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June 5, 2008 at 11:07 am · Filed under eco, links, knitting
A pile of silky and cottony softness. I find myself simply fondling my knitting needles all wrapped up with lustruous white silk or humble soft cotton. It is comforting just to hold it in my hands. The pile of white medallions for Norah Gaughans “Medallion Shawl” seems to slowly grow by itself. It is almost like falling in love with knitting for the first time again. There has to be fifteen medallions before I can sew them toghether and I am halfway there.
I need to share a few inspiational links, that I stumbled upon while planning and dreaming about the interior of our new house.
Gudrun Sjödén is a Swedish designer with a wonderfully creative fabric collection. Follow the link to Home Spring 2008 from the startpage. Her blankets, rugs and bedspreads are so happy.
At HAPPYsthlm I found jewellry and fabric themed “vegetation” which really appeals to me. I hope to see a lot more from them with inspiration from nature.
Hope you are having a good week!
May 21, 2008 at 9:38 pm · Filed under our house, eco, family
May 9, 2008 at 3:54 pm · Filed under eco, knitting
I have started on the Medallion Shawl by Norah Gaughan from Vogue Knitting, which I fell in love with a little while ago. At first I choose a multicoloured green merino yarn that I simply adore. My original idea was that it would look a bit like seaweed, moss or fern. Imagine being wrapped in soft, velvety, squishy moss? Ah… I do not understand - is that not what every girl dreams about? My question, however, is not about the mossyness of the scarf, but if the lace pattern works with this yarn. Cool or fool?
My second swatch is made with Blu Sky Alpacas Organic Cotton. A simply divine yarn. I have wicked thoughts about mixing up the cotton hexagons with a few made out of Deeba Silk. Which is, if possible, an even more magical yarn. It would be a kind of white in white, matte and silk and very soft kind of scarf. Would that be asking for trouble or could it be interesting? I must have knitted this swatch five times, because I kept messing it up.
I cannot make up my mind. Please help me.
March 20, 2008 at 5:47 pm · Filed under eco, me, family
The new jeans I bought before christmas to congratulate myself for loosing all my pregnancy kilos are too loose fitting now. I do not mind. I feel light. Ready for change.
I apologize in advance for my irradic postings. I hope to find a new routine, but I am not counting on it right now. So, why all these sudden words?
We have bought a little house! It is a small, bright and very interesting structure which will fit our family perfectly. An old school building will be rebuilt into a string of houses with a small patch of grass in the middle. It includes a lot of work on our part, designing everything inside, but I do love that our house has a history. For so many reasons. It appeals to my heart and my soul.
I have a strong need to stay firmly connected and grounded throughout this process. The move is sure short in distance, but it has stirred such a strong rediscovery and re-evaluation of my core values.
Will you stay with me on my journey? Even if I do not write about knitting in every other post?
There will, on the other hand, be posts about building progress, scandinavian interior design, lots of worries, failed sewing attempts, chaos gardening AND knitting.
My next post for example, will have lots of knitting in it. Not my own, but by someone very talented.
Hope you will have a Happy Easter holiday!�
November 21, 2007 at 7:18 pm · Filed under eco, links, craft
Get some tips about greening your home at Rethink What’s Possible. (via native kee)
Treehugger’s 2007 Gift Guide will give you lots of green gift ideas to put under the Christmas tree.
If you happen to be gifted with sewing and crafting skills you will find great projects at Sew Mama Sew who are putting togehter a full 30-day tutorial guide.
Please, do not miss the fantastic kid craft site Kids Craft Weekly. I am totally engulfed in the new Advent issue. Must. Make. Advent. Activity. Calendar! (via bigandlittle)
