Kofte ist Norwegisch und steht für Pullis und Jacken, die in den traditionellen Norwegermustern und mit mindestens zwei Farben gestrickt sind. Die dänische Strickdesignerin Lene Holme Samsøe, die bereits mehrere Strick-Bestseller herausgebracht hat und bei Sandnes Garn arbeitet, hat Ende letzten Jahres zusammen mit Liv Sandvik Jakobsen (ich weiß, die Namen hören sich alle an als kämen sie aus irgendwelchen skandinavischen…
For my birthday last year I received a book from my friend by Arne & Carlos, which I wrote about on the blog. The book is called “Knitting Norwegian Style” where they present knitting projects inspired by old traditional Norwegian knits. A great book! I already wrote about it back in January. And I have also started on one of…
I will have to try to knit something with Tweed yarn soon. Very soon. For quite a while I’ve been sneaking around different Tweed yarn, but never had a suitable project at hand, if you know what I mean. But then this happened: I won a whole book with projects knit with Tweed yarn! Carina from Häkelmonster had put up…
Just to give you a quick heads-up: During my visit in Germany this December, I have bought, won and been given what feels like a whole pile of knitting/crocheting related books. Lucky me! During the next couple of weeks I will give you a small insight into those books as I could imagine that you might find some of them…
Woollen Affairs 