Knitting and stuff

  Washing your knitwear. How? How often? With what? Should hand wash or in the machine? Here are 6 tips for when your darlings need a bath.  1 Don't. That is, as much as possible don't wash it. If your wool contains lanolin then it will love to be hung outdoors to get some air for a day. Lanolin is a natural wax that sheep produce which make it water (and dirt) resistant. It makes the wool self-cleaning from birth. As time goes on and after a few washes then the lanolin will slowly disappear. You can prevent that by...

You have bought yarn, pattern, maybe buttons and a new needle. It's tingling in the fingers to get started. 23,000 stitches later, you can see that there is something that may not be quite as it should be - but what the heck - you have followed the pattern so it should be fine... but no, after 55,000 stitches you realize it didn't. Your knitting gauge wasn't right and the nice boyfriend sweater ends up fitting your 12-year-old nephew just perfectly. Yes - you may have become a bit bitter, but not broken - then I will simply make the...

Nogen gange går jeg rundt og tænker, at visse ting kan jeg bare ikke lave selv. At bage cantuccini, lave sæbe, bygge en bil eller farve mit garn selv. Helt ærligt, tror jeg faktisk ikke engang, jeg tænker over det. Det er bare noget, der hører til i klassen af ting, jeg ikke selv gør. Jeg må tilføje ofte med godt grund (jeg tror det er helt fint, hvis jeg afholder mig fra at samle af motorer), men ofte bare fordi bedriften er mentalt utilgængelig for mig, men i virkeligheden bare venter på, jeg får øje på den og kommer igang.   ...