Personal Craft Projects: How to Knit Pinecone Ornaments

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The weeks are rushing by and there are only a few days left to Christmas. Can you believe it? 🙂 Today’s project is a quick little kitting pattern to put some glitter on the Christmas tree. Some extra sparkle is never a bad thing. Don’t you agree? And who doesn’t want some pinecones on the tree? You’ll find the knitting pattern of for these little pinecone ornaments both in …

Personal Craft Projects – Little treasure bowls

Time for some homemade Christmas prezzies anyone? How about this week’s craft project? Small, treasury bowls perfect for keeping small treasures in and great giveaways. They are both easy to make and cost hardly anything material wise. It’s a great family craft projects with young one as well. My 4-year-old and me have had lots of fun making these bowls …

Personal Craft Projects: How to sew Pepparkakor (Gingerbread Biscuits)

Pepparkaka gingerbread biscuit by Marie Ledendal House of Helmi

Last week I started this little series of posts called ‘Personal Craft Projects’, where I will share my current personal Christmas and New Year related craft and DIY projects for my wee girls and me. Last week I showed you how to knit this little saffron flavoured goodie and this week I thought I show you how to make a …

Personal Craft Projects: How to Knit Lussebullar (Saffron Buns)

It is finally closing in towards Christmas. One of my favourite holidays 🙂 Which one is yours? In the run-up to Christmas, I tend to do more of those personal craft and DIY projects that somehow finds a way to fill up all that not-so-free spare time 😉 It tends to be lots of projects for my wee girls, even though there …

New Cartoon at Parenting Uncut

Anyone else who sometimes feel a bit stared at when one is wiping out those breasts? Feeding is not always as straight forward as one would like it to be… babies doesn’t always seem to understand when to and when no’t to be hungry 😉 New Cartoon – Feeding in Public – at Parenting Uncut To see more sketches about how life will never …

Hannah Ryggen and Collaborations in Skåne

  Hannah Ryggen, ‘Svan’, 1954, Tapestry, Svenska Tobaks AB, Malmö Had one of those really great days yesterday – with lost of new input from inspirational exhibitions. Went to both Form/Design Center as well as Moderna Museet in Malmö. My favorites from the day was the newly opened ‘Hannah Ryggen: världen i väven’ (Moderna) as well as the soon to …