crafts
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Silver rings, struggling with embroidery and thoughts about textile in history
When I was in London in October I bought an embroidery kit in Victoria and Albert museum. They sell embroidery kits with motifs from their collections, in this case tile patterns from Burlington. I decided to stitch the proper way this time in contrary to my usual habit of stitching one row with stitches pointing…
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Knitting before Christmas and a contemplation about time
It is Christmas time, or “the festive season”, or the “yule tide”. The latter is actually Swedish, pre-christian pagan. Funny that it is used in the English language. Anyway it is a busy time and I have been knitting a sweater as a Christmas present. And doing so I have had many thoughts about time.…
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Thoughts about Tapestry inspired by a visit to Waldemarsudde
Last Sunday I visited one of my favourite museums in Stockholm, “Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde”. If you ever go to Stockholm a visit here is a must! The photo above is from the lovely park that surrounds the museum in autumn colours. Some colour combinations start to “sing” in my mind if you understand what I…
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A trip to Cornwall and London
29/10 I came back from my trip to the UK. Two wonderful weeks full of experiences. The little workshop Jewellery Making in Cornwall is situated among the rolling green hills between Truro and Falmouth. There I had the opportunity to get private lessons from Stuart and his former pupil Jasmine, now a student at Plymouth…
Textile and jewellery 