Friday me and my bro went to our favorit shop, Pop shop, and there I saw a small mummy that inspired me to make three mini mummies yesterday night (Alla Helgona!). I drew a pattern and sew the body and eyes out of white scraps of filt fabric. Then I used black embroider thread for […]
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Year: 2004
Do Redo – a Swedish book book about recycling
Do Redo – the art of butchering a sweater. A book in Swedish: I’ve found a new Swedish book about knitting and recycling material (thank you Jorun for telling me about this book – or I might not have found it). And it is sooo cool, it’s called Do Redo in Swedish, written by Katarina […]
Ribbon & lace in a row
The two end knitted mitten now has a hole for the thumbs and the pattern on the front (four hearts in a white square) is starting to show. But how slow it goes, and the yarn get tangled all the time! When I got home from school today I hand-washed a couple of flea market […]
Dear Photo Diary
I havne’t been at home at all this weekend, since I take the class Skapande svenska (creative writing) at the university. It is so great and inspiring. I just want to see all these good stories as books (finished stories at least) – soon – some day. Here is a picture of my kitchen curtain […]
My library is getting organized
A couple of weeks before Lind & Co sent me Living with books in Swedish (witch I mentioned yesterday) I decided to rearrange the books I own, and that’s a lot of books even though I constantly give away. In my last apartment I had three bookshelfs put together against one wall, but since we […]
Det man älskar hinner man
Entry in Swedish about how, when you love something, you will find the time to practise it – cous’ you only have one life you know.
My cuddly Bluebear
When my mother was visiting she helped me interpret a japanese pattern so that I, with my limited experience in sewing, could put the peaces in the pattern together correct. The result was Mr Bluebear, with no real purpose in this world other than to be cuddly. This weekend I gave him eyes and a […]
Green Foliage and other finished projects
The weekend was great! I finished up a lot of projects that I have started but not taken to the end. Sewed in 2 pair of pants that was new but to big around the waist. They turned out great, maybe since my mother put the needles in before she left. I also sewed this […]
A small book to keep needles in
I made a needle book for my mother in the technic crazy quilting, wich I plan to write more about here soon. I made it with fabric scraps my mother have given to me, so the colours and patterns (love em’) were no suprise, but so were the gift. I really like how it came […]
Wintergreen
This yarn is 100 % machine washable soft acrylic, wonderful soft with a two tone effect wintergreen, 50 gram ? 19 SEK at Hemflit. Mum helped me decide and choose, and also alter a swedish pattern to make a sweater similar to Banff. I’ll knit it with two threads togehter to make it thick. Stiches […]
A lesson of Love
Viva Vintage by Trudie Bamford
I just love vintage, second hand or what ever you like to call it. Vintage is actually not just second hand-old. According to the book Viva vintage by Trudie Bamford that I found at the library, it’s like this: antique clothing is earlier than 1920s, vintage covers 1920 to 1980 retro clothing is post 1960 […]