Confessions from a knit-aholic
In Greenland they have long been recognised for their beautiful wristlet (a tajarutit in Greenlandic). Pearls and yarn are knitted in order for a lovely pattern to emerge.
A book by Lise Stender presenting the technique has just been published. It is published in four languages English, French, Danish and Greenlandic and can be required in The Greenlandic House in Copenhagen.
Knitting is nice in solitude, but even nicer with friends. The only “drawback” is that more ideas are developed – as if I do not have plenty of half done projects.
Furthermore it suddenly becomes natural to knit in nice cafes (Royal Copenhagen), hours can be spend in nice knitting shops (Betty, Sommerfuglen, Uldstedet) and knitting in public is the common thing to do.
I love yogurt, especially the natural kind. But the yogurt seems to taste better if there is a picture with a lady knitting on the packet…
I think Sweden and the Swedes are great!
I just had a very nice holiday in Gothenburg – Sweden, and of course I used some time checking out knitting shops.
A shop I would recommend if you come by Gothenburg is Deisy Design. The shop is in the centre of town. Among other things the shop had some knit picks double pointed needles I just could not resist.
The weather was not perfect but it was a love holiday even so. I love windy weather as this gives me an excuse wearing a nice sweater….
I think knitting in public day is a fantastic concept. I often knit in public – yes I am officially a knitter and not ashamed of it…
My friends and I wanted to be part of the bigger happening, but meet up at the wrong venue. The venue where my friends and I had our knit in public day was Dansk Design Centre. Very nice tea and cake, and the food smelled very nice. Lovely day, lovely people and hopefully more people got inspired to knit. Next year I will be back knitting in public!
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