August 2016
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rosenhoff mittens
I decided to write about Telespinn last week because I used one of their yarns for a very special pattern: meet the Rosenhoff mittens (or Rosenhoff Votter), my contribution to the magazine for this year’s Oslo Strikkefestival. The festival is only in its second year this year, but it sounds like last year was a flying success and I… Continue reading
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norwegian wool: telespinn
I still have some larger yarn companies to cover in this series on Norwegian wool, but I’m jumping to a smaller company this week to tell you about one of my favorite Norwegian yarn companies: Telespinn (click “in English” at the top of their homepage if you don’t speak Norwegian). I first encountered their yarn two years ago when I… Continue reading
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project planning
I’m a big fan of Karen Templer’s Queue Check posts over at Fringe, and if I’m honest it’s prompted me to assess the state of my own knitting queue with an eye towards prioritization and realistic expectations. (That sentence may be one of the least romantic things I’ve ever written about knitting on this blog, but… Continue reading
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a year in tromsø
The anniversary marking my first year in Tromsø has come and gone – I arrived on August 2nd, 2015, and this year on that date I found myself back at the airport as I embarked on a quick trip to Canada. The past few weeks have been a bit crazy and intense but I’m back in… Continue reading
Paper Tiger 