Ribbed Cowl

The winter-issue of Knit Simple contained five cowls and I wanted to make them all at once. But time is scarce these days so I've just managed to knit one of them. I used Step 6, a sock-yarn. This design is so simple and usable. I've also knitted a pair of wristwarmers in a marvellous yarn, Andes, from Debbie Bliss. It's made of silk and baby-alpaca. Nina Sagulin has made the design.

I have two daughters. One of them has a blog about knitting, crocheting, sewing and much more

and the other one has a blog about living in the countryside and cooking. I'm not very good at cooking but I want to be and yesterday my husband and I cooked a tomato soup from the Buffé magazine. It tasted wonderful with crispbread and Präst from Arla Foods, left to ripen for 14 months (my husband works with cheese development). I felt so good and we took a photogragh. Then it happened!! When we stored away the leftovers the lid fell off the plastic container and there was tomato soup all over the kitchen. It took an hour at least to clean up the mess. I'll never be a master chef.

Sewing Festival with a lot of Yarn and Knitting

I spent Friday in company with Carina, an old school friend, and Yvonne, a rather new friend in the sewing world. After a short stop at Skroten in Kinna we went to The Sewing Festival in Borås. The building was a home for the train engines in the old days. We had a great time looking at fabrics and yarn. In the morning we learnt the technique of shadow knitting. It was fun! The workshop was led by Viveka from ViKanGarn. We made wrist warmers. As I knit loosely my warmers turned out to be 4 cm too big. I felted them.

I met Aunt Cardigan too. That was nice. You could see some of the cardigans live. They are all so beautiful. There were workshops too.

We visited the cafeteria three times and after a long day we made our way home, and on the way, just before closing time we managed to take a look at some lovely fabrics at Fritsla Tyglager. My bags were full of goodies!

I fredags så var jag på utflykt med Carina som är en gammal skol-kamrat från lågstadiet och Yvonne som är en ganska ny sy-vän. Vi startade tidigt på morgonen och vår första anhalt var Skroten i Kinna. Färden fortsatte till Syfestivalen i Borås. Byggnaden var lokstallar en gång i tiden. Det var mycket trevligt att vandra runt i de gamla lokstallarna och titta på garn och tyg. Vi var med på en workshop i skugg-stickning som hölls av Viveka på ViKanGarn. Vi skulle göra pulsvärmare. Eftersom jag stickar jättelöst blev mina 4 cm för stora, så därför har jag filtat dem.

Jag träffade också Tant Kofta. Det var så kul att träffa henne och se några av alla dessa fantastastiska tröjor live. Jag lyssnade när hon lärde ut sin tröjmetod.

Tre gånger besökte vi kaféet och efter den långa dagen började vi vår hemfärd. Precis före stängningsdags hann vi in på Fritsla Tyglager.

Mina kassar var fulla med godsaker!