The fourth package

Frk. Lundkvist: 4. og sidste vennegave

My last Secret Nordic Friend package has reached its recipient, and she seems to like it! I sent two balls of white Regia sock yarn and some Kool-aids bags. She can either dye the yarn and knit happy colourful socks, or she can knit white lacesocks while colouring her digestive system with happy bright drinks... I also sent two-and-a-half skeins of the Noro chenille (Sumili?) that I used to knit a baby sweater.

Nordic Secret Friend 2

Time to sign up![in Norwegian]

Mohair des Bergers Cathares : la douceur au naturel

Mohair des Bergers Cathares : la douceur au naturel

Colinette redesign

colinette Yarns online store
Colinette's website has got a clean new look and I like it a lot. It's just a pity that the pound is sooo expensive... (1 GBP = 1,39 EUR = 12,61 SEK) I'm curious about their Creative threads, 1 kg for 30 GBP. Has someone reading this ever tried? I have ordered pallette packs, and that was nice, ten hanks of different Colinette yarns in matching colours.

Final package

Life tends to overwhelm me at the moment, and my updates are short and photoless. (And pointless, as you may have noticed.)

Knitting progress: not much to brag about. I have finished baby sweater number 3, the Noro Sumili chenille thing. I did the last seams while having coffee with the (unsuspecting) recipients, and then I forgot to take a picture of the finished object. I hope the parents will send a pic once their baby girl has grown into it. It is a raglan sweater, with an appliqued heart in felt, and homemade cernit buttons. Cute, in my biased opinion.


For the babysweater number two, it's almost finished. I met the baby boy's mother in the street yesterday, and to give myself a push in the right direction, I told her that I'm knitting on a gift. She was surprised and happy, and now I need to finish this thing!!


True to myself, I have started something new; a shawl using Sticka's very simple pattern. I'm using it to finish my stock of blue yarn in different shades and qualities. My first Kool-Aid experiment has set the tone, and so far it looks nice. (But the picture above is only an approximation of the finished result)


After work today, I'll go to the post office with my fourth, and last, package in this round of Secret Nordic Friendship. It has been a blast, and I am ready to sign up for the next round! (Dear secret friend, please note that the photo above is not contractually binding, I think the package I will send today is one size smaller. The contents will still make you happy, I hope.)

Knitting-related jobs in Sweden

Two interesting jobs in Sweden:

Design manager (hand knitting) at Marks & Kattens
(Platsbanken "Vi söker nu DESIGNCHEF / HANDSTICKAT
Arbetsuppgifter: Koordinera kollektioner med egen och inköpt design. Sköta fotografering. Produktutveckling
Kvalifikationer; Behärska design och beskrivningskonstruktion, vara insatt i modetrender, kunnig i textila material och textil produktion. Erfarenhet av leverantörskontakter. Gärna språkkunnig." )

Project coordinator Slöjdcirkus, Jämtland
(Platsbanken "Dina arbetsuppgifter blir att organisera och genomföra mottagandet av Slöjdcirkus i Jämtlands län samt starta upp lokala slöjdklubbar i Jämtlands läns 8 kommuner. Du bör ha genomgått Högre Hemslöjdsutbildningen eller ha motsvarande kunskaper, samt god kännedom om EU-projekt, bra organisationsförmåga och vana att jobba i projektform. Det är viktigt att du kan engagera och entusiasmera. Har du erfarenheter från föreningslivet är det en merit. Körkort och tillgång till bil erfordras."

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