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norwegian wool: rauma garn
I’ve been reading quite a bit while my shoulder recovers – books, websites, and other things, too. I recently went back and re-listened to some my Woolful podcast interview, where I talked about wanting to really explore the world of Norwegian wool. While I have started to do that since moving to Norway, I still feel like… Continue reading
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april (snow) showers
It was starting to get springlike around here – well, enough for the temps to reach near 10ºC / 50ºF with lots of sunny days, melting most of the snow. But today brought fresh snow, perfectly normal here in northern Norway at this time of year! Spring comes late. The days are growing long, though… Continue reading
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edinburgh yarn fest
I had an incredible weekend in Scotland for Edinburgh Yarn Festival, though I did an absolutely terrible job of taking photos at the festival itself (and in fact I took very few photos all weekend). There were so many highlights – too many to name them all! It was incredible to see so many friends meet so many others… Continue reading
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zara
Quince & Co. launched this year’s pattern collection for Sparrow this week, and my first pattern as part of the design team with it. Meet Zara, a boxy cropped tee: photo courtesy of Quince & Co. This is a super simple knit which makes use of applied crochet chains to create vertical stripes (together with the… Continue reading
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quince & co.
A lot has happened in the month since I wrote last. The middle of the semester is busy as usual, so the weeks seem to be flying by. I was beginning to suffer from some cabin fever but I took a weekend trip to Oslo a few weeks ago that was incredibly refreshing – I celebrated… Continue reading
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42 norske kofter
Today I’m thinking about kofter. This ubiquitous Norwegian word can feel difficult to properly translate, as it can describe several different pieces of clothing. Today I’m writing about it in the sense of “knitted cardigans” – you may have heard the word in connection with the famous lusekofte, or “lice jacket,” from Setesdal. Kofte is the singular form, while kofter is… Continue reading
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currently
The daylight walks continue to be lovely. On clear days, the colors are unreal. The photo above was taken from Telegrafbukta, the park on the southwest side of Tromsøya. It continues to be one of my favorite places, and at this time of year it’s the perfect place to watch the sunset. (I also finally saw… Continue reading
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daylight walks
Winter is dark in Tromsø. I wrote on back on November 21st that we said goodbye to the sun that day (and then I cheated, because I wasn’t in Tromsø for the darkest four weeks of the year). Today, January 21st, is soldagen (“the sun day”), the day we welcome the sun back. All week the weather forecast for… Continue reading
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new year
It’s been a surreal start for 2016. Here’s a glimpse: Emma Watson started an online feminist book club (it’s called Our Shared Shelf, and you can join the group on Goodreads, if that’s at all appealing). I read most of the first book, Gloria Steinem’s My Life on the Road, on a flight to London over the weekend.… Continue reading
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a look back; a look forward
It’s the time of year when we’re all reflecting, we’re all doing recaps on our blogs and social media, we’re setting goals for the new year. I think these are good things, but I’ve had an unusual year, so I’ll be doing it a little differently this time. A year ago today, I rounded up all… Continue reading
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