out of order

I wanted to show you this great hat I made out of desperation, fury and icelandic lopi-wool after almost having frozen my head off when biking orangutangboy to daycare in these frosty mornings. My regular hats simply did not work. I thought that the sheep on Iceland must be experts on keeping the wet and windy out, so I sat down and knit until the hat was done. It is ubelievably warm, water- and windproof - and winter is much more welcome already. I recommend lopi if you have similar winter-troubles!

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I know you can not see much of it on the photo above, though, which is just as blurry and messy as everything else at the moment; I am sort of happy somewhere, but I desperately need:

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1. my sister to come back from Bangkok

2. the four of us to get well from a wintercold that chased us to bed for a week

3. sleep

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I get so many nice and sweet comments these days - thank you all!

a week for two: new mittens

I remember sitting in my tiny cityapartment many years ago knitting a sweater out of a million leftovers on extremely thin needles. I can't believe I finished it, actually, as I was into totally different things at the moment. In fact, I didn't knit at all, even though I have always known how to, - I was a starving performance artist with lots of important things going on - people, parties, artsy fartsy stuff. Thinking back, it is indeed hard to believe that I found time to knit a whole stripey sweater on extremely thin needles, but it is even harder to believe that I actually managed to shrink it the first time I washed it. Just a tiny bit, but enough to make me feel claustrophobic wearing it. So it turned into one of those garments that just follow along year after year, that you know you will never wear, but that still is too special to be thrown or given away.

Today I took a big step. Admitting that I will never ever use the sweater, I cut up the treasure and turned it into new mittens - one pair for me, one pair for tiger. That way, we will see a lot more of the lovely stripes, I thought. And do they not seem to fit this landscape just perfect?

apples and wool for a little tiger

an old boring sweater turned into a perfect wool suit for a little tiger who likes to play under the apple trees these days. The design is simple and the sewing too, but recycling clothes no longer needed into new and useful ones is so satisfying. Quick, easy and ecofriendly.

painting, sewing

I have 12 windows to paint. Poor flies get stuck in the paint all the time.




I started making summer clothes for Leo. I tried to do a photoshoot with the model himself wearing the new outfits, but I guess that is not the way two-year-olds work. This shirt is for summerparties and is made out of my grandfathers old shirt. I love recycling textile!

summer production

We are having beautiful and busy days around here; cherry trees in spectacular bloom, planting, painting, making summeroutfits. Hope to have things to show you next week. Happy weekend!

Top: summer wardrobe in the making
Bottom: peanuts in he making

first pants

Using the softest creamcoloured cotton/wool blend I made Hugo his first pants. Nice and baggy with looong cuffs, hoping he can wear it for a long time. Good for kicking it seems!