May 19

A little baby cardigan made in M&K Eco baby bomull(cotton) http://www.hendesverden.dk/handarbejde/strik/Rosa-troje-i-tern A soft yarn and an easy pattern.Well the most "hard" work is to do the last things.....to do the last sewing together and to knit the last rows for the neck.It's going to be a very nice cardigan,soft and wearable. While looking at TV,icehockey and Eurovision contest(popular music) I have been doing a part of a crochet shawl in Daphne lace(schoeller&stahl)A nice yarn to do crochet but not in knitting as I couldn't find the right needles and I could't get the right feeling while knitting it.Maybee it was because of the combination 75% Schurwolle and 25%Polyamid. It's going to be a perfect shawl for a summer evening in the north of Sweden I wish you all a lovely day

A summer bag made by wood pulp made by my dear friendM

The bag ,crochet in a yarn made by wood pulp, is a birthday gift from a lovely friend,a pen friend from USA,since many years now.We have many things in common as knitting,crochet and embroidery and many more things.The yarn is eco Andaria.What a lovely wonderful glowing yarn and it's so good to find more eco yarns to use.My friend M says that it weakens a little when it's wet but now it's a very good quality and you can have small things in it without problems.This is also a good summer party bag.Why not having a gift in it when you go to a friend f ex flowers or a skein of yarn.In the birthday package she also put 2 skeins of eco Andaria so I hope I can find out what I want to do of it.About that during my summer vacation. Wish you all a nice time.

The first day of a new year

May 6. With these flowers from my sister with family I celebrate the first day of a new year. Wish you a nice day

White squares in linen fabric

The second embroidery with white DMC.The sqare in the middle is going to be an empty square,the other once are going to have small patterns.Love the way to design,and to have the full right to do whatever I like or whatever I want to fill it with. I have used for the soft stiches 2 of 6 strands and for the "thicker" ones 4 of 6 .This is a nice way of getting different impressions of the stitches and the embroidery. I wish you all a lovely day.

A new month and a new coaster

Wednesday ,the first day in May and I made this coaster in different cotton yarns in green,yellow and lilac.It's a simple pattern,a simple granny square,and I love it.You can play with yarns and colours.The last row around,the thin frame,is made of double embroidery yarn. the coaster is made by double embroidery yarn.I want to celebrate the springtime.We are longing for flowers and green leaves but still nothing of it.We still have ice on the river and a snowy landscape but every day the snow is melting. I wish you all a nice new month. Wellcome May with sun,flowers and green leaves,

Sunday morning inspiration

An early Sunday morning and I'm drinking my first cup of tea.The last week I have been without handicrafting.A very special week in that way.We have had our third workshop April 11 and 12 and now we have vacation until September.During that time we are working with 3-D projects in white on white and starting our examination work.More about that in the autumn. postcrossing.com is a group of people loving to swap postcards and this week has been so great as I have been writing and getting cards from Japan,Taiwan,Russia,Germany,Mexico,Turkey and Finland.It has been so lovely to find a postcard from somewhere and often with lovely stamps on in our postbox.I'm looking forward sending more cards and getting some. A dear friend of mine has been in Maroco and she had this little bowl in blue for me.It's so beautuful and so "glowing".We have a special examination work in November where we are going to show our 5 items in embroidery.As you can see on my pictures I'm very inspirated by the blue colour just now.I have other things inspiring me too but I'm very blue.During my summer vacation I'm doing something of it as time goes so fast when we start working again in August

The result

The embroidery is done and in a way I'm satisfied as I made the patterns myself without any drawings before.Next time hopefully it's going to be better.This time we only had to play with the stitches.

What I'm working on

Early Friday morning and the sun is shining .I'm going to have vacation for 10 days.As I'm going on a embroidery course and we have homework to do I´m going to do some stitching during the vacation but also using the time for walking and other activities in the winter landscape. My homework. 1.We have to do different patterns in small squares,about 1,5" without using anything but the "eyes".How long is that?Well for me it is 1 3/4".Why?I don't know. a)One square of fabric -about 13" in white.I use linen fabric. Black yarn. Use different combinations of running stitches. b)One square of fabric -about 13" in off white White yarn. Use different combinations of running stitches. 2.An animal. a)We have made a animal to combine in different directions on the fabric.Use different stitches.Black yarn and white fabric. b)One animal in colours you want to use and in stitches you want to use. Happy Easter. Happy Spring

Small things for a little teddy bear

It's a new day and we are enjoying 2 days off from work.I have been working wirh different things during the last weeks.As I am participating in a embroidery course on Sätergläntan I have a lot to do until the next days in the beginning of March.No I have nothing to show of that as we only try to understand how to do an embrodery from something we have been painting.Painting.......I'm really a beginner so....... Often I'm starting my day knitting or crochet even if it's only for some minutes. I want to show you something I have done.I'm doing small items for a little teddy bear.It's going to be for a child who needs to get an extra hug,children who has pain or other things which makes the life harder. http://bjornkramar.blogg.se/ The picture shows 2 small items,a little jumper and a blanket. Wish you all a lovely weekend

A blue mug rug.

The second mug rug from the "Mug Rug Rally" is made of blue fabrics from my stash and the blueberry fabric and the berry fabrics in red are from those I'v got from friends in this "Rally". I put some small fabrics in blue ,red and pink to the collection of fabrics which I sent away to the next quilter. Thank you all in this event who have given fabrics to us.Now a new quilter is doing rugs.Very exciting to follow fabrics during this "event".How long does it exist?Hopefully a very long time. Wish you a nice new week

Vinnare i mugrugrally

1.Vinnare i "mugrugrally" http://dollandesign.blogspot.se/ Skicka ditt namn och din adress till min mail. 2.Ett tröstpris:några små bitar tyg som kan vara början till en muggmatta.Tygbitarna är en liten gåva av mig till dig Birgitta Wendel. http://blwmalmo.blogspot.se/ Skicka din adress tili min mail

"mug rug rally".Vill du vara med i lottdragningen på lördag?

Till svenska kviltbloggare.Anmäl dig till att få delta i "mugrugrallyt" senast 12 januari 18.00.Vinnare dras 19.00 och om jag har fått namn och adress så skickas tygerna söndag 13 januari.Kanske är det din lyckodag. Den andra "mugrug" som jag skall göra utgår i ett tyg med blåbär och med eget tyg.Mer om den under veckan.

A little mug rug in japaneese folding pattern.I participate in a Mug rug making by fabrics I'v got and a little from my own stash.Next Sunday I'm going to send fabrics I didn't use and some I have from my own stash. The red solid fabric was in the envelope I'v got and the star fabric is from my stash.Another fabric inspiring me is with blueberries on.About that mug rug next week Wish you all a lovely weekend

Christmas gifts from my friend M in Japan

A postbox from Japan from my lovely friend M.I started to open....no I had to take a photo first.She has used fabric ribbons for the box and this is just so perfect decoration on a very beautiful paper.In the box I found the "bag" with applications she made for me and in the "bag" a new origami box she has made.Can you imagine? In the box I found a coaster ,a crocket one in soft green and white.Also 2 pens,a card and a kind letter.I'm totally overwhelmed.Thank you M .I know you are reading my blog.

SSCS swap gifts.

I want to show you a wonderful Christmas gift from my swap friend.You can find more about her and her handicraft. http://blissintheburbs-kayly.blogspot.com.au/ This tablerunner is now on our table and it's a perfect one both in size and colours.Often my husband has his black keyboard on the table and we also have white decoration things,especially this time a year.I also got some sweets and other small items from her.She made the nice christmas ornament I showed earlier.As I earlier have told the reader of this blog I love to participate in swaps.I hope my Santa also is going to be in more swaps.She told me this is her first time.Hopefully also some readers are going to swap sometimes. Thank you so much. Wish you all a lovely time.

Christmas time

Showing some activities before and during the Christmas time.The patterns are from Clara Waever and I bought these all ready dome.Tonight we are going to decorate our Christmas tree.Tomorrow is the day our Santa comes and we celebrate with our family.

Some night ago I was up too early,in the middle of the night and our Christmas tree and the full moon brightened up the night.Wonderful.

And Last night. Wish you all a lovely Christmas time.The daylight comes,slowly but....we celebrate this too.

A flower made by a napkin

This little winter white flower makes our home even more as Chtistmas is. http://www.svtplay.se/klipp/909756/julpyssel-med-clara-lidstrom I learnet how to do it from http://www.underbaraclaras.com/ a famous blogger in Sweden who really show us creative and often simple and decorative things to do.You only need a bigger white napkin,a scissor and something to put together it in the middle of the "pleated" napkin. Wish you a nice new week

The first Sunday in December and an ornament from my swap partner in SSCS

The first Sunday in December and we have been doing some preparations.we have only a few houres od daylight and therefore this is something we have been longing for.The photo is from the time I had my breakfast at 08.10.A silent morning listening to music on www.sr.se and you scroll down and you can choose P2 klassisk musik P4 Bjällerklang After a cup of tea I also was knitting some rows on a pair of socks.This has been a good morning.

This little ornament and the card is from my swap partner in SSCS,arranged by http://chookyblue.blogspot.se/ Just before Christmas we also can open packages our partner has sent to us.Exciting.My partner is from Australia,a lon long way from here.Thank you so much Cheryl for the ornament.

The darkness and ..........................

The dark period of the year also have time of joy and beauty.Thr first little ornament is made on linen fabric,DMC and some metallic red and green threads.Sorry the picture is bad and the metallic thread is not shown well but.........

Outside the museum of Luleå they have these beautiful sculptures glowing in the darkness.So soft light in the dark afternoon.We had a knitting café on Satirday and we really had lovely chats and we were knitting and crochet and were talking about the everyday life and about our hobbies and.....so much inspiration

Near the busstation I could see these light installations.One more great inspiration this Saturday November 24.After that I went home and I felt so happy for all the inspirations and all the lovely people I met.

A star

This weeend this beautiful star has brighten up our home.The star is made by a swap friend and she has made a star on the back too,in a bluegreen colour. Today I have made Christmas gifts and it has been such a nice day listning to the radio. Especiall this program http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/116105?programid=2486 was so good with with many songs I really love.So calm and so relaxing. Wish you a nice new week.

Happy Fathers Day

Today we celebrate Fathers day and it's a very special day even if my father has been dead for many years.He died when he was only 58 and I'm ................. Often I think about him when I think of our boys.He had been a great grandfather. During the day I have went on with Christmas gifts so I show nothing of what I'm working on.

These pictures show you a Christmas ornament I'v got in a swap.The ornament has a back and a front and my swap partner has made in crazy quilt patterns with embrodery and embelishments.This is going to be a part of our Christmas decoration.Hopefully we have got more snow in December.I'm really longing for the snow. Wish you a nice new week

Inspiration and thoughts

A letter with wonderful stamps I'v got from a friend gave me insiration to the granny square for today.The varigated yarn was really good for that.A visit I made to a textile group was the second inspiration useful for a mini quilt or a bag or a clutch or...I had the possibility to buy some fabrics,recycled ones,they have been hand dying.The blanket is a long time project but the mini.....is a November project. During this weekend we have focus on our dead relatives and friend.Many candles and flowers are on the graves and many of us take time to visit the graveyard. What do we use our days to? What's the most important?

Blue blue..................................................

A Christmas challenge in a patchwork group is to do 24 circles,1.5", and in blue,lilac,white,gold or silver fabrics and with decorations free for every one to choose.Some of my circles have a button on,other have beads or french knots on.Then we are going to have an exchange .I'm so excited to see what circles I'm recieving and in what colours and with what types of decorations.This is going to be one of our Christmas decorations.

2 days ago I got a lovely letter from a friend in Japan.We are writing about our everyday life,about happiness and about sad things.And we are inspiring each other in our hobbies.We love to work with fabrics and with patchwork.In this letter she sent me some cotton "kasuri".In the past this type of fabrics were used in clothes farmers were wearing ,for example coats,pants and so on.They are in a simple pattern but the yarn was prepared for these types of patterns.The third one has a warp with colours in rows and then the weaver only used one dark colour when they were weaving it.I thing we are going to do bags or pouches or....from it.Maybe I do a little drawstring bag. Yes I'm also doing more crochet squares for the warm blanket I'm going to use in the sofa when I'm going to take my power nap. Wish you all a nice new week.

Crochet blocks

A beautiful weekend,a little bit cold but a lovely sunshine.Its a perfect time for a walk along the river.This weekend I have had time to do it and I really feel happy for that.Hopefully I`m walking one more time before dinner.The crochet squares for the blanket are 9 just now but I need many many more.As I use the varigated yarnsfor the "pattern" it makes the work much more exciting.Still it's also very relaxing.This morning I also really enjoyed many programs on the radio.Different types of music,news and programs about fashion and many more. Wish you all a lovely new week.

Sunday October 14

The leaves are falling but the garden still is green.I found some flowers in the garden,not common this time a year.Wonderful to have some in a vase on the dinner table.Hopefully we get no snow,not yet.A sunny autumn day can be so wonderful. This weekend my husband has been hunting elks so I have had a lot of time to knit and crochet.The sock sock is a nice knitting and I 'm knitting them in Lorna´s lace sock yarn.It gives a good result and hopefully they are good to wear too. Now I'm also doing squares for a blanket.This is going to take time as I want to do it big enough to have in the sofa when I'm taking a power nap.As I have had a flue for more than a week it would have been nice to have it ready but.....Hopefully the new week goes better. Wish you all a lovely new week

Sunday October 14

Sunday October 7

Vera Vinter,a swedish singer from our area ,sang a song,Paris,about her grandmother Iris.She was the one who always had time even if she had a lot to do.She was taking care of her children and grandchildren and she was picking berries and learnt the sounds of different birds but.............she never was in Paris.Maybe she never talked about what's now so normal f ex to travel to famous places in the world.Maybe she got her happiness from her family,friends and the landscape she was living inShe said she had lived her life and her granddaughter wondered what she thought of when she closed her eyes for ever. http://www.tv4.se/nyhetsmorgon/klipp/vera-vinter-paris-2226707

Still I´m knitting socks and the last pair is in pink silk and wool yarn in a simle pattern but I love it. http://garnstudio.com/lang/se/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=b21&d_id=5&lang=se I made them longer than as the little baby is moving and moving. http://garnstudio.com/lang/us/pattern.php?id=5408&lang=us The autumn is really with us now and the colours are more and more yellow.

A new pair of socks

We have a very nice group on Facebook where we have a knitting café 2 times a week.Last week a lady showed a pair of socks for a baby,yes we had the theme "Small things",and I really fell in love with the simple pattern for socks. Every pattern is on 5 stitches. Row 1 knit 3,yo,knit2tog..... Row 2 knit 3,lift 1 knit 1 psso,yo............. Row 1 Row 2 The socks are knitted in 100& wool(25 g/85 meters) 0-6 months 40 stitches Needles 3mm As I´m working full time mostly I´m doing small items as socks and mittens.My passion for reading novels also takes time.Maybe I'm going to listen to novels on cd as the evenings are darker and darker.A cup of tea and listening to a good novel?Or listening to music?Or good programs on the radio?Or taking a nice walk?Very relaxing. The time goes so fast so I have decided to blog on Sundays.It would be so nice to get comments from you about what you are doing when you are relaxing. Wish you all a lovely relaxing Sunday

September

The evenings are darker and darker.A new table cloth, a vintage one,and the flowers,made by a thin cover on the birch tree,are brightening up our home.

In the garden we have a lot of berries,these are for the birds.

And in the little forest near the house we still have a lot of blueberries,perfect for the breakfast or for.....

The socks for charity are ready. As the time goes by so fast and the vacationes have ended I'm doing some plans for the Christmas gifts.But before that starts today I'm going to have my breakfast. Wish my readers a nice Sunday It would be nice if you take time to write a little comment about your life this time a year.

SSCS swap I'm in

Yellow............

A beautiful evening in the garden a week ago these flowers were just magic.The autumn colours are coming and the nights are colder.Now it´s a perfect time for knitting. I bought Opal handgefärbt colour 3173 and it's really a bright and sunny sock knitting.Hopefully this pair is going to be for charity.

As the evenings are darker it's so lovely not to have so dark colours.This pair of socks are so nice to do and I really like this yarn.Earlier I started a pair in Opal Polarlichter but this was to dark and the yarn wasn't so soft.Later I'm going on knitting them but I hopefully can do some stripes on them to brighten them up. Wish yo all a nice new week.

The trees........

In the park you can find at least 3 trees having crochet and/or knitted decorations.

What to do with a chair?Or a tree?

Visited an handicraft exhibition in Luleå on http://www.nll.se/sv/Kultur/Kulturarv-och-museum/Norrbottens-museum/Utstallningar/Hemslojden-130-ar-Visas-284-99/ From the exhibition I'm going to focus on 3 different "chairs"

I found it very interesting with all these crochet flowers in bright colours all over the "chair".Maybee a little comfortable too?!

A perect way of using doilies done many years ago of women all over the country.On different places you can find them and they are so so well done and they often are very cheap.You can find them in many colours and often in white too.

The third way I love very much is when you use scraps from fabrics,here in red and white.It's made as a rug.