Short rows, long odds…
I am currently working on “Enchanted Mesa” – it is a wonderful sweater pattern by West Knits and it is pictured in progress here with Lucy the Lamb. đŸ˜‰ […]
Category Archives: HV Skola
Graduate of Knitting and Crochet Addict!
Hello! An extremely overdue update but finally I can announce that I have indeed graduated from my year of knitting studies at HV Skola. And how to celebrate? Well obviously […]
Machine Knitting
Today we had our “redovisning” or “presentation” for a machine knitting project at school. I am an experienced hand-knitter but a novice at the machine! Â I learned a lot […]
Photography with a knitting twist…
Today we had a photography workshop. First there was a series of photos of my Entrelac project. Still sitting on my needles in an array of delicious colours, including the […]
Life as a student of textiles: an overdue update!
I am in the rather amazing position to be studying textiles, with a specialism in knitting, at the most wonderful school, HV Skola in Stockholm. Behind the scenes there have […]
Drawing inspiration and inspiration from drawing!
It has been too long for an update! I realise also that my last entry was on our drawing lessons at school but I promise there has been lots in between, […]
Artistic Inspirations: tracing sketches, watercolour and frottage
Another wonderful art lesson with guest teacher Kim, yesterday! The first task was to trace over an original sketch – using either the light from a window or using a […]
That Was Another Week That Was! Blogging Backwards…
Phew!  Another week at HV skola and a packed timetable that looked something like this: Monday/Tuesday: Guest teacher, Ivar: multi-coloured knitting and steek techniques, Weds/Thurs: Regular Teacher, Karin: Machine Knitting intro, […]
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