Hey all, I mentioned last week how winter decided to make a visit, and how I wanted to make the most of the frozen landscape by getting out there as much as time and Covid regulations would allow. Before I move on with some more […]
Hello everyone! It’s been a rainy week at the Treehouse. Covid numbers are still rising and everything on every news channel still makes me want to scream, but I’ve also been greeted by lots of birds on the balcony, got muddy boots on autumnal forest […]
It’s been a while since a lopapeysa featured on the blog, hasn’t it? I actually made this particular Icelandic sweater last year, before I moved. You’ll have seen some glimpses of it on instagram, mainly of my cats’ brave attempts to steal it for naps […]
Surpise! I finished a sweater and didn’t even tell you I was working on it! I did another test knit for Jennifer Steingass of Knit.Love.Wool. Earlier this year I test knitted Telja for her, which was published in By Hand Magazine. Somewhere in July Jenn […]
Today I’ve got a special project to show you guys. Somewhere at the beginning of December, Jennifer Steingass of Knit.Love.Wool contacted me to see whether I would be interested to test knit a yet unreleased design of hers. I’ve never done a test knit […]
Hello world! What can I say? I enjoy my master courses tremendously, but they do take some work. Lets show you the last thing I finished before mid terms: my Afmaeli sweater. After I finished my Jenny at the Fair I was a bit lost as […]
Last week I finished the socks I was knitting for my boyfriend. I made these socks twice before.He specifically asked me for plain Icelandic socks in a natural colour. You see these are not to be normal house socks, these are to be Viking socks! […]
Things have been quiet over here this summer haven’t they? I have been very busy trying to fit as much knitting, sewing, reading and writing into my summer. I’ve even taken some baby-steps in new crafts for which I am excited (because I totally need […]
I just finished my first socks. My first hand knitted socks, ever. After almost a decade of knitting (what, really?) I’ve taken my needles on a trip to ground level. I know knitted socks are quite popular; There are people who solely knit socks. I never […]
Something colourful arrived at the Treehouse last week. Due to my considerable enthusiasm and anticipation in the wake of its arrival my boyfriend expected that an unruly amount of yarn was coming the Treehouse’s way. But no, this time a very different, and curiously flat […]
