{"id":934,"date":"2016-11-25T16:58:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T14:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/?p=934"},"modified":"2016-11-25T16:58:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T14:58:39","slug":"to-inspire-and-to-be-inspired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scandinavianknit.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/25\/to-inspire-and-to-be-inspired\/","title":{"rendered":"To inspire and to be inspired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">The inspiration to make the shawl, My Dearest Karin, came from Karin Larsson and her amazing work with textiles and home decoration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">When I asked for some test knitters I didn&#8217;t know what to expect and I was just excited to get to see their work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">Paula Jakobsson signed up and choose to look Karin Larsson&#8217;s work up to find the colors she wanted to use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\">The result blew me away, I would never in a million year had imagine this!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"> Karin Larsson tapestry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/12b2f44619bd6143c9b76a7d3c7d0460.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-939 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/12b2f44619bd6143c9b76a7d3c7d0460.jpg\" alt=\"Karin Larsson tapestry\" width=\"564\" height=\"798\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3c1c6fa02bfdd3e885aed97821e81365.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14956492_10153989004533483_4198513536803357388_n.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14925519_10153989004563483_7002653944891225958_n-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14925519_10153989004563483_7002653944891225958_n-2.jpg\" alt=\"My dearest Karin shawl in pink and yellow\" width=\"564\" height=\"752\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14956492_10153989004533483_4198513536803357388_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14956492_10153989004533483_4198513536803357388_n.jpg\" alt=\"Paula Jakobsson wearing her version of My dearest Karin\" width=\"564\" height=\"752\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Palatino; 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