Workshop in printing and dying .

For this little fabric page I used handdyed fabric and the little picture in the middle is made of fabric used when you tried the different colours and I also printed some wheels on it.Then I have made embroidery both with yarn and beads.




Here we used both paintsticks and ordinary printing colours






We also made a form and used lovely Markal paintsticks ,iridicerande bought on www.canvasshop.se







My first printing is made on a recycled fabric and I'm really happy for theese patterns.Now I just wonder what to do of it.








A friend in the group dyed linen fabrics in blue and printed with a part of a crochet doily these lovely flowers.











The workshop started with dying fabrics,yarn and lace.I tried to use different fabrics with different surface för projects later on.As you can see I have a favour for certan colours.I love them really.

Chimera-design Laris

Mittens made by Noro silk garden(varigated),Peer Gynt(dark grey) and Létt-Lopi(blue)
Lovely pattern but small changes.

http://www.laris-designs.com/

We have been swapping buttons

The swap of buttons on
www.stickamera.se
I'v got lovely lovely blue button I think I can use to a cardigan an d 2 solitaire of
pearl buttons from a very nice knitter and designer www.tantkofta.blogspot.com

Sashiko

Started a new embroidery this morning,a gift from our Mitsue and Mattiaz.It really reminds me of all the peonies we saw when I was in Tokyo last year.

Anna,mittens made in wool and afterwards felted

http://vackravantar.blogspot.com/2010/08/monster-augusti-2010-anna.html
You can find the pattern both in swedish and english.
Made in 2 threads of Peer Gynt(5252) on 7mm.The cuff is longer than on the pattern.As we have rather cold in autumn and winter it's good to have them warming up not only the hand.It goes fast to knit a mitten but with the yarn I used I got too big holes so I had to put the in the washing machine on 40 gr.Perfect mittens now.

Mittens in Noro Silver thaw

The mittens are maid in Noro Silver thaw color 19 and I used needled size 3.5mm.A perfect knitting when you need something easy and hopefully soft to do.Soon we have autumn and these thin ones are going to be perfect to wear.

Today my eldest son and his lovley M are going to be married.

July 24 and the day we have been preparing for a long time.
I made the ring cushion in silk fabrics and bead embroidery.The circle reminds us of the the country they are
living in now but also the north of Sweden where we live and summer days with nearly no darkness.Today the sun is really shining here both in the sky but also in our hearts.We wish the young couple a happy life together.

Ribbon embroidery

On a blog
http://lolly13.zoomin.se/blogg/bandbroderifornyborjare.html
I found the SAL in ribbon embroidery and I decided to follow her instruktions.All is in swedish but you can see the pictures showing different steps.What was really new for me was the japanese stich for the leaves.I used silk fabric and the ribbons in the kit are azlon ribbons ,really nice to use.The roses are in spiderstitches and the knots are french knots made with 3 strands of varigated DMC.

What a great start of a new day to do ribbon embroidery.

And the winner is..........................................

Congratulations to the winner in my give-away is Ati.

I wish you good luck .
Ulla

A give-away

Sign in for the give-away.

During the weekend I'm going to have a give away of three skeins of Eco Baby wool, enough for a pair of mittens and some scraps from my mittens..It's going to be between July 9 and July 11 ending when the final match Spain-Netherlands is over.

So nice if you want to be a member of this .

Japaneese Symbols in Cross-stitch

During the weekend I couldn't resist doing a little embroidery I got from my friend M (http://miyukisfactory.blogspot.com/)in USA.I choosed to do it on aida in an egg shell colour and I really love the colour and the symbols.As many of you know I have a special connection to Japan.

New mittens för the autumn days and a give away during the weekend

I have been knitting 2 things under WM in football.The first was a shawl and now the mittens.The last days before the final meeting between Spain and Netherland on Sunday I'm going to do some homework and I'm also is going to enjoy the summerdays.

The mittens are knitted in M&K Baby ull and I love this yarn because I get soft,beautiful and warm mittens lovely to wear.During the weekend I'm going to have a give away of the skeins of Baby wool enough for a pair of mittens.It's going to be between July 9 to July 11 ending when the final is over.Come back tomorrow.

Roses from Ati

The mixed media card is done by Ati http://malinaplass.blogspot.com/
and I couldn't resist taking the photo in our garden,among the pink roses .We have been in a swap of Mixed media/fabric pages in a yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fibre_fever/join



She sent me these wisdom words

You cannot all do great things
but you can do small things with great love.
(mother Theresa)

A little shawl in wool and cashmere

The first little soft shawl this summer is ready to wear.It's knitted in double Rustic Tranquility(85 Superfine Wool and 15%Cashmere,500 meters/50gram))in the colour horizon.I choosed a simple lace so it was possible to knit for me.I want to go on knitting more complex lace later on.

The yarn I used is a gift(RAK) from "yayayarn" in England.Thank you so so much.

Happy Midsummer

This lovely flower behind our sauna is really magic.

I wish you a sunny day.In our garden we have got some flowers and we really enjoy them all.

Handmade gifts for the Christmas Eve

So nice to participate in doing Christmas gift in time
httSo nice to participate in doing Christmas gift in time
http://creativestudio10.blogspot.com/

Just now I have started to do a little pincushion in wool.A black background with a heart on.Later I'm going to do some embroidery on,both with yarn and beads.A nice little item.

I wish you a lovely new day

It's a sunny morning and soon I'm going to work.As you can see there are more flowers now and in the sunshine they are so so beautiful.On Sunday we had the Mother's day and I could do some granny squares for a bag.The granny squares are so lovely to do.The coloured yarns I have used are the ones who were left after the weaving "bed covers" in a weaving group.I have used "lefts" with the lenght of about 20". I had the happiness to have the possibility to buy some of them.




During the week I'm also doing a ring cushion but it's going to be a top secret until July 24 when my son and his girlfriend are going to be married in our church.What i can say the flowers above give me a lot of inspiration.We are so happy for that and it's a great honour for me to do one.
Well now it's time to go to work.
Why not do some granny squares you to?!?!



I wish you a nice day

A big big thank you for the RAK and for the coming summertime

It's early morning and it's raining -I couldn't resist taking of photo from my room and I really love this season with the flowers and the green garden,a short time every year but a really inspiring time.Nearly no darkness.


I'm so blessed as I have got a RAK ,a very big RAK,from a knitting friend in UK.
There are colours in thin and a little thicker quality for lace knitting.
Wool/Casmere,Silk/Wool/Cashmere nd Sil/BabyCamel and Cashmere.So beautiful colours in my favourites and the qualities so so kind for the skin.I hope I can be knitting shawls for many occasions and in different lace patterns.What a summer!

Flowers for a young couple

We send the young couple our best wishes.

May 19 Happy birthday dear M, you are 26 today

It's 5 o'clock in the morning and I couldn't sleep any longer.The morning is so lovely with a bright sunshine and the landscape is so green and fresh.My eldest son has his birthday today.26 years today.................What a day.
Happy birthday dear M






After a little power nap I'm going to have the breakfast in the garden before I go to work.The birds are singing and the mosquitos are few just now.

Hand dyed fabrics

The colour we used was blue/green and a little red.








The colour is red and it seems as it was a candy red.











A blue/green/red variation.












The last workshop we dyed some more fabrics to use for quilting.We have sunny warm days just now so the fabrics was ready to use nearly at once.I love the colours and the patterns they give.What a nice day dying,crochet,sewing and having many nice chats.

2 blocks for a tea quilt

I'm doing a little tea quilt and now the first blocks are ready,nearly.Maybe I make some more embroideries on them.The rest is an open question as I have many ideas but which are the best?Maybe I do some flowers too in another technic.This is going to be a nice project.

Knitting and quilting May 14

I have been so blessed and I got 2 skeins of Kashmir/Alpacka in a give away at www.staketshantverk.com
and I choosed the colour plum.
The owner of the online shop has a very nice blog

http://eva-i-staket.blogspot.com/

where you can follow her in her development in knitting and crochet.
As the yarn is dark I tried to do a crochet the shawl but I didn´t feel so happy for that so I decided to knit a favourite one.I started with 4 stitches and knitted 2 rows and then I started to increase on the side every 2 rows.It gives a comfortable shawl.The yarn is so so lovely,warm and soft.I love this yarn.Thank you so much Eva.



On a swedish blog I found a link to a lovely blog
http://bearspatch.blogspot.com/
So much to be inspired of.I found a sew along at the theme tea and I decided to do something about tea as I'm really very fond of it.I had some fabrics with tea cups/coffe cups so I took one pattern and put it on a piece of my hand dyed fabric.I'm going to do some stitches hear and there.

Mittens with rows of Novelty bouclé

Mia on http://miastick.blogspot.com/ had a give away in April and I had the possibility to get Novelty bouclé from Handpantedyarn from her.What a challenge!I wanted to do a pair of mittens with decoration rows by the yarn.The yarn is in 100%wool but it's not so much "stretch" and it need room.Purl 4 rows ,knit 2 rows ,knit one row with bouclé,knit 2 rows and purl 4 rows .........

Kool- Aid a really interesting gift

A really nice gift from a RAK friend.She sent a Kool Aid in the colour Tropical Punch.From her I got 25g of light grey wool yarn to give a new colour.I'v got a really bright little skein to use for small knitting patterns.I really hope I can have more colours of Kool Aid in the future.I really love hand dying yarn and fabrics.
She also sent a white skein and 2 balls of black yarn.Thank you for all dear Ingrid.I think I'm going to do mittens or maybe socks of the skeins.About that later ,in June.

The winners of the Give-Away

Dear all

The winners are

1.Zarina
4.Stina
8.Umme Yusuf
11.Ellen Lock


Please send a mail to me with name and adress.

It's my birthday and I have a give-away

This is a give-away of 2 small packages of fabrics-each between 2 and 3 FQ.
1.Fabrics from different fabricates.
2.Kaffe Fasset fabrics

This Give-away ends om May 8 at 8 o'clock in the evening (swedish time).


The give away is closed.

A block for our Quiltgroup and roses for all my friends

The tote bag is ready.Time for dinner in the north of Sweden.

The tote bag is ready.I made a simple bag without any special pattern-I used the stack ans slash blocks and added blue fabrics for the rest.The hand dyed fabrics are just wonderful to work with and I really recommened the stack and slash blocks.Let the fabris play together.

My fabrics and blocks for the bag

Blocks in stack and slash in hand dyed fabrics and fabrics for the rest of the parts of the bag.
You can follow us at
http://dandelionquilts.blogspot.com/

We do tote bags tomorrow

Tomorrow I start sewing a tote bag together with blog friends in different countries.

You can follow us at

http://dandelionquilts.blogspot.com/

You can also find links to the different participants.

See you tomorrow.

Spring is in the air.

The little fabric page is made on the theme "spring is in the air" and I combined the love of tulips ,"a very much spring flower for me",and the snowflings falling in our part of the world in March and April.These fabrics are hand dyed and I also made embroideries with beads and DMC pearl yarn.

World yarn swap on Ravelry-a package from New Zeeland

Yesterday was a very special day when I got this lovely mix package from my swapfriend in New Zeeland.As you can see she made a lovely combination of items for knitting,embroidery,patchwork and my passion for tea.The colours give me a reminder of the spring we are waiting for.Just now we have a lot of melting snow bur also a light snow fall.The birds are singing so a warmer period is coming.
Thank you for brightening up my day.

link to a give away

http://adventuresinaliceland.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-party-time.html

Send her a note and give her the best wishes for her blog.

Happy Easter

KAL-we are knitting mittens this month.

From April 1 I participate in a KAL
http://vackravantar.blogspot.com
and I knit the mittens in dark grey and plum.The plum colour on the picture is too much blue.The yarn I use is M&K ECO Baby ull
dark grey 0170
plum 181
I'm knitting the mittens with with needles 2.5mm.Now I have some holidays so I hope I can get some houres of knitting,walking in the sunshine and quilting.

Happy Easter

Log cabin - a workshop

The blocks I made during the workshop in log cabin and as you see there are many different "patterns" you can get only playing with the colours and the position and length of the stripes.A good idea is to have many stripes in many fabrics and colours before you start sewing.



You can do trees or other things in log cabin too.

Wristwarmers in a wonderful lace

The wristwarmers are knitted in Navia 350m/50g with 2 1/5 mm needles.


row 1 "sl 1,k2,psso,p2"
row 2 "k1,yo,k1,p2"
row 3 "k3,p2"
row 4 "k3,p2"

http://frkbadegakk.blogspot.com/2008/01/kabelvanteoppskriftmock-cable.html

A pinwheel coaster

I'm so inspired of the pinwhell pattern and the possibilities of it.This is the first little item in it.Maybe I do potholders too or...

Pinwheel party

RAK a scandiavian RAK group on Ravelry-a gift for me

Here you can see what someone from Åland sent me.I'm totally overwhelmed.This can be a miniquilt or a bag.I was so surpriced as I'm really new in the group.