All posts by Edda Lilja

Feeling good about April

April 6, 2017

Yes Arndís I think all yarn shops in the world should have toys for kids, it must be better for business.  

I´m experimenting with paint.net for my sketches. First try is ok but I will try a bit harder…skissa

Ohhhh f……  I will pick up my pen again…. Unless you know about a better program to make sketches, it must be free or cheap and I must have a lot of control over everything 🙂 🙂 🙂 …

But my april will be a Lopi Sweater with mixed methods, knit and crochet because that´s what I love. I love both methods and I can´t choose.

My next blog post will be published from Riga, Latvia where me and my family will be spending  Easter vacation.  Seeya!

I´m done!!!!!

March 30, 2017

Thanks to #tuesdayworkdays with Arndis, my march project is finished and OMG it´s pretty.  It took a little turn, not as much as the February project but like half a U turn or so. I can´t wait to show you guys. My good co worker Íris is modeling for me tomorrow after work and she found the perfect dress to match my piece, which you can see sneaking out under the smiley face on my snapchat photo…   You will see the whole piece in only two days!

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And on my publishing news, Unnur is almost ready for tech editing and test knitting.

Slow progress!

March 23, 2017

Well, I can´t wait to see your shawl Arndís, I´m totally in love with the colors and the texture!!!  My project, on the other hand is working up pretty slowly, my head is totally somewhere else… I want to be doing everything else than this piece.  It´s not that I´m not loving how I see it in my head, but it´s just somehow such a boring way getting there if you know what I mean. You know I want things to go quickly!

Heap-Yarn-Crochet-Blob

March 16, 2017

Ok, ok I get that you are not seeing what it is I´m trying to make (not really though), but  it´s going to be a decoration around your neck. But at the moment it´s a bit of a heap-yarn-crochet-blob, but a really pretty and soft heap-yarn-crochet-blob as you can see.

Yarn and Crochet
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I´m not at all bitter about your new yarn, pens and stuff from Edinburgh (just so you know), because while you where  there I got myself an awesome crochet chair and completely turned my living room around. m3

P.s. Did I tell you already, I love your mom´s sketch!

Enough enough

March 9, 2017

OK OK enough about this xxxxxxx yarn festival. I´m just sitting here alone with my yarn at home while you browse through way to much yarn for your own good!

After the blank space in my head the last time I decided to draw an idea into my head, picked up my pens and started scribbling…… I really love where this is going!

And I´m only using yarn from my yarn stash. The one at the end to the right is from my January project Lacy stripes 🙂 …

Blank – Empty – Nothing

March 2, 2017

I just must admit to you all…… I have nothing, no idea, nothing! BUT I can wish Arndís a happy happy birthday and because it´s your BIRTHDAY I´m sharing to you (and everyone else)this “pet project” of mine: The knit police!  Now I have a week to come up with something!!

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Impulsive knitting/crocheting!

February 16, 2017

Dear Arndís, if you like it (trying it on) then you should, as often as you desire! 🙂 🙂 

After picking up the sts for knitting the rest of the cardigan I was soooo excited about it and extremely happy! See how amazingly stunning it looks…. I made a swatch, just in case…. ( although I knew it would be awesome).  Then I started knitting and then  crochet again and BOOOOOOM!

HOW ABOUT UPSIDE DOWN???

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But the name will be Unnur!

February 9, 2017

I feel so sorry for you my dear Arndís.  Why on earth do we need to have a day job, it´s not fair 🙂 ….. When the worst is over we will take that weekend we´re always talking about, where it´s just you and me, yarn and needles!

Back to my cardigan, I´m a bit worried…. Just lace, all the time, all the way up, can I handle that? Doing the same shit over and over again!

As pretty as it looks, the answer is …………………………… NO!

I made a new swatch with a bit bulky alpaca .. KNITTED .. and as you can see on my new and improved sketch, stripes it is, once again!!!

But the name of the cardigan will be Unnur, that won´t change.