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Tutorial: loose CO on 2 needles

My favorite elastic cast on is to simply cast on holding 2 needles together (or alternatively using a bigger needle): hold the two needle points tight together and cast on normally around them. When all stitches are cast on, remove one of the needle. This cast on has been used by generations and generations before [...]

Tutorial: 3-needle BO

The 3-Needle Bind Off is a finishing technique for joining two pieces of knitting that are still on the needles. It makes a very sturdy seam and is often made from the wrong side of the work. Hold the needles parallel and with a third needle *k2tog the stitch on the front needle together with [...]

THANK YOU! AND…

DON’T FORGET!  To celebrate the release of the Mosi Vest, you receive a 20% discount on my website or on Ravelry on the entire Mosi Collection and the my yarn with the  code MOSIVEST through July 29, 2025, midnight UTC. N´OUBLIEZ PAS ! A l´occasion de la sortie du gilet Mosi, vous recevez 20 % de [...]

In the New York Times

Gotta brag a little… My knitting tours featured in the New York Times! You can read the article here Pictures: Sigga Ella

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Icelandic BO: garðaafelling

Called garðaafelling (garter bind off) in Icelandic, this bind off has been known in Iceland at least since the middle of the 19th century. It was popularised among modern Icelandic knitters by Sígriður Halldórsdóttir who describes it in her book Þríihyrnur og langsjöl (Triangular and long shawls), a book on traditional Icelandic shawls, translated in [...]

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Nordic Sock Box: my Holtasóley socks

I´m delighted to let you know that I´m the fourth designer of Nordic Sock Box, a delightful curated subscription box delivered every two months by Finish yarn company @novitaknits Each box contains: An exclusive sock pattern created by Nordic designers Printed instructions in English, Swedish and Finnish The yarns needed for the pattern A knitting-related [...]

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Tutorial: How to install a zipper on a lopi sweater

After steeking a lopi sweater to make a cardigan, we usually finish the edges with a crocheted edge before installing a zipper. But first, before you even cut the sweater, or if you have already, letting the edges meet flat at the center, carefully measure the length the zipper must be. If you can´t obtain [...]

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Crocheted edge to hide the steek of a lopi sweater

Here is a tutorial on how to crochet around the edges of a lopi sweater that has been steeked (cut) – after having first made 2 seams to secure the stitches – to make a cardigan. With the crochet hook, from right side, crochet an edging of US single crochet (English double crochet) along the [...]

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Holiday!

The Web Shop is on vacations July 10th-29th, 2024 You can still place orders but physical products won´t be send before July 30th, 2024.  

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Tutorial: Ladder back Jacquard

When working in stranded knitting with very long floats at the back of the work ( they can show disgracefully at the front of the work, especially when knitting with lopi), you can use another technique to deal with the long floats called Ladder back jacquard (the technique is commonly used in machine knitting). With [...]

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