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...
"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...
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....
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Danish - Glædelig Jul og godt nytår ! Faroese - gleðilig jól og eydnuríkt nýggjár ! Finnish - Hyvää Joulua or Hauskaa Joulua - 0nnellista uutta vuotta...
There are some more lovely mittens shown on this blog/web shop. I have a few of the kits and the yarns are beautiful ! http://riihivilla.blogspot.com/...
This came in Knit Purl's e-newsletter today. "As previously mentioned, we will have a rare appearance from guest instructor Ruth Sørensen, designer of the...
I love cruising thru Etsy.com to see what creative handmade items are for sale. Now there is Etsyfast.com "EtsyFAST is a group of independent Fiber Artists...
There is an excellent article by Judith MacKenzie McCuin on the Gutefår sheep from Gotland, Sweden in the latest Spin Off magazine. Very interesting ! Karin...
This Sunday is the next Knit Cafe' at the Museum. It's mitten and wristwarmer show and tell ! Bring something to show off and be entered in a drawing for some...
I didn't realize there were websites which offer patterns like an Advent calendar. fun ! This was posted on the Mitten KAL group. "Dear Mittlers, While...
Has anyone noticed the beautiful Nordic Christmas pillows on today's Day by Day Knitting Calendar? Two of the designs wouldn't necessarily have to be for...
There are wonderful pictures from Vivian's latest trips to the US including ones from the Nordic Knitting Conference. My sister in law is modeling one of her...
A friend of mine sent me this link. She's living in an old house which gets really cold during the winter months - I'm just wondering whether she's trying to...
When I open my browser and go to Ravelry, I fall down the rabbit hole...it's difficult to ever come out! Anyway, just found this amazing Icelandic knitter...
I just added a few pictures to my photo folder. Hat made from Swedish Wålstedts yarn - Thank you Donna ! Shawl made with Swedish Ullcentrum yarn - Thank you...
