one of my personal favourites.

Time for pasta, and then some more knitting.

Links:
Sofia Karlsson - great musician! Went to her concert this Tuesday at Rival in Stockholm - despite my sinusitis. I suppose she might not remember, but we used to sing together at Skeppis "Visstuga" - sort of a folk song-lounge almost every sunday about twelve years ago. If you´re not yet familiar with her music and enjoys Dan Andersson, swedish visa/folk tradtion, do visit her website.

My Folk lover Etsy store Great artwork!

Resting

2008-03-05T23:51:00.004+01:00

My spot
Originally uploaded by Wynja

Thought I´d show you where I often sit when I update the blog, and where I spent the last four days - recovering, resting, knitting, and listening to music or radio.

The pillowcase comes from Afroart. It was woven in Nigeria. I simply love large striped pillows. The striped thingie on the table is the -soon-to-be-sock I wrote about yesterday,

It is time for bed. We´ll see about tomorrow. I am bored. I want to go to school.

I have an idea, or actually more of a wish. Since I am a very curious person, I really would like see where you sit when you search the internet, update your blog och simply where you sit down and rest, knit or write. Show me that or those corners of your home. If you want to that is. You could also invite me for tea - as soon as I am well.

<3

Sinusitis

2008-03-05T00:58:00.002+01:00

So. I´ve been down for a couple of days. Today I finally went to the district health care centre and got some antibiotics. I am still here, a bit fuzzy though. I spent my day listening to P1, a radio channel at the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation and knitting. The project of the day was a pair of socks for me. Knitted out of Regia sockyarn, the Kaffe Fassett "landscape fire" colourway. Love the striping!

Valdar

2008-02-27T23:58:00.001+01:00

Valdar
Originally uploaded by Wynja

Well. I admit. I could not resist. This is Valdar trying to convince me he is not up to something.. Well. Go figure.

BOOKS!

2008-02-27T22:01:00.002+01:00

BOOKS!
Originally uploaded by Wynja

These arrived today! Two GREAT books on crochet by Maria Gullberg and one by Elizabeth Zimmerman. So, I guess I don't have any excuse for not knitting the Tomten-jacket for Valdar.

As the two previous days, I really enjoy my week at Afroart. I am the MASTER of folding gorgeous quilts from Bangladesh. I want one. I want one in each colour. That makes ... eight.

There was another parcel arriving in the mail today. the Hairy Lady towel by Camilla Engman, Lovely. I will frame it.

TACK Camilla. (Om du av någon anledning skulle se detta :-) )

I also received the wonderful news that me and B are going to a concert next week. It is the wonderful Sofia Karlsson at Rival.

Looking forward to this weekends knitting-related-events: The textilefair - Syfestivalen - and the "Knit Out" at the Museum of Stockholm. And all in one day! This will require a great deal of logistics. The knitting-bag has to include at least one bottle of water, two wips, lunch, camera, sketchbook and well, money - should I find something...

Tjilevippen, as Nils Karlsson Pyssling aka Simon Small says.

Baskets from Ghana

2008-02-26T22:12:00.001+01:00

Baskets from Ghana
Originally uploaded by Wynja

Day two of my trainee-week. Today I was at the Nybrogatan-shop in another part of town. A considerably large portion of my day was spent getting to know these GORGEOUS baskets from Ghana. I wish I coould do this every day, my feet are not convinced. They want me to buy better shoes first...

Måndag

2008-02-25T21:40:00.002+01:00

Concering last nights tv-show. Of course there is always (at least) two sides to a story. I am looking forward to next weeks programme where they will continue the discussion.

Today I have spent my first day at Afroart. Love it. My feet hurts (like hell), but I LOVE it. Will spend the rest of my mondayevening in bed, knitting.

Have a nice week!

Concering mulesing

2008-02-24T22:45:00.003+01:00

Earlier this evening Kalla Fakta - "Cold Facts" a weekly inquiring journalism tvshow - featured a piece on Mulesing. If you have not heard of this horrible, sickening pratice concerning the merinosheep in Australia; maybe you shuld have a look. You are able to watch the programme at Kalla Faktas website or/and a spot on the news.

Still tired

2008-02-24T17:14:00.004+01:00

It is no more exciting than a cold. I inherited one. So, I mostly spent this weekend in my bed - reading, sleeping, knitting and reading to Valdar. Tomorrow I will start as a trainee at one of my favourite shops in Stockholm: Afro Art. I will also appear as a guest-blogger at Kravallslöjd next week, starting tomorrow. Kravallslöjd translates into something like "Riotsloyd" or "Riothandi-craft". It will be in Swedish, but I might translate bits and pieces into english and put it up here. It will be a inspiring and interesting week! My cold sadly compelled me to miss both a long wished-for birthday and a gettogether with the Spinning Guild in Uppsala.

And some pictures.

I am SO happy about this yarn! Bought it from the owner of Herrviks Gård at the Woolday last weekend. The yarn is spun i Estonia from the pälsfår and finullsfår they own, but the farm is situated about 100km from where we live.
Hopefully the dark brown one will turn into a faroe-shawl in a while. I have been searching for the Perfect Yarn. This just might be it.

This is a close up of one of my WIPs. A shawl knitted from single ply yarn from Grimslättgård - frequently blogged here! Hopefully I will be able to present some kind of pattern in a while. I am trying to unravel the copyrights concering this technique.

My still feverish, but always happy, Valdar.

Time to have some tea again. Bought some LOVELY jewelery this Friday. I have to show you all soon. I am looking for the perfect sockpattern - any suggestions? Two balls of Kaffe Fassett Regia and one ball of Opal - one pattern each please, socks for me :-). Maybe I finally got the sockbug? Finished a pair of socks for Valdar today and I think I actually like it (she said, quite surprised)!

Do check out Rob Ryan and his WONDERFUL prints, found him through Camilla Engman. And, if you need any inspiration regarding pathwork - Rosa Pomar is always a goog place to start.

Tired tuesday!

2008-02-19T22:50:00.005+01:00

Well, I guess that that says it all. I am quite happy but tired. Very tired. Yesterday I posted the final version of my paper. This means I am partly finished with my degree, in a couple of weeks I will start the concluding part of my degree project. I will tell you more about it in a while. I can tell you as much as it will be knitting related. And, I am very excited!

I got home just about an hour ago after a committee meeting with the Stockholm Handweavers. We are planning the annual meeting, with elections of new committee members and also practical stuff as how much the tickets to VÄV 08 in Leksand will cost. VÄV 08 is a large weavingfair held by the Swedish Weave council. We will also have an exhibition at Skansen in June showing the results of a six months long project. More information to come!

Now, time to sleep. Tomorrow we will hit the new Sápmi exhibition at Nordiska Museet. Lucky us!

Todays inspiration!

2008-02-15T21:09:00.003+01:00

Todays inspiration!
Originally uploaded by Wynja

It is friday, and I am tired. Oh so tired. Here's todays inspiration from Flickr.

I am going to have a cup of tea, a blanket and then probably fall asleep on the sofa. Today "Last-minute fabric gifts" arrived. So far, I like it. I am not jumping up and down, as with the other two. Not yet anyway.

Tomorrow we've arranged a wool-day for the Stockholm Handweavers - (Stockholms handvävare) I suppose you could call it a guild, or an association of guilds. Since one year I am part of the committee, and this is the first of two days with a wool-theme we have planned this far. Hopefully I will be able to show you some photos tomorrow. Before I get to fall asleep on the sofa, I should probably pack all my books on wool and fibers for tomorrow.

Have a nice friday!

On the wishlist:
A subscription to one of the best magazines EVER: Selvegde.

Take a look at anaventura.com ! This is one VERY talented woman,

2008-02-13T22:19:00.000+01:00

So! Today we made cards for St. Valentines day at Slöjdhuset! Fourteen children. They made cards and pencils. Cards from paper, wool, broadcloth and more paper and pencils from fresh twigs - given we have No Snow At All in Stockholm -perhaps due to global warming.

I really look forward to every wednesday at Slöjdhuset. Love the way the children immidiately gets to work, how they encourage eachother and the discussions. Today we talked about God, the swedish Royal family, the spanishlessons at school, footballpractise and whether you should write your name at the Valentine-card or keep it a secret.

These are some of the cards I made. I thought about showing you the sketches I wrote about, but I am just to tired to fix that today.

Comicstrip by one of my favourite illustrators Nina Hemmingsson.

Woolly heart. A classical Lord Byron poem: "She walks in beauty like the night..." Made another one with a poem by Karin Boye, a personal favourite.

A piece of Morris-pattern and one of my terriers cut in the front.
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I really enjoyed making cards! I liked used the sewingmachine and paper. As always it is my happiest moment when I get to work in mixed medias.. paper and textile, wool and paper, paper and thread.

More books on my wishlist!
Simple Sewing by Lotta Jansdotter. Found her webpage with ALOT of desireable things via Shash at Mecozy. Lotta Jansdotter is soon to release a book on printing fabric. I am excited!

I actually knitted a couple of rows today at my third Lace leaf scarf. I will TRY to finish this before I start my next laceproject - the one i pirrka-lanka I blogged about the other day. Guess I've got the startitusbug aswell...

Now, I will have a cup of tea and some of Björns freshly baked bread.

In my lunchbox tomorrow:
Baked salmon and wholegrain basmatirice, broccoli and onion fried with some soy and honey.

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Follow this link to see the original photos and the artists behind them!

Todays inspiration. I am really looking forward to the papercut workshop. I am also getting more and more convinced I not only need to spend some time exploring the art of patchwork, I also really need to make some stamps.. But how?

I am indulging in some new books:

"Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted gifts"
by Joelle Hoverson

I really really like this book. It is a beautiful book, lots and lots of inspiring projects, tips and also photos by the super-talented Anna Wiliams. There is several patterns that makes me want to get to sewing right away and I know I will try some of them.

I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of another book from the same series: "Last-Minute Fabric Gifts".

"Om Konsten att Trycka tyg"
by Anna Häggblom

This is a swedish book, written in swedish about the art of textile printing.
Yet another modern, graphically winning book which manages to balance the content between inspiring views over classical prints, techniques and artists, such as Viola Gråsten, Marimekko, William Morris, Josef Frank and Astrid Sampe.
I have heard from others, much more experienced people that the author might make the reader think that the process of screen-printing is much easier than it really is. On the other hand, that might de-dramatize it all - and maybe beginners like myself will be less intimidated. But then again: these eager beginners may fail hopelessly, but isn't that always the challenge and the risk of trying and conquer new skills and techniques?
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Anyhow, I am planning a tag - or rather a series of them depicting a fox, a terrier and an oakleaf. I really would like to print something on these tags - which will be made from broadcloth. I will put these on the tweedies - should anyone want one. And on the scarfs.

I will try to get some pictures up here - showing you some of my sketches. I could use your opinions.

This was a book I stumbled over this evening, over at author Amy Karols blog angry chicken.. Maybe next month...!

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Todays inspiring mosaic

Originally uploaded by Wynja