Welcome to my blog. I am Silje and I document my thoughts, ramblings and adventures in knitting, fibre arts, and all things crafty. Hope you have a nice stay!
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I have been daydreaming and planning my next cast-on while I dutifully work on my Skye pullover. Showing off my Unst - and changing up my podcasting day starting next week!
I’ve been a monogamous knitter this week and stuck to my plan of getting the Skye pullover done. Another week done, celebrating with a fresh craft beer this time as this episode sees more of the usual banter about settling to life in Norway and other distractions.
Another little amigurumi friend has been completed! This week has seen the Kuutar yoke completed, the boys jumper has been tossed aside and the Skye pullover has been picked up again and I’m working up the last sleeve.
The boy's new pullover is coming along nicely and I’ve got a new amigurumi bunny to show off. As ever I wonder about what to pick up and knit next week. Too many WIPs!
Second take! Having recorded the full podcast without my microphone this week’s pod was done twice. 😅 My Granny Square pullover has been completed and I continue work on the Kuutar. And a new cast on for the boy.
Heading into the Easter weekend totally unprepared, as always. Work done on the Granny Square pullover and Sari Nordlund's lace yoke design, Kuutar. Bonus make of the week was a little amigurumi bunny. 🐇
This week I’ve been a busy bee fluttering from WIP to WIP. The Lapwing pullover from episode 12 has one sleeve completed, I’ve started on a sleeve for my Granny Square pullover and cast on for a new project - the beautiful lace yoke of Kuutar.
In this episode I chat about my experience crocheting the Lockdown cardigan, talk about future possible knits, knitting out of stash and picking up a hibernating project, the Lapwing pullover, while waiting for inspiration to strike for the next thing.
Trying to keep it short for this one as the previous episode went on a bit. Perhaps I am now overcorrecting? Who knows. 😅 In any case I’ve finally sewn on the buttons on my Unst cardigan! And it needs to be bragged about.
Show notes for episode 10 below! 😃In this one I chat about my Birkin sweater, show my progress on the Foula snood, talk about a cheeky new crochet hook up, present a finished amigurumi and share my woes about a past knitting fail.
It’s been a week. But I’m back to do my knitterly show and tell once again. 😁
Another week flew by and another episode is live for your viewing pleasure. I’m on a roll with my fair isle hats and can show off two completed beanies in glorious colourwork. Walt the green monster makes an appearance, the granny square pullover is back and I express some frustration about choosing the next big knit.
The love for colourwork continues this week, I show off a newly blocked shawl and I have a monstrous creature on my hook.
In an effort to keep the ball rolling I’m putting another of these knitting podcasts out into the wild webs. This episode is heavy on the colourwork love, and especially Marie Wallin’s designs. 😍
So in the comeback to podcasting nobody was waiting for I have rebooted my YouTube channel. Life has finally settled down somewhat and I felt ready to get back on the podcasting thing. In this episode I get chatty about my latest knitting projects and my foray into Amigurumi and crocheting (which I think is having a surge of popularity these days).
Finally putting up the show-notes for this episode. I've been completely distracted with lots of new things happening. In this episode I'm showing off some finished knits, muse about scrap yarn knitting and self-striping socks.
The third installment of me chatting about knits and yarns is live! There was some technical difficulties had but I managed to get on with it - there is a weird shaking going on that hopefully won't be seizure inducing. Getting the grips of this podcast thing is a steep learning curve! In any case I hope you will enjoy watching :)
The second episode is up on YouTube! I chat about my current works in progress, talk about the why I cast on more even when I've got plenty of projects on the go. I show off a couple of finished objects and last but not least a parade of beautiful new yarn that made it into my stash.
My first ever podcast recording! Introduction of me, Silje and lots of knitting chatter complete with awkward pauses, dropped phones and rambling tangents. Yarn love, No Frills Sweater, colourwork mittens, unravelling garments and my make nine rant.
