måndag 8 mars 2010
I'll save the world. Check the last link...
måndag 10 november 2008
Spinning 24-7! NB - includes an unbelieveable give-away!
A few days ago, Jeanette from Handmade innocently asked me if I can spin, innocently because she just wanted to know and because she didn't know what she was starting. I answered - yes, I can spin. And started spinnning. And have been spinning ever since.
...which is why I'm giving away a little skein of 28 grams handspun yarn in an exuberant emerald green, named by yours truly to Unstoppable Irish Green. It's not much but it's handmade by your own helylle blogger, it can be used for trimming a pair of mittens or something like that.
This is a test before the real 100th-post-give-away that's coming up extremely soon! All you do is comment and I'll draw a winner next Saturday!
tisdag 4 november 2008
Does it really work??
fredag 18 juli 2008
Domedagen - eller vad tycker ni om färgen?? Judgement day - or what do you think of the colour??
Yesterday there was supposed to have been a little pic-knit outside the city library. I didn't meet anyone else so either we sat in different places or we judged the weather differently. I sat for some time and finally got my Noro yarn sorted out. Pic-knit = a small humble pick-nick where you knit more than you eat.
Yes, friends, this is the new diningroom! Our kitchen is so small we eat here if there's more than three of us at home, besides that we play games, do homework and hang around here in general. In the front you see the computer table where i'm sitting right now.
onsdag 2 juli 2008
Först var det får..

torsdag 19 juni 2008
Drivved, böter och garn - Driftwood, tickets and yarn
Jag är väldigt glad att ha ett eget utrymme där mina projekt kan få ligga framme (minns alla köksbord jag fått röja vid middagstid i andra lägenheter och hus...) men - en nackdel så här års... Det är inget vidare att gå ner i källaren vackra sommardagar. Bär alltså ändå omkring mina stickningar och broderier och annat pyssel. I'm very happy to have some space to myself where my projects can lie around (remember all kitchen tables in other aparments and houses that were cleared at dinner time...) but - there's one disadvantage this time of year... It's no hit going down in the basement on beautiful summer days. So I'm carrying around my knittings and embroideries any way.
Några projekt har hunnit så här långt:
Some projects made it this far:
Några är fortfarande på härvstadiet. Här tillsammans med parkeringsböter från Köpenhamn.... Har ni något förslag på vad jag ska göra med 200g bandgarn i merinoull från Wales??
Some are still in the skein phase. Here together with a parking ticket from Copenhagen.... Any suggestion about what to do with 200 g of merino tape yarn from Wales??
onsdag 18 juni 2008
Vi hamnade i Köpenhamn! We ended upp in Copenhagen!
Och när jag var klar i garnaffären var det dags att beställa in lite smörrebröd. By the time I finished in the yarn shop it was time for some smörrebröd.
tisdag 10 juni 2008
Working girl


Jag glömde visa en bild på svärmors stickning - som jag fick avsluta. Vi köpte garn tillsammans förra sommaren men hon har bara låtit det underbara Norogarnet ligga... Nu är halsduken klar!

I forgot to show you a photo of my husband's mother's knitting - that I had to finish. We bought some yarn together last summer but she just left this wonderful Noro yarn. Now the scarf is ready! Please, you native English speakers; give me all the words for scarves you have and make distinctions when to use them and I shall be eternally grateful!

Jag har gjort ett halsband, ett riktigt somrigt. Jag slaktade två gamla halsband och lade till några nya pärlor! Kolla annars här, för fina halsband. Det är den skojiga, kreativa eurolush som visar några av sina egna alster.
I've made a necklace, a really summery one. I slaughtered two ols ones and added some new pearls! Also, check this out for marevellous necklaces. It's the fun, creative eurolush showing some of her own work.
tisdag 20 maj 2008
Mitt skåp! My cupboard!
Time again for an outfit photo. I've been freezing all day. There's been a major set back in springtime. But my feet's been warm, the Kaffe Fassett socks are ready!
Today I made it to a local church thriftstore during my lunch hour and actually did thrift a pair of old suspenders, a silkscarf and a pocketlike thing that I'm going to put on the wall in the bath room to keep all Mr Helylle's magazines in. A wash and some ironing and it'll be as good as new. The embroidery says "magazines" in Swedish.
Fast jag slår vad om att ni har undrat över innehållet i kakburken på byrån, som ofta skymtat på bild. Min samling av broscher för fest, vardag och jul. Här ser ni en del av det.
But I bet you've been wondering about the content of the cookie jar on the cupboard, that you occasionally have caught a glimpse of in my photos. It's my collection of brooches for everyday use, for parties and Christmas. Here you see some of it.
Till vänster på skåpet ligger garn som jag har repat från en H&M-tröja. Kanske räcker det till en bolero. Den är en före detta polotröja i stl 164. To the left on the cupboard some yarn ravelled from an H&M sweater. It may be enough for a bolero. It used to be a turtleneck sweater in size 164cl.