Here you can buy original crochet patterns, learn new techniques, and dip into stories of life in the South of Sweden. Welcome!
Window into Winter is a modern, geometric shawl design which takes inspiration from the stark lines, dark skies and glistening snows of the Swedish winters. However, it is just as a much a view out of winter, too: The contrasting border mimics the shape and colour of the winter aconite, a cheerful little yellow flower that is the first to appear after the long, cold months.
Outside it's snowing again, but inside I cast my mind back to spring time in Japan: cherry blossoms and pretty colours. Introducing my latest pattern release, Hanabira, for Pom Pom Quarterly.
In the first part of this series on crochet ribbing, I will show you how to create a tight rib using a combination of HTC (HDC for you US folks) and slip stitches worked in the back loop.
Ten days before his fourth birthday I decided to make the Bean a celebratory jumper. Because ten days for a new jumper isn't at all unreasonable, is it?
Colour, especially of the eyeball-pleasing saturated kind, is a rare thing in Sweden at this time of year. Imagine my delight, then, when our Christmas in Devon this year was surprisingly ...
This cheerful, warm hat pattern includes full written instructions as well as step-by-step photos of all the tricky bits. Make one, make two, make a set for the whole family!
Just a week to go until Midwinter, and the light starts to creep back again. It will help. It's hard not to get bogged down in darkness and murk at this time of year, isn't it? We live in the very south of Sweden, the agricultural rather than the forest and ...
NEW PATTERN: These simple striped mittens are the perfect winter gift for little people. Three colour scheme suggestions, step-by-step photos of the trickier techniques (foundation crochet, changing colours, crochet ribbing), and a variation for a rounded tip are included in the pattern.
So here we are, just over one year into our Swedish adventure. Actually, it is starting to feel less like an adventure and more like normal, routine, everyday. This is what happens when you up sticks: it takes a year.
