Trying to make a TNT Pattern? The Hilma Mittens are here and I thought I would write a bit about my design process. In the sewing community there is this notion that I always come back to. It is the idea of the Tried and True pattern or TNT. It describes a pattern you make […]
Sport Socks – Tube Socks – Tennis Socks Designing the Crew Socks pattern started as an obsession with the kind of socks you buy in a 3-pack. To me they are extremely nostalgic and very now at the same time. How could I not be completely into it :) It took me a little while […]
Late Sunday night, I published the Gatan Balaclava. Working on it has been such a blast, so I thought I’d let you in on a little bit of the process. Both behind developing this design and what goes into releasing a pattern. Or at least how I go about it :) I begun thinking about […]
Reworking a slipper Last year around this time I had just released the new version of the Simple House Slippers pattern. I have been wanting to write a bit about what my thoughts were going into that. The original pattern has been like my umbelical cord to the knitting community. Especially in the couple of […]
Helga Isagers new book The Artisan just arrived in my mailbox and it is beyond beautiful. I’ve been in a bit of a slump when it comes to knitting lately. In fact I have spent most of my knitting time planning my vegetable garden. Apparently I need to daydream about Summer and light and all […]
I am so excited to kick off the first instalment of Nordic Makers! If you’re wondering what that is, you can find the introduction here. Louisa Bond and her site Worn Values continue to impress me. So of course I had to ask her to participate in this series. Louisa lives in the Norwegian capitol Oslo, and also […]
Back when Temple of Knit was just a little blogspot blip, I would do Sunday Mass posts once in while. Sunday Mass was simply a place to share all the fiber related stuff I found inspiring during my day to day. Get it? It is a mass of links, not the kind with psalms and […]
This is my first post for Slow Fashion October this year, a bit late because the issue that keeps popping up for me somehow seems a little sensitive. I am not at all sure that it is, but I’ve been worried that it could be construed as negative. However I feel like Slotober is about […]