This person sells on Etsy.com

Here is her blog with pictures of the Norwegian inspired mitten and hat
patterns. All proceeds from a few patterns are donated for cancer
research.

http://in-my-mothers-name.blogspot.com/

Hi all,
I was going to snoop our all the stores for you only
to find out someone has already done it...
http://www.altportland.com/consume/yarn.shtml
The ones within walking distance of the train depot
are Dublin Bay and Knit Knot Studio. Knit Purl is easy
to get to on the bus. Twisted should also be quite
easy to get to by bus. The rest are just too far away
for you to go there and back unless you know your way
around on public transport. I would be happy to ferry
some of you, but I only have a car and so many are
coming down.... Abundant yarn is nice but about 30
minutes south in Sellwood. I am not fond of the Yarn
Garden but they do have a lot of stuff. NW Wools is
really nice and about 15 minutes by car from downtown.
So, if there are more people who live in Portland and
have cars maybe we can get some of you to stores that
are beyond walking distance. Let me know... I can take
4
Barbara

This months Piecework magazine features these great Nordic/Baltic
related articles. Get yours as soon as it hits the stand as it might
sell out as fast as the issue with the Märta Stina article !

Highlights

FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE: KNITTED ROVANIEMI MITTENS and Fingerless
Rovaniemi Mittens to Knit
by Leena Kariniemi-Alve
The technique for these extraordinary mittens was developed by the
Samí, indigenous inhabitants of the Old World Arctic.

A Stork's Nest Scarf to Knit
by Nancy Bush
An elegant cashmere scarf worked in the traditional Estonian Stork's
Nest pattern.

THE TRADITION OF KNITTING IN LITHUANIA and Lithuanian Baby Mittens to
Knit
by Donna Druchunas
Learn about Lithuania's legacy of knitting and make our floral-motif
mittens for a sweet baby.

TWO PAIRS OF KNITTED GLOVES FROM DENMARK and A Man's Danish Gloves to
Knit
by Lita Rosing-Schow
Explore the similarities between two pairs of gloves that came into a
museum's collection fifty-six years apart and create a reproduction
of the man's gloves.

ON THE WEB:
ANNICHEN SIBBERN BØHN: PRESERVER OF NORWAY'S KNITTING HISTORY, WARTIME
RESISTANCE FIGHTER and Norwegian Stockings to Knit
by Terri Shea
Read Annichen Sibbern Bøhn's remarkable story and download the
instructions and charts for traditional fancy patterned knitted
stockings

http://www.knittingdaily.com/freepatterns/legwear/Norwegian-Knit-
Stockings309-1.html

I've subscribed since day 1 of Piecework, am looking forward to this
issue, so glad they're doing a pattern from a country of it's origin,
hopefully they'll do more.

Sue on LI in NY

----- Original Message -----

From: susanne björnerud

To: nordicknitters@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:38 AM

Subject: [nordicknitters] Re:Piecework Jan/Feb

Hi there,

 

I asked in our PresStop-shop for that magazine but they didn't know about it.

Is it an Us magazine or from where???

 

I got very curious :-)

 

Regards Susanne in Stockholm Sweden

Perhaps Interweave Press will send directly.

Mine came yesterday, great issue.

  I had to laugh at Lene's referral to an opinion of Sheila Mcgregor on
Sami knitters, in the 1980's I took a workshop with Sheila in NY, she
told me my Templeton's H&O Shetland (that I bought when I was in
Scotland) was substandard, it was a wonderful workshop, saw real Bohus
charts with the wool attached, plus lots of other knitting artifacts.

Sue on LI in NY

Sue mentioned Sami knitting./  Is there more information as technique
and/or where it can be learned?  Any and all would be wonderful. Thank
you

nance

Hello All,

The latest issue of Piecework magazine is available at Acorn Street Shop in
Seattle, Washington, USA.  I do not know if it is just an American publication. 
Perhaps if you were to contact the publisher at www.pieceworkmagazine.com you
could find out.

Janet

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "susanne björnerud" <susanne.bjornerud@...>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I asked in our PresStop-shop for that magazine but they didn't know about
> it.
> Is it an Us magazine or from where???
>
> I got very curious :-)
>
> Regards Susanne in Stockholm Sweden

--- In nordicknitters@yahoogroups.com, "sapetn" wrote:
Sue mentioned Sami knitting./  Is there more information as
technique  and/or where it can be learned?  Any and all would be
wonderful.
---
Tuulia's expert answer covered pretty much everything, but since I
happen to own a Finnish book on Lapland patterns, I thought it's at
least worth mentioning as a reference. "Lapin malleja punomaan ja
neulomaan" by Irma Veriö, ISBN 951-1-00760-2, published in 1974, 75
pages.

The book is mainly in black and white and it contains simple
knitting patterns as well as traditional Sami braids. (Or how would
you translate 'pirtanauha'? It's a simple weaving method, producing
narrow ornamental ribbons. Does heddle weaving or inkle weaving ring
a bell?)

The author hints  that the Sami patterns distinguish from other
Lapland patterns but doesn't elaborate on that. The knitting
patterns are relatively simple and do not compare to traditional
Fair Isle or Norwegian sweaters. The author says that she has tried
to find smallish patterns which can be combined or repeated if one
wants to knit something more substantial. A rough translation from
the book: "While the Sami haven't knitted any large garments, the
patterns of their colourful mittens can be used for decorating
woollen caps, sweaters and dresses."

The Finns amongst us might appreciate the following
sentence: "Yksimittaisen puvun helmassa kaunis raita antaa puvulle
sen omaperäisen leiman, jota ei voi olla tehdasvalmisteisessa
puvussa. Jokaisella on näin mahdollisuus suunnitella itselleen
saamelaistyyppinen asu, varsinkin urheiluasuina ne ovat asiallisia,
tyylikkäitä ja niistä saa yksilöllisiä."

If anyone is interested in this book, I could keep my eyes peeled
whenever visiting second-hand bookshops but obviously can't promise
instant results.

AnneV

If you haven't read this article on someone's pet Angora rabbit visit
this link !! It's pretty amusing !!


http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/FEATbunnylove.html

There is infomation on One of Susanna's website about these hand
garments.


http://www.oneofsusannas.com/finnishmittensclass.htm

Class schedule

http://www.oneofsusannas.com/cgi-bin/birdcalendar_search.pl

This Sunday is our Nordic Knitters Meeting at the Museum.
It starts at 3:30 and goes to ?

Please come if you are able! It's a nice relaxing time with coffee,
treats, and good company.

Karin

From Village Yarn and Tea


Kauni is the beautiful yarn from Estonia that everyone is going crazy
over! It sells by the ounce and we have many of the colorways. (view
colorways)

This just in! Ruth Sørensen will be here at VYT to teach her famous
Kauni design class!
Call today to sign up for this very popular class: 206 361-7256

When: Wednesday, February 20th
Time: 10 to 5 pm
(Lunch will be provided)
Cost: $115
Included in cost: lunch and yarn

Materials to bring:
Standard knitting supplies
One set each of straight, circular or double point in sizes 3 and 4
US for knitting swatches.
Pen, paper, and motif ideas

"This just in! Ruth Sørensen will be here at VYT to teach her famous
Kauni design class!"

Not being from the W. Coast, but having Kauni yarn ... I would like to
know what makes her class famous?..  Can you give me some background
info on Ruth Sorensen etc?

Thank you ever so much from someone totaly in the dark on this topic :>

nance

She is well known for her Kauni Cardigan.
I don't really know anymore details but here is her website and blog.

http://www.ruths.dk/

I have alot more links on this site for national and international
designers, and much more. If you have time check it out !

Thank you very much Charisa for organizing this very fun trip to
Portland. We had one train car full of happy knitters and shoppers !!
It was great to see everyone's projects and purchases. She even got us
a good discount from two of the shops and there was no sales tax to
boot !

Thanks again !!!

Karin

I am so disappointed I did not get to meet up with all
of you, we had family obligations get in the way. I am
glad you had a lot of fun and hope you do this again
so I get a second chance to meet everyone in person.
In anticipation I did buy yarn last week...so maybe
that counts.
My best to you all,
Barbara in Portland

                        Portland Yarn Crawl
  Posted by:      "Karin"
loweosborn@...
     loweosborn                             Sun Jan 20,
2008 1:33 pm        (PST)                    Thank you
very much Charisa for organizing this very fun trip to

Portland. We had one train car full of happy knitters
and shoppers !!
It was great to see everyone's projects and purchases.
She even got us
a good discount from two of the shops and there was no
sales tax to
boot !

Thanks again !!!

Karin


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Just cruising the Web in my quest for all things Nordic/Baltic and
found this from Paradise Fibers.

Nordic Spindle

"These are some of the best hand spindles available! Adapted from the
work of a Norwegian fiber anthropologist.  Each spindle is balance
tested and we guarantee they will spin true and proper. The 0.6 oz
version of the Nordic, a wonderful weight for merino and other fine
fibers. 10" poplar shaft and 3" diameter walnut whorl that detaches for
travel. This spindle simply has no equal. Designed by Priscilla Gibson-
Roberts created by Jiorn Piel "

Just added this to our links section

http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-knit-with-two-or-more-
colors.html

---http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-knit-with-two-or-more-
colors.html

Thank you for the link I had a small problem, hope this fixes the link

---
>sorry I tried.  You need to type the words color.html at the end of the web
address to get
to this link.  Thank you for sharing it.  Sherry

Well, it looks like everyone had a good time! I hope you do when you head down too!

Here is where people are writing about the Portland Yarn Crawl:

http://alyknitsandknits.blogspot.com/2008/01/yarn-crawl.html 
http://theknittingmama.blogspot.com/2008/01/portland-yarn-crawl.html
http://rhondaknitting.blogspot.com/2008/01/portland-yarn-crawl-recap_20.html
http://www.poormissfinch.com/?cat=1
http://www.xanga.com/pamelamama/638560096/a-blog-entry-in-two-parts.html
http://zombie-mom.livejournal.com/122467.html#cutid1
http://www.pdxyarnhoknits.com/?p=12
http://www.persistentillusion.com/blogblog/archive/2008/01/20/1227/1227

You'll see from the posts on the blogs, we have a very diverse group of people!!

Charisa

http://www.oregonwool.com/

Not necessarily Nordic but fun to window shop in !!

Found this today while surfing forums on Ravlery:

A universal KNIT MAP! Check it OUT:

http://www.knitmap.com