Coccinea

November was a busy month! My first published design of November was a collab with indie dyer Emma Robinson of Woolly Mammoth Fibre Company in Northern Ireland. Emma dyes lovely breed-specific British yarns using natural pigments. Coccinea features an edge pattern with oak branches knit in a way that gives it an embossed look. It…

Idyll MKAL

Back in June I released one of my most ambitious project so far, a mystery knit-along in four parts. The MKAL was a big success and I really enjoyed seeing everyone's progress, but boy was it a struggle to get it all done! Idyll has four different Swedish summer themes and is knit in different…

Archibald

Last night I published another shawl pattern. This time a Scottish-inspired shawl combining lace and travelling stitches that create a really lovely argyle texture. The shawl is named after Archibald Campbell, the 1st Marquis of Argyll of the Scottish county of Argyll. The Campbell of Argyll clan is where the argyle pattern originates from, it…

Habibi

Back in July, we went to a local market in Stallarholmen, about an hour outside of Stockholm. In one of the stalls I found this amazingly soft and shiny yarn, of 70% mohair and 30% silk. A pretty unusal yarn in the sense that it was 300 m/100g in this combo - usually you get…

My sister’s wedding

The past year has been as busy as ever, and my website has not been my main priority. Fortunately, I've been more productive on the knitting side and I've now added my new patterns to the store. This past August, my little sister Erika and her Simon got married. Not only was I their wedding…

Instructions

Here are some useful techniques in case you need to look them up when knitting my patterns. Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Mtbkyf5CQ Kitchener stitch/Osynliga maskstygn https://youtu.be/-nlWKvrGp-4 Knit 2 together (k2tog): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBjSEzf-Q5E Slip slip knit (ssk)/Lyft lyft sticka (LLS): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKL5xol22bs Yarn over (yo)/Omslag (omsl): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRgNkX_M53g Knit 3 together (k3tog)/3 tillsammans (3tills): Centered double decrease (sl2k1psso)/Centrerad dubbelminskning…

Yarn buttons

When I made my Oh-land pattern and knit the sample sweaters, I couldn't decide on any suitable buttons. I ended up trying a couple of different yarn button/covered button techniques, but I wasn't really happy with any of them. Here are some examples of different techniques: Covered buttons Dorset buttons/Blandford cartwheel (the first half is…

Stockholm Night Knitters

A while back, I was looking around for some good knitting groups in Stockholm, but all I could find seemed to have mostly 70+ ladies or were not active at all. Then I stumbled across a post by Sweaterspotter/Anna Malz on Instagram, she had just been visiting Stockholm and had spent a night with Stockholm…

Purling & cursing

  I learned to purl the way we learn to purl in Sweden. It's not something I ever thought about, but I've always had a strong dislike for purling and I've avoided knitting flat to avoid having to purl too much. Then I started noticing different purling techniques. First my friend Sara turned out to…