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What knitting can do for women

loba — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:10:24 +0000

YouTube – Pardon Me (I Didn\’t knit That for You)

Reading a spin-off of knitting

loba — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:39:18 +0000

I love reading…and I have a compulsion for knit-litterateur. I therefore started reading “Crazy Aunt Purl’s Drunk, Divorced & Covered in Cat Hair” by Laurie Perry with great hopes.

Not to happy about the book because:

Knitting is playing a secondary role. The knitting activities ensure the protagonist is introduced to new friendships and furthermore has something to do. All very plausible, but any hobby could have resulted in this. What I am missing in the book is that knitting or the projects knitted were used to give the character or storyline more depth
The protagonist’s happy ending = successful resumed dating activities
I had just finished “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen and I acknowledge that is a difficult book to match

My search for knit-litterateur = enjoyable reading continues…

Something warming for the winter

loba — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:38:36 +0000

This vest is knitted in Kasisma classic Drops garnstudio yarn. It is very warm so no need for long sleeves. The stitch is Honey Stitch.

The vest is knitted in no time as the stitch is easy and very relaxing to knit.

Knitting is really getting to me

loba — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:38:35 +0000

Knitting seems to put things in a new perspective…

Knitting with pearls in Greenland

loba — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:29:51 +0000

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 with secret means

loba — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:58:24 +0000

Sterrenmunt!

Fascinated by the fascination…

loba — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:25:59 +0000

Knitting the airplane and the sea made me think of pattern making in a different way than I normally do. Patterns are normally beautiful through the repetition, but this airplane had to stand on its own, and that made it a very different design process.

I am not especially fascinated by old airplanes flying though the night, but I am fascinated by Harry’s fascination. While knitting this sweater I had to use the intarsia technique. The intarsia technique is not normally one I enjoy to knit with, but for this project it made sense. Maybe it was because I had to use the technique to create the Catalina airplane flying through the night.

The body of the sweater is made with Lazy ribbing (the black part that is difficult to see…)– a stitch I will return to!

Knitting that makes you laugh

loba — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:03:06 +0000

This is a post about a dear friend of mine who is an amazing knitter.

I think that KnitterRooney has really done it this time, as I think that the most important thing knitting can do is keep you warm and make you laugh.

Well done and congratulations with the Ravelry prize!