ASPLUND KNITS

Well, I knew stranded colourwork was something I longed for during my book project, but little did I know I would finish no less than three ...

Well, I knew there wouldn't be much time left for blogging the past couple of years, but I'm still around. My book was published in ...

Going through my projects and realising I must have been through a double-knitting period at some point: three cowls and a scarf! When did t...

(Or down?) Photographer Tina Axelsson in action! Thanks, everyone for encouraging words! Now back to writing instructions... Life i...

Needless to say, I haven't been very active here lately - but it's "because of a reason" as someone once put it. Not that ...

Almost to my surprise I finally finished my "Donegal" sweater, an Alice Starmore design . My Ravelry project page tells me I cast ...

but the second mouse gets the cheese." I read this hilarious addition to the proverb recently - perhaps it's commonplace and I simp...

There's a new Norwegian book about twined knitting - I heard about it recently (thanks, Heidi!) and sent for it straight away, of cours...

Today my friend Andrew gave me a charming tatting book from 1944 - there are many beautiful patterns in it, so I feel like getting my sh...

Yes, I know we're in June, but I realise this is my first blog post this year. Not that I've been hibernating, but I've mostly b...

Mosaic knitting has given me ideas - I've been experimenting with hats knitted sideways, combining mosaic knitting and garter stitch. No...

It took some thinking and rethinking (not to mention knitting and reknitting) before I made up my mind about the sleeves. I decided pa...

At long last I'm working on a mosaic knitting project. I've been interested in using the technique beyond swatches for quite a few y...

The cardigan I wrote about in my previous post is finished. I liked the wool a lot, Yaku from CaMaRose . It was sligthly worrying when I was...

Earlier this week I suddenly had to drop all my works in progress and get some new wool. A friend of mine wrote to tell me he and his wife a...