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Det var första gången så vi var där,  gick vi mest omkring med gamnacke och tittade på hur stort allting är. Och förundras över hur fort bilarna kör på avenyerna, och vad mycket folk det är. Inför resan var jag lite nojig på garnfronten. Dels - vad skulle jag ha för stickning med mig? Och skulle det bli något problem i säkerhetskontrollen med stickorna? Valde att ta med en Inspira jag stickade i växtfärgat garn jag köpte på Dalarö för ett tag sedan. Och det var faktiskt inga problem med att få med mig stickningen genom säkerhetskontrollen. Jag hade lämnat saxen i det incheckade bagaget men stickningen vill man ju ha med sig när man ska sitta på ett flygplan totalt 8 timmar. Vi mellanlandade i Reykjavik, men i vår avgångshall fanns det ingen shop med garn, annars hade jag börjat handla på mig massa Lett-lopi redan där. På Manhattan letade jag upp Purl Soho - har tidigare stickat ett par halsdukar från deras blogg PurlBee , så det var extra skoj att kika in där.  Fic...

I have a small love affair with the Donegal Tweed from Donegal Studios . I bought a few skeins in different colours when I was in Dublin, Ireland, not enough to make anything like a sweater, but have knit several little cozies and stuff with it. I really like the colours and the little tweedy flecks in the yarn, but can see that maybe I wouldn't knit anything that is worn  next to the skin as it is quite rough to the touch. Not so anymore. I got a newsletter from Knitter's review, in which they were reviewing the new Donegal Tweed, from the same studio, but made in super soft Australian Merino wool. In-Depth Review of Knitting Yarn The article asks, can it still be called Donegal tweed if it isn't made from the local Irish wool? And goes on to ask: Does it really matter? Personally, I would say no. But I'm a yarnjunkie. :) This new soft tweed comes in the same colourways as the original aran yarn, including the one called "Eggplant", the one I really l...

There was a sale on Noro Kureyon and Noro Blossom at my lys. Happily, today I sent some receipts for reimbursement, so I don't feel too bad about buying lots and lots of yarn!

or the hat that got frogged not once, not twice, but 4 times....! In the beginning, there was the yarn. I found this at Ullcentrum 's stand at the Syfestivalen fair in february 2011. It had my friend K's name all over it. I wasn't sure what I was going to make from it, but I was certain it would be something for K.  Round about August, she told me she needed a woolly hat for the coming winter. Great, I said, I got just the yarn for it, and started to look for a pattern. I wanted something that was knitted with cables, and also was a bit slouchy, so went crawling through Ravelry for berets and tams and suchlike. I found the Flavia . It was just what I wanted, with its little serpentine cables weaving in and out, enough slouch but not really a beret. I cast on for the first time and immediately got it wrong, there is a lot of counting to do with the pattern from the beginning, if you forget to use markers, like I did. Knitted the whole of the brim and was just abou...

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Image by pinkypigs@flickr"] [/caption] Got to learn how to make these! http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/african-flower-hexagon http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.com/2010/05/african-flower-hexagon-crochet-tutorial.html beautifully handled in potholders by Crochet with Raymond http://crochethealingandraymond.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/ornamental-pot-holders/

I bought loads of yarn in Dublin. I already have loads of yarn stashed before that. I just got a gift certificate for a local yarn store for my birthday. My spinning wheel arrived a week ago, so I can start making my own yarn, on top of all the stash. I have project list a mile  long.

A friend sent me a link to knotjustknitting.com. And I fell in love. The most amazing colors and shapes spring out from the pictures in the gallery. Artwork & Photo by Prudence Mapstone http://www.prudencemapstone.com/ More pictures on Prudence's flickr-page  http://www.flickr.com/photos/prudencemapstone/ I can see handbags forming before my inner eye.... This bag by Renate Kirkpatrick, find her website here and her   Etsy shop here

I have actually bought a spindle and some wool and have tried spinning some with it. I got yarn out of it but it wasn't exactly pretty! :)  But time and again I drool over stuff like this delightful top from widdershinwoolworks@etsy. Some day  maybe even I will be good enough to spin yarn from things like this...  :)