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This is Marianne's trilingual knitting blog. I also write about spinning, cats and dogs, knitting lace and other things. The blog languages are English, Swedish and Finnish.

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  • Iris!

    Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 15:21 in knitting

    I am an Iris What Flower Are You? “You are a very sensual person. You like to experience all the sights, smells, tastes and textures the world has to offer. Ordinary be damned, because y...

  • Alli

    Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 05:26 in knitting

    The weight reduction medicine Alli (Xenical) is now available without prescription in Finnish drugstores (apteekki). If you consider using it, please read this article before use. Bantningsmedlet Alli...

  • Travelling, resa, matka

    Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 08:06 in health, knitting, spinning

    I’ve been away from home for five days. One of my best friends, my cousin’s widow, got lung cancer and had an operation just before Easter. I was able to drive the 300 km (200 miles) to he...

  • Sigh, suck, huokaus

    Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 05:56 in knitting

    Sigh. It’s snowing, AGAIN! I’ve been waiting for spring to arrive, we only had 4-5 inches of hard snow left, and I’ve started to knit summery items. Yesterday and today we’ve h...

  • Knits, stickat, neuleita

    Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 04:35 in knitted lace, knitting

    My handspun German merino  has turned into this: Mitt handspunna tyska merino blev detta: Käsin kehräämäni saksalainen merino päätyi tänne: As I started the skirt before my shrinking, I though...

  • I’m back, tillbaks, takaisin

    Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 05:07 in knitting

    A happy occasion took place last weekend. I travelled 1 500 km to see my daughter getting married and to meet my other daughters and their kids, and my friend. Förra veckoslutet var jag på en mycket...

  • Sale, rea, ale

    Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 09:28 in knitting

    The shop will cease selling after the 23rd of January, since I’m on sick leave and will have to put my business on hold. Look at the Finnish post from Jan 12th to see pics of the items you can&#...

  • 10 kg!

    Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 07:07 in knitting

    Ta daa:...

  • Osta suomalaista

    Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 07:01 in knitted lace, knitting

    This post is very local, hence only in Finnish. Denna post är lokal och finns därför bara på finska. Taloussanomat kirjoittaa tänään siitä, miten vaikea on löytää kaupasta 100 % suomalainen...

  • 2009

    Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 07:37 in knitting

    Happy ongoing year! God fortsättning på det nya året! Hyvää vuoden jatkoa! My Weight Chart: This is the only thing I’m going to summarize from the past year. I’ve lost nearly 10 kg s...

  • New directions, nya vindar, uusia tuulia

    Posted on Wednesday December 31st, 2008 at 05:18 in knitting

    It’s time to take your health in your own hands. Below are listed three articles from the Swedish magazine for physicians, Läkartidningen. A lively discussion has been taking place in Sweden (i...

  • D-day, julafton, jouluaatto

    Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 09:26 in knitting

    This is nice to view when taking a walk in the dusk. The photo was taken with my cell phone after sunset while walking the dog. The film below was also taken with the cell phone. The black dog is mine...

  • International Year of Natural Fibers 2009

    Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 at 18:17 in knitting

    Wow!  But we already know......

  • Card, kort, kortti

    Posted on Friday December 19th, 2008 at 06:10 in knitting

    Merry Xmas, Season’s greetings Please click on the following link to see your card. If your e-mail program has not displayed this as a link, then please copy the following into the Address or L...

  • What’s up?

    Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 09:55 in knitting

    I’ve been working very much lately, in spite of my sick leave. Who’s heard of an entrepreneur who can afford to not work when there is work? Who can afford to lose the best customers? I ha...

  • Sale, rea, alennusmyynti

    Posted on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 at 05:29 in crochet, knitting, machine knitting

    These products are - 30 % off right now in my web shop (the products will vary with time, and can be seen at the bottom of the index page, under Specials): Dessa produkter är nu reade med 30 % i min ...

  • FO’s, färdiga saker, valmiita töitä

    Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 08:29 in knitting, spinning

    There’s going to be a new baby downstairs in November. I knitted this February hat from the picture in the Knitter’s Almanac. I used less than a ball of yarn and was left with 1 yard. Yarn...

  • Mushrooms, svamp, sieniä

    Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 05:53 in knitting, life outside knitting

    There’s been less knitting and more mushroom picking, cooking and salting lately. My DD #3 had her birthday and got a pair of black beaded wristlets (sorry, no photo because of the rush) with go...

  • The Korsnäs hat course and yarns are now available

    Posted on Saturday August 23rd, 2008 at 14:31 in crochet, knitting, korsnäs

    The hat course material and help are available here and the yarn pack here. See picture below....

  • Olympia II

    Posted on Friday August 22nd, 2008 at 08:51 in crochet, knitting, korsnäs

    I’ve finished the hat and am about to correct the instruction. Please wait some more days. When I’m finished, you’ll find the course in my shop. I’ve gone back to knitting the ...

  • Olympia

    Posted on Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 03:14 in crochet, knitting, korsnäs

    I didn’t join any official Olympic knitting, but have done my own: a preemie set for a tiny twin girl and the Korsnäs hat, that’s going to be featured in my course. By the way, if you hav...

  • Change, förändring, muutos

    Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 06:55 in crochet, knitting, korsnäs

    I’ve been ordered on sick leave. Because of that, and because the holiday season is still going on, I’m extending the time for you to express your interest in the Korsnäs project until Au...

  • Comment or feed

    Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 16:42 in knitting

    They won’t work at the same time. Technorati gets feeds when commenting works, but no Bloglines and Blogilista (the Finnish service). So, at times, I have to set commenting off to be able to upd...

  • Korsnäs et al.

    Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 03:07 in knitting

    This is the start of a Korsnäs sweater I started three years ago, but was interrupted by birthday and holiday knitting and was set aside. Now as I dug the project bag out from my stash, I discovered ...

  • Korsnäs sweater, Korsnäströjan, Korsnäsin paita

    Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 06:19 in crochet, knitting

    There’s a discussion going on about the beautiful knitted and crocheted Korsnäs sweater on the Swedish knitting list. A link came up that I’d love to share with you. En diskussion om Kor...

  • Summertime, sommartid, kesäaikaa

    Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 14:12 in knitting, life outside knitting, tech stuff

    This summer hasn’t been what summers used to be. I imagined I would have time to card my Finnwool, dye fiber and spend some time gardening. None of those have come true. Denna sommar har inte va...

  • FOs

    Posted on Sunday June 8th, 2008 at 06:24 in crochet, knitting

    DGD II got this little cardi that I made twice! The first version went to the frog pond, because it turned out too small. I did a swatch, but tightened up my crocheting after that. I very rarely send ...

  • KIP 14.06.2008

    Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 16:30 in knitting

    (That’s June 14th in European) This is local information regarding the KIP day. Årets Knit in Public-dag firas den 14 juni. Vi går ner till Aura å, till Våghusets paviljong, där det finns ...

  • New pattern, nytt mönster, uusi neuleohje

    Posted on Monday May 5th, 2008 at 11:23 in knitted lace, knitting

    Today I published the Trees shawl pattern in my web shop. This is the shawl that won the local shawl contest some time ago. It’s not very difficult to knit. I used 5 mm needles and a fingering w...

  • FO

    Posted on Saturday March 29th, 2008 at 06:16 in knitting

    Today there’s a knit meeting. I feel ill, so can’t go there this time either. I’ve not been there for nearly four months, the only exception is the craft show on the 15th of March, w...