tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85042380002932060142024-03-19T13:55:22.237+01:00Knit forwards {understand backwards}Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-50201278526175542072013-07-24T18:16:00.000+02:002013-07-24T18:24:34.929+02:00Flared World-Wide<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I recently finished this pleated skirt. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bulgarian-knitted-skirt-" target="_blank">The pattern is free from Ravelry.</a> It was a stash reducing and experimental project, however it was a success. The yarn is <a href="http://www.hjelholt.dk/?type=underkategori&id=1" target="_blank">Dansk Pelsuld 8/2 </a>. There are only a few Danish Spinning Mills left. This one, Hjelholt Spinnery, collects wool from farmers who breed <a href="http://www.gotlandsheep.dk/#" target="_blank">Gotlandsheep </a>spins and dye the wool. The sheep are naturally grey and the colors are gorgeous. Why I several years ago chose this dark gray is a mystery for me today, however the 237 grams are now transformed into this flared pleated skirt. I made no mods except for the hem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did this: after picking up stitches from the provisional cast on, I doubled the number of stitches (kfb)and worked 6 rows of double knitting.(k1, sl1pw),Worked a row of 2 stitches together. Turned and doubled the stitch count again (kfb). Turned and worked 6 rows of double knitting and bound off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In that way I could use a thin round elastic band. Pulled it through the first hem, made a loop and pulled it back through the second. The button is sewed on to secure the ends of the elastic band.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The skirt is called Bulgarian and it is originally written in Japanese and so fun to wear. The knitting of it made me think of this small Danish film called "Maskens mester", about knitting in Peru. If you have 10 minutes left please link to a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMCgAksktB0" target="_blank">wonderful video</a>. Enjoy !</span><br />
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Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-76374952560363450512013-05-09T21:05:00.000+02:002013-05-09T21:05:33.219+02:00Summer In Progress<h2>
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Summer in Progress is my Ravelry name for a gorgeous red pullover I just finished. The German name is "Stehkragen-Rolli im Stil von Akris" and in English: Akris-Style Sweater with Stand-Up Collar.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again I could not resist a special sleeve construction. This one is called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolman" target="_blank">Dolman sleeve.</a></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The sweater is originally designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akris" target="_blank">Akris</a>, and the German magazine </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: center;">Für Sie 01/2007 </span>made a pattern. A very nice knitter has made an English version and it is available through <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stehkragen-rolli-im-stil-von-akris" target="_blank">Ravelry</a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZ1gWdWgv9GpHgvPbgW3hDPKuCddsMmWo2CiHVQCAIVQI2EImsY9Ih0zipLyKAQf_Mt_rjOIwD1CHIcm3CcsPdSceFGDaHFaf6Q85KG9ddiDvsPA83lfzKWo3kwCVlJ41BrLGF3kJbCo/s640/blogger-image-1641034271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZ1gWdWgv9GpHgvPbgW3hDPKuCddsMmWo2CiHVQCAIVQI2EImsY9Ih0zipLyKAQf_Mt_rjOIwD1CHIcm3CcsPdSceFGDaHFaf6Q85KG9ddiDvsPA83lfzKWo3kwCVlJ41BrLGF3kJbCo/s640/blogger-image-1641034271.jpg" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have worked size Small, from the bottom, back and forth. And followed the pattern as written.</span></span></h2>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDntUqFXCdzogCsuW8owI-0pbu9tAAz6iJ3EYYpI0x5zBlimfSdkmrnHsyrk1s1wQrWkALaYPndJHK_l9oIwjXvxjB-7m7p_JYCJlil8joQ3SdO4XtdC3BbJ62ro6j2qQprbWOY0_nKNo/s640/blogger-image-564764384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDntUqFXCdzogCsuW8owI-0pbu9tAAz6iJ3EYYpI0x5zBlimfSdkmrnHsyrk1s1wQrWkALaYPndJHK_l9oIwjXvxjB-7m7p_JYCJlil8joQ3SdO4XtdC3BbJ62ro6j2qQprbWOY0_nKNo/s640/blogger-image-564764384.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">The yarn : </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/brands/karen-noe-design">http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/brands/karen-noe-design</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> is a cotton/ linen thread which actually is four different colours, red, purple, pink and orange.</span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJfPpbeL-7fI9g_WagJAmQ_GvkSH4XPA1Ma_aeWDqgk0-6IlgxyUthWpObtkDrCqoEMA2Oj2mxMaNIOGO4O8wafcn7cJtLzFGNnMcwMOzpRZ7O04Cfv1YdxIoLZQ2suxGBsq3JK7_KsE/s640/blogger-image-479314354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJfPpbeL-7fI9g_WagJAmQ_GvkSH4XPA1Ma_aeWDqgk0-6IlgxyUthWpObtkDrCqoEMA2Oj2mxMaNIOGO4O8wafcn7cJtLzFGNnMcwMOzpRZ7O04Cfv1YdxIoLZQ2suxGBsq3JK7_KsE/s640/blogger-image-479314354.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">It was difficult to make the dolman-decreases the way I wanted,</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJitYlCYFAsBdnQoPWmIcmd-VsCzwSpvhBQl1tMzHe5o_LlwPBr4R72OA8kBkGtkjOL5x7qTE-Ex5dl79bEst950HfteWKhClDXmOE2ARhiWfV7yZ13xJD_XOHUZD4NyjRNMW8z8qkHR4/s640/blogger-image-246647373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJitYlCYFAsBdnQoPWmIcmd-VsCzwSpvhBQl1tMzHe5o_LlwPBr4R72OA8kBkGtkjOL5x7qTE-Ex5dl79bEst950HfteWKhClDXmOE2ARhiWfV7yZ13xJD_XOHUZD4NyjRNMW8z8qkHR4/s400/blogger-image-246647373.jpg" width="300" /></a> <span style="font-size: large;">and I was thinking ??that if I worked this sweater on a circular maybe I could use this <a href="http://www.visitestonia.com/en/holiday-destinations/the-islands/muhu-island" target="_blank">Muhu</a> decrease.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here is the sweater on the catwalk.................................</span></div>
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Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-60239109736442244702013-02-03T08:22:00.000+01:002013-02-03T09:00:38.042+01:00my winter knittingThis is small Winter paper about the<a href="http://www.spindegaarden.dk/index.html" target="_blank"> Jacket in Garter Stitch</a> I have mentioned in two previous posts.<br />
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My Cristmas present was this <a href="http://www.anettekraen.dk/" target="_blank">pin</a> which is designed for the jacket.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">First an update on my <a href="http://knitforwardsunderstandbackwards.blogspot.dk/2012/11/danish-modern.html" target="_blank">Vibeke Lind and Hanne Vedel Jacket</a>. First sleeve is done and I have ordered the gold pin, which is designed for the jacket. A lovely Christmas present from my father, my husband and myself. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The sleeve is knit sideways, with saddle shoulder, using short-rows for top-shaping. I am not sure that my cast-on edge and the bind-off ditto will be of equal length so I decided to use provisional cast-on and will sew the sides together with kitchener stitch...(Smiling)<a href="http://chronicknittingsyndrome.blogspot.dk/2012/11/kaffe-fassett.html" target="_blank">Helen</a> has a lovely post which tells what can happen if you have to send your knitting over-seas for seaming.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have recently worked a pullover using the contiguous sleeve method developed by Susie Myers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I really like the look of my shoulders in that construction. Notice: I had to make some athletic postures to show you </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MttR/redy" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">this winner</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. </span>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-15053801038474243862012-11-23T23:03:00.002+01:002012-12-01T20:37:10.208+01:00Danish Modern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am about to start a very exiting new<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MttR/vibeke-lind-jacket" target="_blank"> project </a>and I can´t wait to share. It is a jacket in garter stitch in a dense fabric. A garment you can´t wear out, in a classic, simple design made by <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knitting-in-the-nordic-tradition" target="_blank">Vibeke Lind, </a>the author of Knitting in the Nordic Tradition. The pattern is in Danish.<br />
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The yarn is wool and silk and comes from the weaver <a href="http://wohnkultur66.de/hanne/" target="_blank">Hanne Vedel´s workshop, Spindegården. </a> One of Hanne Vedel´s latest projects is supplying textiles for the newly restored Trusteeship Council Chamber a gift from Denmark to the United Nations in 1953.<br />
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For closure goldsmith <a href="http://www.anettekraen.com/" target="_blank">Anette Kræn </a>has designed a pin.<br />
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<br />Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-87071328057707192412012-11-05T13:04:00.000+01:002012-11-10T23:39:54.154+01:00Victorian style in the year 2012<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">Last week I visited <a href="http://www.aarhus-possement.dk/velkommen" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc6611;">Aarhus Possementfabrik</span> </a>the last factory for hand made braids and tassels in Denmark.</span><br />
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Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-13919622447273942552012-08-30T17:48:00.001+02:002012-08-31T17:45:13.166+02:00Mette Sofie Larsdatter 1900<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you liked the<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MttR/kllingesjal-1897englishrecreation-from-vendsyssel-museum-denmark" target="_blank"> Kællingesjal 1897 </a>I believe you will be interested in this photo.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mette Sofie Larsdatter Jensen was born in 1838 in Uggerby, in the North of Jutland, only 20 km from the museum where the Kællingesjal was exhibited in 2009.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She was married in 1859 to a shoemaker, Justinus Jensen and they lived and worked in the little town, Bindslev. She had 10 children, six of them lived. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In 1900 a folklorist,<a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evald_Tang_Kristensen" target="_blank"> Evald Tang Kristensen</a>, was told that she knew and remembered a lot of old tales and songs, she had learnt from her mother and grandmother. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He went to see her to write down what she remembered.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">However, it was not easy. The shoemaker had his repair-shop in the living room, he was a very religious man and he had stomach trouble. He believed that what his wife was telling came from the devil. They were lies and he did not want them written down on paper. He kept asking: what is it good for? He simply could not understand.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After a while the shoemaker got so angry and Ewald Tang Christensen was thrown out, however he made a deal with Mette Sofie. When she had made supper for her husband and finished her work, she went to the teacher´s house and there all the stories she had heard in her childhood were written down and we can read it today. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In return she was offered to go to the photographer and have her photo taken, and here she is. Sitting in the studio, wearing her ironed apron, her best shawl, and of course with her knitting.</span><br />
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Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-54472332449894756212012-05-15T20:45:00.000+02:002012-05-15T20:45:31.041+02:00Pineapple Purse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When Knitty is published I am always looking forward to seeing what Franklin Habit has in his historic knitting bag. This time, <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss12/FEATss12SIT.php" target="_blank">Spring 2012</a>, he had adapted the popular pine apple purse from Jane Gaugain´s book 1840. His purse looks gorgeous. Scrumptious Silk, excellent choice. I had to find out which yarns was available those days, and here is what I found out. Is it still possible to get, yes, however, there is not much left out there.<br />
And I found this interesting blog: <a href="http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2012/01/perfect-pineapple-knitted-regency.html" target="_blank">Two Nerdy History Girls</a>. They write so well about this reticule fashion. And here is a photo from<br />
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The pattern calls for either purse twist or Berlin wool.<br />
This is what purse twist looks like. <a href="http://patternsalacarte.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-what-is-purse-twist-anyway.html" target="_blank">PatternsAlaCarte</a> blogs about it in 2008. I was more interested in working the bag in wool and visited this shop, <a href="http://broderi-moderne.dk/velkommen" target="_blank">Broderi Moderne</a> for a little talk with Pelse about vintage wool.<br />
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Zephyr wool is closest to the old brand, 4-plied merino, very strong, almost impossible to break. I have used it earlier to work <a href="http://knitforwardsunderstandbackwards.blogspot.com/2010/07/thing-is-to-find-truth.html" target="_blank">this shawl</a>. However, it is not produced anymore. Some shops still has some left and I found a place where I could have a closer look. It is only 8 meters per skein.<a href="http://www.permin.dk/dmc-garn/laine-colbert-uldgarn-art-486.html" target="_blank"> DMC</a> has taken it ´s place. The colors are almost the same but it is thicker.<br />
After this research I wanted to test knit the pattern. It calls for 320 stitches, I only cast on 120 stitches. In stead of a 16 stitches repeat, I worked the stitch pattern over 8 stitches like this: k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, sl1-k2tog-psso. I collected some different green yarns from my stash, linen, and cotton, and worked the stalks. I found a fine pineapple color<a href="http://www.fandango-shop.dk/shop/02-junik-marcipan-1024p.html" target="_blank"> here</a> and held it double for the body of the bag, the. The stitch pattern is so easy. If you memorize the pattern repeat you do not need a written pattern. Perfect if you are left on a desert island.<br />
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The drawstring reticule bag was a hit in 1840 where this pattern is from. I found a picture of the Danish King Frederik the 6th strolling with his wife Marie Sofie Frederikke and daughters in Frederiksberg Garden in 1813. It was the year of the Danish national bankruptsy. However, it is all very idyllic and I noticed that two of the women are bringing their redicules. Are they pine apples, I don´t know, but they look very much like it!<br />
Here is my bag. It almost designed itself.<br />
As an ipad sleeve:<br />
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Now I wonder if pine apple bags will be a hit 200 years later? Perhaps, I saw this bag in the local HM shop today.<br />
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<br />Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-46941335640041834752012-02-08T13:32:00.001+01:002012-02-08T13:54:11.166+01:00La, la, la! La Droguerie, Paris<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33_nOJjOSQVn2kvZibC3_8AbdhGjw4Cm1X36oShW4ls60vE5Sal2_QeGeg9b80meWztSNHMHmPhSLw1FAvrOCUkAepX_2WXhUPEaLhXEQkv4iTHpoCWtUGo2b94CPrLE5oDW_KKzu9bs/s1600/DSC02600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33_nOJjOSQVn2kvZibC3_8AbdhGjw4Cm1X36oShW4ls60vE5Sal2_QeGeg9b80meWztSNHMHmPhSLw1FAvrOCUkAepX_2WXhUPEaLhXEQkv4iTHpoCWtUGo2b94CPrLE5oDW_KKzu9bs/s400/DSC02600.JPG" width="397" /></a></div>I had a soft and colorful present. Bought for me on a vacation to Paris, and thanks to Ravelry I was able to identify <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/la-droguerie-alpaga" target="_blank">the yarn</a>.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFLa0W6B55ukBuXr6IUrBodYHIiC0g5qM1Orve_RgkJf3uAuUVKR9V2ysmcEK6fvlP6pxpuacO_GUJA7lMm6l638z5waS69IqxoxRqZxT69iXDK_Y_VIp6R1L3kS41QUwul8qWHrmzz8/s1600/DSC02597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFLa0W6B55ukBuXr6IUrBodYHIiC0g5qM1Orve_RgkJf3uAuUVKR9V2ysmcEK6fvlP6pxpuacO_GUJA7lMm6l638z5waS69IqxoxRqZxT69iXDK_Y_VIp6R1L3kS41QUwul8qWHrmzz8/s400/DSC02597.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripe-study-shawl" target="_blank">Stripe Study Shawl</a> has been on my<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/chronicknitting/stripe-study-shawl-2" target="_blank"> to-do list</a> for a while, and it was fun to play with the colors, as I had not one but two main colors. My sister did a great job choosing them. And of course I can´t help tie this as a tie shawl.<br />
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</div>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-36466812773876315242012-01-23T21:01:00.006+01:002012-01-23T22:28:23.125+01:00** Cortinarius semisanguineus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidc2lmG5xdmZWvTdOYpgh3HX8ILTVllGLALod9P-g6A8Bsrd_ZEYIOiXt5KuvPOGgmMeOQWtjcsiNyVlFOFjHfSTBV1fPxmSgISScmIU-73MhA4OcOoiRJt0zY5kAWp465tr_SIoqLAXA/s1600/grn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidc2lmG5xdmZWvTdOYpgh3HX8ILTVllGLALod9P-g6A8Bsrd_ZEYIOiXt5KuvPOGgmMeOQWtjcsiNyVlFOFjHfSTBV1fPxmSgISScmIU-73MhA4OcOoiRJt0zY5kAWp465tr_SIoqLAXA/s400/grn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Knitting looks monotonous. Working one stitch at a time for hours and hours. I have even talked to people who seriously believe that knitting can be used as a tranquilliser. Not my way of knitting. It is thrilling. Here is how it works: <br />
I want a cardigan. In stead of going shopping and buying one which fits me and I can wear immediately, I cast on, hope it will fit and will know in a month. <br />
Now here are some other choices I made which made my cardigan knitting even more exciting: <br />
I chose a well written pattern with lots of innovative details.<br />
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<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOaq24y6YhOSBI35aAb3AuORjHkfaOxn1coNenU9E42VxR3jxR359i0ITqk0bBQBffmAvwqay-SFMm7FoB8Ko5Km1oqS12DR9KRiLeKP02YaF1EanFo4hv1kEpULpf6lpIGSJRruKEKM/s1600/DSC02573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOaq24y6YhOSBI35aAb3AuORjHkfaOxn1coNenU9E42VxR3jxR359i0ITqk0bBQBffmAvwqay-SFMm7FoB8Ko5Km1oqS12DR9KRiLeKP02YaF1EanFo4hv1kEpULpf6lpIGSJRruKEKM/s320/DSC02573.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I could have chosen the yarn which the pattern called for. Well, I wanted to use a present, two skeins of vegetable dyed wool, 600 meter. Color, what you get when you dye with this: a medium-sized mushroom with a pale brown to ochre cap, and bright blood-red gills.<br />
Even before I cast on, I knew that I would need an extra skein. I want my sleeves to be long. Karin, who dyed this wool, is local. She blogs here: <a href="http://vildefarver.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Vilde Farver</a> I contacted her and was lucky to get hold of a skein in the same color, however, not the same dye lot. That really jazzed up the creativity. I searched the pattern for natural places to replace the main color. The edges and the pleats. <br />
<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/fallmasche" target="_blank">Fallmasche</a> suggests a drapey and light weight yarn. My yarn is a bit rough, reminds me of Blue faced leicester.<br />
- Here it has a nice lukewarm bath with a splash of vinegar.<br />
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Now it is done and I am very pleased with it.<br />
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However, interesting yarns and knitting projects are piling up and I am looking forward to a New Year of knitting adventures.<br />
Sock pattern is <a href="http://www.heartstringsfiberarts.com/a38.shtm">Country Girl Socks</a><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Yarn candy is from <a href="http://www.theknittinggoddess.co.uk/ourshop/prod_1712450-4ply-sock-yarn-semi-solid-raspberry.html">Knitting Goddess</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sheepskin is <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/365samso/5697472816/">Gutefår from Samsø. </a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvhYmE0uDBMuYRUPQY4wYKfbsBaOgwcpVMnQxRusXMKbg8YP2bskcOxis7QjJay0DLCpHXNFYIwvj6cygrsF7yKqw-KEkEji-z-1qi0dL7FoeaUL3DazDPPP7y8j8pvzDSclsiNJAAX0/s1600/groenhoved_gutefaar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvhYmE0uDBMuYRUPQY4wYKfbsBaOgwcpVMnQxRusXMKbg8YP2bskcOxis7QjJay0DLCpHXNFYIwvj6cygrsF7yKqw-KEkEji-z-1qi0dL7FoeaUL3DazDPPP7y8j8pvzDSclsiNJAAX0/s640/groenhoved_gutefaar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Best wishes, Mette</div><div align="left" style="text-align: right;"></div>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-81623093655282591822011-09-26T12:26:00.001+02:002011-10-01T20:06:24.380+02:00Viking textiles: How to!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkZK1X8eFWhlKEIZaPz5pKC38etwjMaQ3L6T0YRaRiTJgBx3OR3WCmMTwX2zKcPEdZK5hNDYr0ukeO6sa1G_NhrDfK5m7uHwPNdmPlZxsneoRAu0nOkHrpSUzBw7g7TNrb5lJzfIqArU/s1600/DSC02544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkZK1X8eFWhlKEIZaPz5pKC38etwjMaQ3L6T0YRaRiTJgBx3OR3WCmMTwX2zKcPEdZK5hNDYr0ukeO6sa1G_NhrDfK5m7uHwPNdmPlZxsneoRAu0nOkHrpSUzBw7g7TNrb5lJzfIqArU/s640/DSC02544.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Yesterday - in the most gorgeous September sunshine, while my DH was far away to watch the Road World Championship, I went by my own beloved bike to visit the local prehistoric museum, Moesgård. They have a fantastic <a href="http://www.moesmus.dk/page.asp?sideid=2019&zcs=4">exhibition on Vikings</a> and in the afternoon, a spare time viking craftswoman, archaeology student, <a href="http://au.academia.edu/BirgitteDamkjer">Birgitte Damkjer</a>, was invited to show how to work with :<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">naal binding</div><div style="text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/10xNxH_Itxs/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/10xNxH_Itxs&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/10xNxH_Itxs&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">tablet weaving</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/gaQC8NXE3Og?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ElL3paliC8F7MYXEEm84JFCunZIul5DdFULD0hOpdyVOloTvZ_bXQXkmWdXCXntmN0kNAJyVpi4o1xigmZQ_BJ-ENSEXs3-4rDvlVDNauA2dm0smnR_64eRE6NeHWiWG5bGGKvKj4ZE/s1600/DSC02545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ElL3paliC8F7MYXEEm84JFCunZIul5DdFULD0hOpdyVOloTvZ_bXQXkmWdXCXntmN0kNAJyVpi4o1xigmZQ_BJ-ENSEXs3-4rDvlVDNauA2dm0smnR_64eRE6NeHWiWG5bGGKvKj4ZE/s640/DSC02545.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>We had a very good talk. She was dressed in her homemade viking clothes, and looked absolutely fantastic with her glass beads and jewelry. <br />
I have several copies of prehistoric brooches. Presents from friends, family and colleagues, who know of my lifelong interest in historic crafts. Here they are, displayed on my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/amber-4">new vest.</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKpuAA8U2H5HNlC3hyphenhyphenaRwCuje9hA15yG290Lm9EyVtOkxrXwCPXB0TeKNU85xj9XA8JQyXtvZqzY8zfbgXQzCb30UiBBKpp06zLGwinFmjgEs6-6LMgs5F3Nee71Nih5HHdBL3U20ZYk/s1600/DSC02546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKpuAA8U2H5HNlC3hyphenhyphenaRwCuje9hA15yG290Lm9EyVtOkxrXwCPXB0TeKNU85xj9XA8JQyXtvZqzY8zfbgXQzCb30UiBBKpp06zLGwinFmjgEs6-6LMgs5F3Nee71Nih5HHdBL3U20ZYk/s320/DSC02546.JPG" width="254" /></a></div>They all look great,however I will not copy the viking woman and wear them all at the same time.Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-14522892384760764632011-09-17T18:35:00.006+02:002011-09-18T19:46:16.075+02:00soft, warm neck grotto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="goog_1104666137"><span id="goog_997679949"></span><span id="goog_997679950"></span></span><span id="goog_1104666138"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLORUTIM9JwP7dAlibfKh2UUY_h1Es9rK0-QJcKrQ1_krKJnT6rBa_KfiFZX5KYv_Mz464eR42XIOpXEkUcXCvG8Dt7tWnjiMHob6iy9_Ll0F9_EVxZi2Wjq27_JPP11A8apk1nRUEetw/s1600/DSC02529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLORUTIM9JwP7dAlibfKh2UUY_h1Es9rK0-QJcKrQ1_krKJnT6rBa_KfiFZX5KYv_Mz464eR42XIOpXEkUcXCvG8Dt7tWnjiMHob6iy9_Ll0F9_EVxZi2Wjq27_JPP11A8apk1nRUEetw/s640/DSC02529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two skeins of Manos del Uruguay <a href="http://www.manos.com.uy/">silk blend</a> have been in my stash for a couple of years. When I saw <a href="http://oceanofstitches.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-ships-seaside-finally-done.html">Ana´s </a>interpretation of <a href="http://tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/ships-and-seaside/">Tiny Owl Knit "inspired by the seaside cowl" </a>playing with stripes in different colors, I felt an urgent need to crawl into such a soft grotto of wool and silk. However, using this colorway there was no need to make it more watery than it already was and I decided to skip the stripes and work purl ridges in stead. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mjTJ719CE8GJOFP0V7irYyy-fHAq-KU5Y67QPbCE_NqcS4ji2uHEdhzzWsAru-di_M2d2eejG5i2pgndJ5w6n1bR5gxyJ7rGCjg0Y25bdwvq3g5alqmeNiJeCE7WWDCfnnloMx-MO8I/s1600/DSC02538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mjTJ719CE8GJOFP0V7irYyy-fHAq-KU5Y67QPbCE_NqcS4ji2uHEdhzzWsAru-di_M2d2eejG5i2pgndJ5w6n1bR5gxyJ7rGCjg0Y25bdwvq3g5alqmeNiJeCE7WWDCfnnloMx-MO8I/s400/DSC02538.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The design is gorgeous, the pattern quite simple. Perhaps it is not necessary for me to buy a pattern for a knitted tube. However, I want to support this young creative knit designer who generously has offered this pattern, "<a href="http://tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/some-cloudy-day/">some cloudy day " </a>for free. The leg warmers are on the needles but not for long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This How to wear a scarf-you tube-video was bookmarked the minute I saw it.So charming and playful. Some of these ways are quite complicated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/5LYAEz777AU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="goog_1740277802"></span><span id="goog_1740277803"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the cowl you can just do this:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcUaPeVLTYQZaNSCVYWSck2papxNvf2VHQqkqpWsPGxr18zFSAldW4yQd8OFTylTvBTr4Iin9kFD6zgwhip5f0x_4NxbTdzqIQVQoatIiXuVSgA28gRv5BmRYMJsY-if9AmDwWpJADxI/s1600/DSC02535.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcUaPeVLTYQZaNSCVYWSck2papxNvf2VHQqkqpWsPGxr18zFSAldW4yQd8OFTylTvBTr4Iin9kFD6zgwhip5f0x_4NxbTdzqIQVQoatIiXuVSgA28gRv5BmRYMJsY-if9AmDwWpJADxI/s320/DSC02535.JPG" width="251" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_idpPlRDe9LMWucMfeCDKy7lV1h0u1bYVRcBAOBlZane4_ZO2SGg7pnwR9uAAxJh5DNmnb8MqgDJqiF9f5Ht99XV8zjYMZlCyZ0c-UD3O2i2-d2KLgY2xsgwe1SnE59B4cN4bPYEFGg/s1600/DSC02537.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_idpPlRDe9LMWucMfeCDKy7lV1h0u1bYVRcBAOBlZane4_ZO2SGg7pnwR9uAAxJh5DNmnb8MqgDJqiF9f5Ht99XV8zjYMZlCyZ0c-UD3O2i2-d2KLgY2xsgwe1SnE59B4cN4bPYEFGg/s320/DSC02537.JPG" width="260" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Sorry for the blurry photo, it was hard for me to focus.</div><a href="http://tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/some-cloudy-day/"><br />
</a>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-89367981256974425292011-09-08T10:27:00.013+02:002011-09-21T15:43:49.541+02:00Tendrils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPufpcP9aU-J4y1IEg0RLbq9C9LYhrefpT9vFXhp3u3ab8yE0FqAP2To4U1YrX0XHV1xMWVR2xkt710JFngzJpkd_z6DrGutiQyNlTGj_CfA9x0Jue6blMos_Znun69gBG1OoQjmW8e54/s1600/DSC02355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwyCziLsbdLk523ALcqCOzK60KBMtfUBzpHk8ZFBkAIE77x7hvY7dme96oMbtEczPDICTAbmxA8ledsHhHLemunzsdcSKPsFDD1DO9o7SoKmR-Fnd_sqDJdci-BxeeFrT8AQoYiOMobI/s1600/DSC02355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwyCziLsbdLk523ALcqCOzK60KBMtfUBzpHk8ZFBkAIE77x7hvY7dme96oMbtEczPDICTAbmxA8ledsHhHLemunzsdcSKPsFDD1DO9o7SoKmR-Fnd_sqDJdci-BxeeFrT8AQoYiOMobI/s400/DSC02355.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This sock pattern is called <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tendrils-rib-socks-46">Tendrils, </a>the designer´name is<a href="http://mlegan.wordpress.com/"> Mary Lou Egan</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is another pattern from her knitting basket :<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coquille-shawl"> Coquille</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOssNv-bO6xHhrkeRJQvEeJn7X_rDAWzZCWi1TAoobAQw0gFxmnrkyy6IriljTBcK9finXfYuf8JEhKTp8lTPZAdBkMfFhRF36_fwjxDO0O9rF6EMVUIzhpwjigAivDNV8ldWto76fyaY/s1600/DSC01985.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOssNv-bO6xHhrkeRJQvEeJn7X_rDAWzZCWi1TAoobAQw0gFxmnrkyy6IriljTBcK9finXfYuf8JEhKTp8lTPZAdBkMfFhRF36_fwjxDO0O9rF6EMVUIzhpwjigAivDNV8ldWto76fyaY/s320/DSC01985.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Mrs Egan is inspired by organic shapes - and knitting her patterns makes me think of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau"> the Art Nouveau </a>period: In Denmark called "Skønvirke" (1895-1920) The decorations were inspired by wild flowers, insects and the flora and fauna of the sea.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUJyIQ0DXobaoZQlxRCpEi8HDy6B1397-l8Vzwi6n5nTtodEbk5erS7C8diOKytmExmD7yy9JJ1h1aWbk15LA6knTwVIB-W1FtvRgIeE1JpXot3YsppX85xFceu2GAIG5iWVZloTCSWI/s1600/sk%25C3%25B8nvirkestil.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUJyIQ0DXobaoZQlxRCpEi8HDy6B1397-l8Vzwi6n5nTtodEbk5erS7C8diOKytmExmD7yy9JJ1h1aWbk15LA6knTwVIB-W1FtvRgIeE1JpXot3YsppX85xFceu2GAIG5iWVZloTCSWI/s640/sk%25C3%25B8nvirkestil.png" width="640" /></a> <a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_R%C3%B8rdam" title="Kristian Rørdam">Kristian Rørdam</a>, <i>Danmarks Tilblivelse</i> (1898) A wild danish forest, drawn in "skønvirke" style (Danish Arts and crafts : Art Nouveau, Jugend style").<br />
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In Britain the movement was called arts and craft.<i><br />
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<i>"The Arts and Crafts style started as a search for aesthetic design and decoration and a reaction against the styles that were developed by machine-production. Arts and Crafts objects were simple in form, without superfluous decoration, and how they were constructed was often still visible. They tended to emphasize the qualities of the materials used ("truth to material"). They often had patterns inspired by flora and fauna." </i><br />
This goes for knitting, too.<br />
The <a href="http://www.garn.dk/group.asp?group=90">sock yarn</a> is an ordinary solid blue, however the stitch pattern has 3D effect on the solid yarn color, reflects the light and makes it look like semisolid. And the knitted fabric becomes elastic and lofty.<br />
Tendrils is a birthday present for my son, who appreciates a hand knit sock.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-33698127580532437732011-08-28T21:57:00.001+02:002011-08-30T22:10:01.086+02:00head or tail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvhLTxWWyEa4E53b-R8osnzAVWqvNK8lD7gCKGVvKcDILC8kvFgXS_kJKObX0S3JMsSEshZUKpw_9BnOtgcya8Ghif9y5NhWJCyQW3Fno-yXaWPpIPEM1KOHyxeI3IUgzOLAtUDzfr3E/s1600/DSC02515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvhLTxWWyEa4E53b-R8osnzAVWqvNK8lD7gCKGVvKcDILC8kvFgXS_kJKObX0S3JMsSEshZUKpw_9BnOtgcya8Ghif9y5NhWJCyQW3Fno-yXaWPpIPEM1KOHyxeI3IUgzOLAtUDzfr3E/s640/DSC02515.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>It has almost been a month since I went to Copenhagen and visited <a href="http://www.bryggenart.com/en/"> North Atlantic House,</a> a building which is dedicated Icelandic, Faeroe and Greenlandic exhibitions and events. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mWPYG5k8fJoGaqBDF0nwBYKFUpWq6N_kOS46y76TI5aaGpCics2iRuQAkZTSGa39vJPdC75tWG3KIAVR7eBHtgnCwl3Mks_qmZOR1HQeJJKJMkv2kOPvm3_dNiu_OOSzEcKIAJnSXhY/s1600/Kosmisk+rum_Brygge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mWPYG5k8fJoGaqBDF0nwBYKFUpWq6N_kOS46y76TI5aaGpCics2iRuQAkZTSGa39vJPdC75tWG3KIAVR7eBHtgnCwl3Mks_qmZOR1HQeJJKJMkv2kOPvm3_dNiu_OOSzEcKIAJnSXhY/s320/Kosmisk+rum_Brygge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="ParagraphText">Round the corner is this blue igloo. It is locked but you can get the key in the reception.</div><div class="ParagraphText">I tried to take a photo of me inside. With thousands of mirrors it should be easy, however where am I? I wore a red scarf that day!<br />
<a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B3ndur_Patursson">Trondur </a>Patursson has made various examples of his “cosmic room”. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5KWqxWMmWEpo0ZB-7k-pgGxPnNwogX6KKfivChHersDYeb-Y4OZ_lb6kU2pXJsXgdAVrqEShxiS3BtdXxn7xoJ4JW2bO-mJQ9W_BCv8LofFJBUnuFWXa6Ty1lfJgpZSCXuc84ayg5-w/s1600/DSC02475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5KWqxWMmWEpo0ZB-7k-pgGxPnNwogX6KKfivChHersDYeb-Y4OZ_lb6kU2pXJsXgdAVrqEShxiS3BtdXxn7xoJ4JW2bO-mJQ9W_BCv8LofFJBUnuFWXa6Ty1lfJgpZSCXuc84ayg5-w/s320/DSC02475.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Outside the museum was a small coffee shop, with Icelandic specialties. I had a cup of coffee and an Icelandic chocolate bar.<br />
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Not far from Transatlantic Brygge is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania">Fretown Christiania.</a><br />
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I am not particularly interested in how kings and queens lived. I am absorbed by the way poor people were treated, women and children. How they managed : Illness, poverty, suppression. I found this photo of a group of people from the bottom of society.<br />
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Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-19956479497086348702011-08-03T13:10:00.001+02:002011-08-03T22:35:59.141+02:00how to make a knitter happy<div class="newsTitle"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-rfhyphenhyphenOB1JHkEuLP_wEkzwoTAxqKxT6QsyDyDEImNJktbqJo23vCovuESAR6qFv-le0CGEojDHggmvZymOxrUzAm4pEy9aPdXlYFLMjckk4RCj3lRMoQeZ1j3RuRQYzFdF_8OoOm_U64/s1600/DSC02478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-rfhyphenhyphenOB1JHkEuLP_wEkzwoTAxqKxT6QsyDyDEImNJktbqJo23vCovuESAR6qFv-le0CGEojDHggmvZymOxrUzAm4pEy9aPdXlYFLMjckk4RCj3lRMoQeZ1j3RuRQYzFdF_8OoOm_U64/s640/DSC02478.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><i> </i>This weekend I had a great trip to Copenhagen. I especially wanted to visit this exhibition<i>:</i></div><div class="newsTitle"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_725346728">Faroese knit: art and design</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.bryggen.dk/default.asp?Doc=111&news=506">30.04.11 - 23.08.11</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixb9syQccx7Q2SWqxPlSLPExyS9h5MH_NH26Bl8OkjyKYZJ1FRfX2zgZmoES1HBRT9Zaxt9fPqCCoDP8wRiTmSTTM9Q1QXMIteQAlId1yN142vkyCKuSyWIjD8JGXdZGLNCFoPyoJ8SjM/s1600/Katrina+Maria+Hansen+Taeppe+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixb9syQccx7Q2SWqxPlSLPExyS9h5MH_NH26Bl8OkjyKYZJ1FRfX2zgZmoES1HBRT9Zaxt9fPqCCoDP8wRiTmSTTM9Q1QXMIteQAlId1yN142vkyCKuSyWIjD8JGXdZGLNCFoPyoJ8SjM/s320/Katrina+Maria+Hansen+Taeppe+2.jpg" width="204" /></a></div></div><div class="ParagraphText">So glad I did, it is really something to travel for.. If you are not in Copenhagen this summer, I guess these gorgeous blankets will be shown in other parts of the world. They certainly are worth it. <a href="http://www.steinum.net/">Thanks to Johanna av Steinum</a> these knitted pieces of art could inspire knitters anywhere.<br />
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The photo is an antique runner from Sweden. I borrowed it from <a href="http://www.esrum-antik.dk/index.htm">this shop.</a><br />
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A place like this it is good for you to sit down for a while for reflections. I rested on one of these felted rock cushions by the South African designer <a href="http://www.designafrica.ca/profile.php?uId=33&uLang=en">Ronel Jordaan.</a><br />
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<i><b><i>Faroese knit: art and design</i></b> exhibits the first knitted artworks from the Faroe Islands, created by Katrina Maria Hansen (Mia) from 1960-1975, and the most recent knitted fashion design by Jóhanna av Steinum. </i><br />
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<i> As an outsider on the Faroese art scene, K.M. Hansen´s work was discovered by coincidence by knitwear designer Jóhanna av Steinum. Although K.M.Hansen´s artwork was unkown, her skills as a knitter, especially jumpers for the Faroese costume was well acclaimed. In 2007, Jóhanna av Steinum was writing a university thesis about the Faroese costume, and it was in connection to this that Jóhanna av Steinum visited and interviewed the experienced knitter. Steinum accidently found the artwork hidden away in Mia´s home. She immediately knew that she had come across something unique and understood right away that it deserved to be exhibited and preserved. </i><br />
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<i>To use knitting for purposes other than clothing production was highly unusual in the Faroe Islands until in recent years. Knitting was used for functional purposes and for practical use, never in an artful way with purely an aesthetic purpose. To create patterns and combine colors, the way Mia did, was completely unheard of at the time. </i><br />
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<i>Jóhanna av Steinum is a young Faroese fashion designer, where she designs fashion often inspired by Faroese traditional patterns. In recent years, she has been one of the head designers for the Faroese label SIRRI. In addition, Jóhanna av Steinum has exhibited her own works and given lectures and workshops about design and knitting in many countries.</i><br />
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<i>Jóhanna av Steinum was so inspired by Katrina Maria Hansen that she designed a fashion collection based on her knitted artwork. This exhibition is therefore an interaction between the original works of Katrina Maria Hansen (1913-2010) and the contemporary design of Jóhanna av Steinum. The first knitted Faroese artworks, side by side with the most recent knitted fashion design.</i></div><div class="ParagraphText"><br />
<i>Katrina Maria Hansen died in 2010 at the age of 96, just before the exhibition was realized, so she did not experience the acclaim and attention for her works in connection to this exhibition. </i><br />
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Before I left the exhibition I worked two rows of the knitting on the ladder. Yarn: three threads fingering wool,held together. Needles: broomsticks.</div>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-57259172063416603972011-07-25T10:55:00.002+02:002011-07-27T12:25:05.598+02:00norwegian tragedy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPqNy_sWU88jJlaSMz_f-m4EeYlLfAXM_zJWl9EazGVqk_rwQhXVgLQAj-rDNdfxbbGApy2VM3_1GmiXqcw3EZNdP097vDTW-YPhH_TWCPxV1BziecK8CrAAe6L9T7llV8WPYOj-WOxs/s1600/DSC00192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPqNy_sWU88jJlaSMz_f-m4EeYlLfAXM_zJWl9EazGVqk_rwQhXVgLQAj-rDNdfxbbGApy2VM3_1GmiXqcw3EZNdP097vDTW-YPhH_TWCPxV1BziecK8CrAAe6L9T7llV8WPYOj-WOxs/s640/DSC00192.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Kære alle norske venner.<br />
Modtag min dybeste medfølelse for den forfærdelige hændelse, der er sket. Jeg har fulgt med på norsk tv og forfærdelsen er efterhånden blevet afløst af dyb beundring for det norske folks mod og omsorg for hinanden. Jeg beder til og håber at I kommer styrkede ud af dette mareridt.<br />
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Dear Norwegian friends.<br />
My condolences to you all. In these sad days we are all Norwegians.Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-84576450749051265642011-07-17T19:07:00.002+02:002011-07-19T21:14:13.695+02:00music, art, knittingDays with lots of rain, however, one night a wet yellow - rose light poured into my living room and I was lucky to see this from my window, a fantastic sunset. It was just what I needed after a funeral, and taking care of a confused and very old man. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OyTxk8ZdD-S8Di82exW3LwjbfB_Su9MetVLbFSUWOgWSAVtJsT8ZkkkjuRRHhIn6VOWVuFsC6M7ax_QsPj4QwSGsCHOVMxfFelUZNuGQCemmG-XXwyLXUX-8ZXXdMs_BRUkyk9Elk7Q/s1600/DSC02464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OyTxk8ZdD-S8Di82exW3LwjbfB_Su9MetVLbFSUWOgWSAVtJsT8ZkkkjuRRHhIn6VOWVuFsC6M7ax_QsPj4QwSGsCHOVMxfFelUZNuGQCemmG-XXwyLXUX-8ZXXdMs_BRUkyk9Elk7Q/s400/DSC02464.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The next day was a lovely summer´s day and I was determined to do some impulse buying, just for me.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuNev-eyNWHEEzUQhGZiH6-O1AjfevkM-7wqrQ-QPrxY6hBqEZODd-fdAoUdabXpz3qGIR-MVTWC3PGv5HttjaGwXPzw73jEAyYTEe4XFxSJnzBa0HqoueE2xmuO8NkE3qwSJUNvqnQ4/s1600/DSC02460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuNev-eyNWHEEzUQhGZiH6-O1AjfevkM-7wqrQ-QPrxY6hBqEZODd-fdAoUdabXpz3qGIR-MVTWC3PGv5HttjaGwXPzw73jEAyYTEe4XFxSJnzBa0HqoueE2xmuO8NkE3qwSJUNvqnQ4/s400/DSC02460.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>I came home with this: the yarn is three threads of linen and one thread cotton. From <a href="http://www.karen-noe.dk/">Karen Noe.</a> I used it for the Balloon dress. and it behaves very well after washing.<a href="http://knitforwardsunderstandbackwards.blogspot.com/2010/05/life-has-its-own-hidden-forces.html"> Blogged here</a>.<br />
The music is piano music by Carl Nielsen. I am very fond of his music. This piece is called The Fog is Lifting. It is written in 1920.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/2yCOKCACRqU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>The cover is a painting by the Danish painter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Hammersh%C3%B8i">Vilhelm Hammershøi</a>. Here is another one.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JYoZAHKJKoWAgQi7xejz3YA6xCY2JLA8Kq5mbLRNkNa02znU0Gt-VQ5Q8uKIPFGNt9kcphtdM7P67RbKUlRfpLkIPdIM7rd5mi67VhucVwx6mVx4rZRCppcB092x7IZCCqwN3TcMg-M/s1600/02_Hammershoi_Strandgade30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JYoZAHKJKoWAgQi7xejz3YA6xCY2JLA8Kq5mbLRNkNa02znU0Gt-VQ5Q8uKIPFGNt9kcphtdM7P67RbKUlRfpLkIPdIM7rd5mi67VhucVwx6mVx4rZRCppcB092x7IZCCqwN3TcMg-M/s640/02_Hammershoi_Strandgade30.jpg" width="521" /></a></div> "Interioer" from Hammershøi's flat in Strandgade 30, Copenhagen. I am actually going to Strandgade, no: 91 this summer to visit <a href="http://www.bryggen.dk/default.asp?news=154&Doc=39">this exhibition</a>. I shall write about it in a later post.<br />
I am really looking forward to my vacation in a few weeks and I hope to finish this. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOckzvdDv0CuM1cIOSXTkN-uxMfQ7hMtxO5wK5PTEEAfZyNH65u8VOjcmR-VzCUH_rsGcaRe18pJKl10nl3LDjWoaEoBVzoZKp1A0YpUk0d3ROF2YBRslYUTkcarh16XV2ySOWC6nL2A/s1600/DSC02466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOckzvdDv0CuM1cIOSXTkN-uxMfQ7hMtxO5wK5PTEEAfZyNH65u8VOjcmR-VzCUH_rsGcaRe18pJKl10nl3LDjWoaEoBVzoZKp1A0YpUk0d3ROF2YBRslYUTkcarh16XV2ySOWC6nL2A/s640/DSC02466.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The pattern is<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/buttercup-6"> Buttercup by Heidi Kirrmeier. </a>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-89356359655634170942011-07-08T12:53:00.004+02:002011-07-08T18:21:53.679+02:00colors from Lyø<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh892i74ljnLOb49Cjv1EFmJ930fixMumPcNIIEixGFv2NxHCEXUK92r0hjJh_MifWtcAiyyHu5EgHajg4-CCsQivgNu0Q2HL6H9JCjI7rGGH_X_31L1XSAYsU0gbWSG-g2ZluFew1iBUI/s1600/DSC02459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh892i74ljnLOb49Cjv1EFmJ930fixMumPcNIIEixGFv2NxHCEXUK92r0hjJh_MifWtcAiyyHu5EgHajg4-CCsQivgNu0Q2HL6H9JCjI7rGGH_X_31L1XSAYsU0gbWSG-g2ZluFew1iBUI/s640/DSC02459.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The <a href="http://knitforwardsunderstandbackwards.blogspot.com/2011/06/fine-feathers-make-fine-birds.html">Folklore Jacket </a>is growing. In the morning I work a couple of rows, drinking my second cup of morning coffee. The first cup is reserved the morning paper.<br />
I was a bit uncertain if the colors were replica of Danish folklore until I saw this photo.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xT_d1-JEm3y5-qDRKpiuz-P3FL9qAc5GPZag-10-mHDFSW6F6J9t1tDqdYOa-EuxVXJfTBF9LQWcQ_Z5IDb3mmzdgAcc1xhbeZ3QRCJ-oLBvShoZMXcUOeAIK96-m7zsnkP9M0FBd_4/s1600/DSC02458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xT_d1-JEm3y5-qDRKpiuz-P3FL9qAc5GPZag-10-mHDFSW6F6J9t1tDqdYOa-EuxVXJfTBF9LQWcQ_Z5IDb3mmzdgAcc1xhbeZ3QRCJ-oLBvShoZMXcUOeAIK96-m7zsnkP9M0FBd_4/s640/DSC02458.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>These <a href="http://tenen-dk.homeunix.org/tenen/DanmarksFolkeligeBroderier/index.html">fingerless mittens </a>were knit and embroidered on the little island, Lyø. 150 years ago maybe.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIg4uJhU7MMY8l2YMD45_2IH6G2cnRS_PitBGZzwy7asb7I4fukChenLLBsxNES1NHoM90bKXMEiAUOFQAB-xFe2rvIa2O8rKHG0YcEHS0HeQ2H_3mbcohBCficJufGPldB4UgvrFU_U/s1600/mandsdragtfraly0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIg4uJhU7MMY8l2YMD45_2IH6G2cnRS_PitBGZzwy7asb7I4fukChenLLBsxNES1NHoM90bKXMEiAUOFQAB-xFe2rvIa2O8rKHG0YcEHS0HeQ2H_3mbcohBCficJufGPldB4UgvrFU_U/s640/mandsdragtfraly0.jpg" width="416" /></a></div>Thank you for all your comforting comments. The service was very beautiful and we had a good time afterwards meeting relatives we almost never see.Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com65600 Faaborg Municipality, Denmark55.0406389 10.14858070000002554.9429404 9.9697102000000246 55.1383374 10.327451200000025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-55650620166925714172011-07-01T12:36:00.000+02:002011-07-01T12:36:06.333+02:00parting hour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBUU1dHs69Ry-kNJyyevNge7xaQ0UANMxHhBvi2ohMJT3hvIf-idCfBzdUVdylkJ7n6MV7XRo90l0-pDRej4qnKM68mpdl8A15_Hvm1q04XXUgIIxJ6Bhlttpo9HNPSvvjIZ3i1Vral4/s1600/HasleKirke-2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBUU1dHs69Ry-kNJyyevNge7xaQ0UANMxHhBvi2ohMJT3hvIf-idCfBzdUVdylkJ7n6MV7XRo90l0-pDRej4qnKM68mpdl8A15_Hvm1q04XXUgIIxJ6Bhlttpo9HNPSvvjIZ3i1Vral4/s200/HasleKirke-2.bmp" width="200" /></a></div>I lost my mother-in-law last Saturday. She was born in 1925. The recent years she sat in her sofa drawing, living in her own world of birds, flowers, and elves. She leaves her husband, three sons, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Tomorrow we will say goodbye to her from this church. Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-52625424451052160892011-06-19T20:33:00.000+02:002011-06-19T20:33:31.154+02:00on my doorstep<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk3VszkMvCEy9fnyQX5lstXUWtIh4Flma5O6Q_zyqxmeZ3Ojky5Kq1HjKyscX2-W3LyRrTGQIT9MlJ-8dBq-eeGOjq-5x4V_2_TriqxBVogztwAh_pwH8cGkLvHyqlqU7aBF9-a_p_ic/s1600/DSC02446.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk3VszkMvCEy9fnyQX5lstXUWtIh4Flma5O6Q_zyqxmeZ3Ojky5Kq1HjKyscX2-W3LyRrTGQIT9MlJ-8dBq-eeGOjq-5x4V_2_TriqxBVogztwAh_pwH8cGkLvHyqlqU7aBF9-a_p_ic/s320/DSC02446.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A rainy summer's day I saw this bunch of flowers outside my door. One of my neighbors had left for a vacation to Norway, but before she took off, she had gathered these peonies and roses from her garden and left them on my doorstep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MMo1Y6wu3TEd0RIAX7-DBSN8Zg5-FcMn8HHhAuXH8ii07bcHuEIotpH7B2ruO5S19C6cUlHZbOuYHKJelowrOZu3MmMZNeiTC_OERgc-bJswtEmanaOm1EQzJdH-rA_q9Pcwbamt0pQ/s1600/DSC02445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MMo1Y6wu3TEd0RIAX7-DBSN8Zg5-FcMn8HHhAuXH8ii07bcHuEIotpH7B2ruO5S19C6cUlHZbOuYHKJelowrOZu3MmMZNeiTC_OERgc-bJswtEmanaOm1EQzJdH-rA_q9Pcwbamt0pQ/s320/DSC02445.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The roses give off the most lovely scent. And I have enjoyed them for nearly a week now. Even if the flowers have begun to wither away, they a still very, very beautiful.<br />
So thoughtful and heart warming.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UGc1P7DCiH2cAElQJYAm_ImA3bHY2jcppNYNpCScizoYwebk3ldgqZOBwFSnA8eGap-QaaSjeR-Huwnzvx_79otKVHyYDo6caLi_P3f4cvD8sDNdesoTEb4bNb0kRqghF55Kveuad0o/s1600/DSC02452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UGc1P7DCiH2cAElQJYAm_ImA3bHY2jcppNYNpCScizoYwebk3ldgqZOBwFSnA8eGap-QaaSjeR-Huwnzvx_79otKVHyYDo6caLi_P3f4cvD8sDNdesoTEb4bNb0kRqghF55Kveuad0o/s320/DSC02452.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And for the main color, six shades of green, same procedure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyABiU9DLZmJ6T2mmKxQVyFESlJmKvPDAiUqKH3ZXA2PYgXwCbTDwpUgWkvqxEbN1xR_rQvJmeW2LLxG054mCTraRN1siHbaG9dO8uSBC0-6RTDNnI7ubiRn5rO8dS0S7vCJPP-CbfirE/s1600/DSC02453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyABiU9DLZmJ6T2mmKxQVyFESlJmKvPDAiUqKH3ZXA2PYgXwCbTDwpUgWkvqxEbN1xR_rQvJmeW2LLxG054mCTraRN1siHbaG9dO8uSBC0-6RTDNnI7ubiRn5rO8dS0S7vCJPP-CbfirE/s320/DSC02453.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-31788915934576803692011-06-12T20:52:00.000+02:002011-06-12T20:52:03.177+02:00fine feathers make fine birdsI have been through a very looong sock knitting period. When I look at my Ravelry project page there are so many socks, and some of the patterns I have worked two, and even three times. I was definitely ready for something new and challenging when I visited a very <a href="http://www.strikkekunsten.dk/">fine yarn shop </a>in a neighboring town. <br />
The Folklore jacket designed by <a href="http://www.christel-seyfarth.dk/christel-seyfarth/about_christel_seyfarth.html">Christel Seyfarth</a> was hanging on a dummy and the owner had knit it herself. I tried it on, and it looked fine on me. I was very confident when I ordered the kit, however when I opened the box, I admit my spirit sank.<br />
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And knit forwards, after all, it is only fair Isle. The patterns are Faeroese.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2djKxVVvnGa4hQSWDuZ2VW_hei-JYf66FwElLeFd9Eoh3KjqMFwvi5_a4NnrbXlPNmRrQfzENz68oEp8l_qU0NN-WGPkcLJsCaNGyW-HHO0NHD9Y6eqjwM4t-zkSzZZXXr3Z-BGlV8c/s1600/DSC02438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2djKxVVvnGa4hQSWDuZ2VW_hei-JYf66FwElLeFd9Eoh3KjqMFwvi5_a4NnrbXlPNmRrQfzENz68oEp8l_qU0NN-WGPkcLJsCaNGyW-HHO0NHD9Y6eqjwM4t-zkSzZZXXr3Z-BGlV8c/s320/DSC02438.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-41977039942370130342011-06-07T13:11:00.005+02:002011-09-18T13:31:26.205+02:00"old age realizes the dreams of youth"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_gug74rHZnb_22SvBmHN2Ogo1IpOL22TT68sq9MvuHfj_X_pOuh4YA0u1nEfNcOYzrnaeqDMVcu2uZG1Q9dVmk98s3GwiLolNM8g4_U7YWpWNWN6Qzr4EPu-EMsCjHuK2CbPbLmeUKw/s1600/DSC02415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_gug74rHZnb_22SvBmHN2Ogo1IpOL22TT68sq9MvuHfj_X_pOuh4YA0u1nEfNcOYzrnaeqDMVcu2uZG1Q9dVmk98s3GwiLolNM8g4_U7YWpWNWN6Qzr4EPu-EMsCjHuK2CbPbLmeUKw/s640/DSC02415.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The first four days of this Summer, Mr. and I went for a vacation. We did not go very far. Two hours by car. However, I wanted to go back a hundred years to find out where my great grandparents had lived and worked.. My mother's sister had sent me some old photos and I knew from her that the house still exists.<br />
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In the 1930ies my mum and her sister went to visit their grandparents every summer for a couple of weeks. In those days there were gravel roads but apart from that, the town plan have not changed much.<br />
We had brought our bikes and went slowly through the small quiet village.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEY5m1elh0pDxqCHsex9Z2Z4Uo6ipM81RuIL7WfxF3T1U5q53xWchnoK_xmqIe4uMx5uNknO8Lz0i3pcpnEDO4yHoPYbgV0_7xDurvmf1CW4IiOFFMDh2IOJK8h3geYmhYTD6kFb2ZAuA/s1600/DSC02400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEY5m1elh0pDxqCHsex9Z2Z4Uo6ipM81RuIL7WfxF3T1U5q53xWchnoK_xmqIe4uMx5uNknO8Lz0i3pcpnEDO4yHoPYbgV0_7xDurvmf1CW4IiOFFMDh2IOJK8h3geYmhYTD6kFb2ZAuA/s400/DSC02400.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>My grandparents were both born in 1875. He came from Germany, trained as a blacksmith he travelled round the country, working, until he came to where my great grandmother lived, a part of Denmark which was German until 1920. They fell in love, married in 1899, and settled down not far from her home. In one end of their house was the forge, and they also started a grocery store in 1904, the only shop in the village.<br />
Next door was the dairy work and every morning horse-drawn carriages came with fresh milk from the farms and my mum and her sister sat in the open window greeting the drivers. Baba shoed the horses and mama was working in the grocery store. What a lot of life. They had nine children.<br />
During the First World War Baba was enrolled in the German army for four years. He has probably been working as a blacksmith, and during those four years Mama had three of her children and provided for the family. In 1949 they celebrated their golden wedding. At that time they had 26 grandchildren.<br />
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I know the photos are not good. But I want to show it anyway. Imagine the glossy silk.<br />
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They were wedding stockings and so delicate. Of cause everyone wanted to copy such a beautiful piece of clothing. In a way they could afford.Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-69907877141383313382011-05-22T19:52:00.001+02:002011-05-22T19:55:23.502+02:00GrowthGrowth is the name of one of <a href="http://www.modernknitting.co.uk/shepherd-sock-growth-25545-0.html">Lorna´s Laces colors</a> and it is definitely what is going on in my garden right now. A pair of knitting needles are regrettably replaced with a pair of hedge shears. I used to be fond of gardening, but nowadays I prefer to enjoy my garden from a garden chair. Knitting. And watching everything grow. My plants, my grandchildren and my <a href="http://cassiana.typepad.com/too_much_wool/2007/05/new_sock_finall.html">Loksins! Socks</a> with a black and white border.<br />
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Last time I went to visit <a href="http://www.dengamleby.dk/index.php?eID=tx_cms_showpic&file=uploads%2Fpics%2Fmusaeum-artikel-3.jpg&width=800m&height=600m&bodyTag=%3Cbody%20style%3D%22margin%3A0%3B%20background%3A%23fff%3B%22%3E&wrap=%3Ca%20href%3D%22javascript%3Aclose%28%29%3B%22%3E%20%7C%20%3C%2Fa%3E&md5=d539f1330350fe93d3b64a2319e67992">my local museum</a> I took some photos of old time knitting tools. Could I only replace rake and lawn mover with some of these old beauties. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LeiGGrO8pQ6kc4y6ByOBHb3wTQ0veDREhB0PqzLPRRqPBtYf3hv8Kk8obU_px1rlbVMxoHwwFOzy0L2DeJyC-DgjKdVOED9PUS9oAYRug-0_7oSMn8kVNrcxpmnR_C6Qvhab1j0OXSc/s1600/DSC02388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LeiGGrO8pQ6kc4y6ByOBHb3wTQ0veDREhB0PqzLPRRqPBtYf3hv8Kk8obU_px1rlbVMxoHwwFOzy0L2DeJyC-DgjKdVOED9PUS9oAYRug-0_7oSMn8kVNrcxpmnR_C6Qvhab1j0OXSc/s320/DSC02388.JPG" width="319" /></a></div>They were used as engagement presents. The young man did not carve one himself. He went to a carver who had one in stock, and he carved the name of the bride of his choice and the year of the engagement. In return she sew him a wedding shirt or knit him a pair of socks.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsi5Ipf4Vx_x8fU7CqwvslEs06taxyq9qEinEyGI34FE2lgo6DpZ6w71f2VQrJOaPttDR5CI5uLDCKHiLjNZPeweBVS6Dum_0egAnEwjW-GAD0J0jKYY4KX5jicunVy0G-QLd27SQKCXY/s1600/DSC02396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsi5Ipf4Vx_x8fU7CqwvslEs06taxyq9qEinEyGI34FE2lgo6DpZ6w71f2VQrJOaPttDR5CI5uLDCKHiLjNZPeweBVS6Dum_0egAnEwjW-GAD0J0jKYY4KX5jicunVy0G-QLd27SQKCXY/s320/DSC02396.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Mettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674134775514518694noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8504238000293206014.post-46934959849104533632011-05-08T22:26:00.002+02:002011-05-16T21:19:56.321+02:00Danish Folk Sock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhIP88EFddAhOzU5t-ANMnEAfW-JE02Q_FsQc8WPpWe7oG75Rl782O2WRFPw6Zqqw02agzo0AdTNM8tiwGy-OGyw1T-9e55uzIKi128CV5b3vp7XbMwpVTagZ-kPAqN_ifI9AL0NZp0A/s1600/DSC02349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhIP88EFddAhOzU5t-ANMnEAfW-JE02Q_FsQc8WPpWe7oG75Rl782O2WRFPw6Zqqw02agzo0AdTNM8tiwGy-OGyw1T-9e55uzIKi128CV5b3vp7XbMwpVTagZ-kPAqN_ifI9AL0NZp0A/s320/DSC02349.JPG" width="319" /></a></div>I knit this pair of socks for my sister's 50th birthday. My mother came from <a href="http://museum.odense.dk/museer/hc-andersens-hus.aspx">Odense </a>and I was told that our great-grandmother lived in this house, which is now a museum.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzK7fGgJLvyxphVTedAEmgJvEoXS0SP8Hae0-0_S6DGUhaJmnZPsPLlU6z54yNquRaaBrprw-prGboNCp7tymt0FyX_jTf50rTInj_ivp-dTXk_r_tgdmRx9TB8hCYdq-K7s-HyUb2Hk/s1600/M%25C3%25B8nterg%25C3%25A5rden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzK7fGgJLvyxphVTedAEmgJvEoXS0SP8Hae0-0_S6DGUhaJmnZPsPLlU6z54yNquRaaBrprw-prGboNCp7tymt0FyX_jTf50rTInj_ivp-dTXk_r_tgdmRx9TB8hCYdq-K7s-HyUb2Hk/s320/M%25C3%25B8nterg%25C3%25A5rden.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The original sock is in the collection of the museum, I have not seen it, the pattern comes from this book <i><b>- Bondestrik - strømper til mænd og kvinder</b>.</i> S.m. Lisbeth Green og Gitte Nødskov, Landsforeningen Danske Folkedansere, 1983. But I like the idea that a man or a woman has actually worn this star pattern on a dress sock 150 years ago.<br />
The pattern on each side of the small of the leg is called "svikkel". And it was "designed" to disguise and cover the ankle knuckles. They are not particularly pretty, perhaps even ugly but the purl patterns transform your leg into a slim, delicate part of your body.<br />
I cannot publish the pattern, however if you want to knit a pair like this you can follow this recipe:<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Old Danish Folk Sock </div><div style="text-align: left;">You will need 100 g of fingering sock yarn in natural, blue, or black.</div><div style="text-align: left;">A set of 5 dpn needles size 2 mm or 2,25 mm </div><div style="text-align: left;">A vanilla sock pattern, <a href="http://knittygrittythoughts.typepad.com/Patterns/PlainVanillaSocks.pdf">there is one here on this site.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">An original sock pattern.<a href="http://www.dgi.dk/%7E/media/Images/DGI/Idraetter/Dans/Landsplan/PDF/Dragter/Stroemper_hue.pdf.ashx"> On this website you will find two different patterns on page two.</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Cast on the amount of stitches from the vanilla pattern on four needles, and work the border from the Danish pattern.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Continue with stockinette stitch and seam pattern for a couple of cm. Skip all the increases and decreases.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Begin the "svikkel" pattern using this trick: the center of the first pattern is the first stitch on needle 2 and the last stitch on needle 3 is the center of the second pattern.. Remember to start from the top of the chart or turn it upside down.</div><div style="text-align: left;">When the "svikkel" is finished, enjoy your work, and continue with a couple of cm of stockinette and finish the sock using your vanilla pattern.<br />
There is also a pattern for lovely red cap to go with the outfit.<br />
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