Dying for red: How to dye yarn using food coloring

Dying for red: How to dye yarn using food coloring

So I want to make myself a second Camomille. One in red. But not just any red. It has to be the perfect shade. So I’ve been to several yarn shops. I have purchased colour cards from webshops and even small skeins in colours I thought would work. Some are too...
Where I’m at..

Where I’m at..

or Wednesday’s Works in Progress. Well, basicly, I’m at work a lot. And while most of my job is teaching (Danish and English to middleschoolers) I also spend a lot of time at conferences and meetings at at classes. And that’s where I get most of my...
Done with Finish-itis…

Done with Finish-itis…

  I have been busy, both tending the shop and doing my real job, and this is how far I am on the dress: —  It’s been cut out, the darts are sewn and pressed and I’ve sewn and pressed the center back seam and sewn the sleeves to the front and...
T-shirt: Pattern perfectioning (or close enough..)

T-shirt: Pattern perfectioning (or close enough..)

A few weeks ago I  reallised, that while I have plenty of dresses to fit me this spring (and I love wearing dresses), I am really lacking basic t-shirts. You know – I put on some weight on account of the non-smoking thing (actually, yesterday was my 7...
Good knits last!

Good knits last!

I am writing this from the green house where i am enjoying the sun and the relatively warm air. It’s freezing outside and there is ice on the water, but in here it’s 15 celcius and i’m feeling warm wearing an Icelandic wool sweater that my...
Christmas 2010 – snow and presents

Christmas 2010 – snow and presents

It’s the last day of the gregorian year. Time to look back at the year gone by and forth to the next years to come. First I’ll look back on the last week: My Christmas in Denmark   I hope you had a wonderful Christmas (if you celebrate). I did. We...
Snow

Snow

Another lovely but very cold day. Unusual for December in Denmark. We usually get our snow in January and February, but now we have had the ground covered since Nov 19. This is the view from my sewing room window right now!  
13 years ago..

13 years ago..

This little angel (on the right! :-)) was born!   He was a lot smaller then (thank g*d!) – we’ve both grown a lot since then. We celebrated with the family (us, my sister, his father and bonus-mom and most of the grandparents) Saturday, and this...
A Batwing sleeve top

A Batwing sleeve top

This week I also finished this: It’s a batwing sleeve t-shirt from ONION 5015 – but with a rather significant alteration! Read on: This pattern is originally for a semifitted batwing sleeve top, which is gathered at the waist by a self-fabric ribbing edge....