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The 2013 Christmas Present!

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One of the greatest things about January is that you can finally blog about the Christmas Presents you spent all those dark and rainy fall months making. I’m not sure how I actually ended up with this idea, all I … Continue reading

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My Sewing Room!

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I have been wanting to show you all this room for such a long time, especially because I did finish it more than a year a ago, but I guess that goes to show that this last year was a … Continue reading

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The Christmas Calendar

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Last year I was asked to make an Advent or Christmas Calendar to the son of a very good friend of min, a little challenge I of course couldn’t say no too. However coming up with an original idea and … Continue reading

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All the Little Baby Boys

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It’s a very exciting time right now, because several of our friends just happens to all have their due dates within weeks of each other, and what do they also have in common? Oh yes, they are all having Baby … Continue reading

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Summer Time in our Garden, Part 4 The Birthday Present

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June is my favorite month of the year, not only because it happens to be the month where I get to celebrate my birthday, but because it’s the start of summer and everyone just seems to be so happy! I … Continue reading

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My mom has been Knitting too!

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Ever since I visited Norway last September and got the “knitting fever” pass over from my mom, almost every single project that I have done, has been a Dorthe Skappel Sweater knitting project . However, I haven’t been the only … Continue reading

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A Sweater for my darling Mother!

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There was a time when I had way too much time on my hands and I was always looking for new projects, and as smart as she is, did my mother of course figure that sending me some skeins of … Continue reading

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From Skeins of Yarn, to a Woolen Jacket and then into a basket full of Wool Balls!

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I talked to my mom today and got some bad news; she hand’t been able to get more the yarn for her sweater, The Dorthe Skappel Sweater! She said she would try to visit some other stores to see if … Continue reading

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The Pattern for the “Dorthe Skappel Sweater” in English

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I have spent the day learning new english words; trying to learn the language of Knitting! These are the moments when I’m being reminded that my first language is not english, because I was thinking it was going to be … Continue reading

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My mom know’s exactly how to send the perfect Care package!

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Having spent a couple of weeks at home in Norway I learned that I was not at all up to date on the current must have trend of “Do it Yourself” Norwegian projects; The Dorthe Skappel sweater! So together with … Continue reading

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