Hygge- og strikkedage

Disse skønne dage mellem jul og nytår. Fyldt med mennesker, hygge, mørke og stearinlys. Det er dage, hvor jeg har strikketøj med overalt og hvor det bare er med til at forstærke hyggen, at mine strikkepinde knitre let. Juleaften blev sweateren til min søn pakket ind...

Strik et nemt sjal

– en begynder-strikkeopskrift     “Jeg kan fortælle, at det er et skønt sjal” siger frøken Fluffy Denne begynder sjalsopskrift er lavet med inspiration fra de traditionelle færøske sjaler. Advarsel: Du kan møde nye strikkeord. Gå ikke i...

GIVE SOMETHING – MAKE SOMETHING

I’m sick of Black Friday and all it’s consumerism. How is this going to fit together? I could talk a lot about this, but that isn’t what’s on my mind today. My words for today is GIVE – MAKE – BE – CREATE. GIVE SOMETHING – MAKE SOMETHING...

5 reason for going to the knitting festival in Stockholm

In May 2017 Knitwork.dk is hosting a knitting festival in Stockholm. They have held two festivals in Copenhagen and now its time to go to Sweden.  There are many reasons why you should go! Of course to say hi to me and join my “Find you knitting mojo”...

A suitcase full of “mojo” – my survival kit!

I have a suitcase from my grandmothers aunt, Lisa Forsman, LF. I got it when I was teenager and I loved it! For many years I have kept old letters in it, then toys for our young guest, but it wasn’t enough.   The suitcase has always caught my eyes and...

Knitting Mojo – has it gone?

Have you ever experienced that your knitting mojo disappeared?! I wrote about it before, but now I’m going to teach a workshop on how to find your knitting mojo! What is Knitting mojo? Knitting Mojo: The feeling that keeps you knitting Keeps the knitting...

The night before winter solstice

Winter solstice is my birthday. For many years I thought it was the most depressing day of the year to have birthday. It’s the darkest day of the hole year – we only have 7 hours of daylight in Denmark. In the later years I have learned to appreciate the...

To inspire and to be inspired

The inspiration to make the shawl, My Dearest Karin, came from Karin Larsson and her amazing work with textiles and home decoration. When I asked for some test knitters I didn’t know what to expect and I was just excited to get to see their work.  Paula...

My Dearest Karin

Danish is my mother tongue but Swedish is my grandmothers tongue and it talks to my heart like no other language. Ever since the Facebook page: Carl Larsson-gården, started sharing letters from the Swedish painter Carl Larsson to his wife Karin Larsson, I have been...

I’m doing it; asking for test knitters

[pullquote align=center] Do what you don’t dare. [/pullquote] Well, for the last year I have been working on others projects leaving me too little time to listen to my own ideas, create my own design and tell all the stories that comes to me. But since september...