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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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
Ta daa:...
Osta suomalaista
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
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
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
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
Wow! But we already know......
Card, kort, kortti
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?
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
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
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
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
The hat course material and help are available here and the yarn pack here. See picture below....
Olympia II
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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...
