söndag 29 juni 2014

Back Where It All Started



The first time I saw a folk costume from Dala-Floda in Dalarna I fell in love.
The neatness of the knitting, the combinations of patterns and the colours of the embroidery on the mittens made in the twined knitting technique made a huge and lasting impression on me.

In May I once again attended a long weekend course to learn more about twined knitting and embroidery in Dala-Floda. The first time it was almost too much to be able to take it all in.

























This is a jacket with knitted sleeves. The way the patterns are arranged on the sleeve is quite unusual.

















While this jacket shows some of the most beautiful embroidery from Dala-Floda.


















Some of the patterns I have made have been inspired by the knitted sleeves from the  Dala-Floda costumes, like the Elise mitten.




















And this mitten, called Maja, was inspired by the embroidery – even if it´s hard to find an exact likeness.























While this hat was inspired by the typical flower paintings of Dalarna, called kurbits in Sweden and rosmaling in Norway. Incidentally it´s also called rosmålning in Dala-Floda.

Something amazing happened when I was in Dala-Floda – I was invited to have an exhibition in the Dala-Floda Värdshus of my knitted things. The opening is on Saturday – July, 5 at 4 pm. Before the opening I will have a workshop where you can try knitting with colour or create your own patterns. I will also talk a little about traditional knitting patterns and how inspirating they can be.

Do come along if you happen to be near by!














Utställning och stickworkshop på Dala-Floda Värdshus i Dala-Floda, den 5 juli.

torsdag 20 mars 2014

Hallå där – kom och lyssna!


På tisdag den 25 mars har jag blivit inbjuden av 2 stickare, Lotta och Madelaine, för att berätta om den skotska stickdesigners Alice Starmore – som gör världens vackraste tröjor i helt fantastiska färger.

De bjuder på morotssoppa och själv tar man med sitt handarbete så att man har något att syssla med medan man lyssnar.

Tillställningen, som kallas Soppslöjd, är på Högalidsgatan på Södermalm. Det börjar klockan sex.
Mer information hittar man här. Det finns fortfarande några platser kvar tror jag.