Paper Tiger

knitting, baking, and reading in Norway


March 2013

  • sydney favorites

    I wanted to round up a list of a few favorite discoveries from Sydney, Australia. Five days is not a long time to explore a new city, and though I did my best to get out and around different areas of the city, many of these favorites are located in the neighborhood where I stayed,… Continue reading

  • sunny sample knitting

    Instagram photos are a poor excuse for blogging, I know, but on a sunny day like this in Seattle it was too hard not to take my work outside. Fortunately for me, I knocked out a bunch of bookkeeping/business-end work I needed to get done in the morning, so I had a chance to get… Continue reading

  • color/texture/pattern in sydney, australia

    The biggest impression that Sydney, Australia left on me was one of color and life. This city felt like it was brimming with vivid saturation, a reflection of the vibrant, bustling, and creative communities that have sprung up over the last decade. I have more to share about my time in the city, but I… Continue reading

  • inspiration: michiyo

    I’m still putting together my posts on Sydney and New Zealand, but in the meantime I’ve been working on several knitting designs (it’s submission season for everyone’s fall/winter collections). I really enjoy the process of putting together a design submission for a publication, but it does mean lots of sketching and swatching and not a… Continue reading

  • travel / store updates

    I’ve just gotten back from a two-week trip to Australia and New Zealand! It was an inspiring trip in a million different ways, and I’m working on a post rounding up some of my favorite things and places, but I’ve got a bit of work to catch up on before it’s ready to go! In… Continue reading