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FO: Fairtrade pencil skirt.

By Sølvi Elise | 18/09/2012

Thanks for all the lovely comments on my UFO post. It seems like most settle on three projects at a time. That sounds sane. I am not going for sane, though. I´m going for chaos! 😉 No, seriously, eleven is a little excessive, but I did actually finish one of them yesterday, as well as get some work done on the Aidez. But. I started a new project as well… So I´m back where I started! Oh,  well. What can I say, all this lovely yarn is  screaming at me “knit me, knit me! ” So what can I do but obey? Enough of that, I promised you…

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How many UFO´s are too many UFO´s?

By Sølvi Elise | 13/09/2012

Now that is my question for you today. As I was organizing my yarn, it occurred to me that I have a giant stack of knitting UFO´s. I tend to start on projects, and then move on to something else (almost) right away. Actually that is just part of the truth, I have more UFO´s than usual. This year has been special. Because of some trouble I´ve had with my neck, I took a break from knitting for almost six months, from February until mid-July. This made my UFO pile larger. Because when I stopped knitting it was mid- winter, when I started again it was summer! You can imgagine, I…

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What I made this summer

By Sølvi Elise | 11/09/2012

Hello World! It´s been a long time since my last post, and it´s a little difficult to get back into writing. I have so many ideas for what to write about, that I don´t know where to begin! So I´ll start light, just posting a little board I made in one of the pads fancy apps, Moodboard. It contains sketches of what I made this summer, from June until a couple of weeks ago. As you can see, in comparison to my usual sewing speed, this is not much. But I´ve had so much else going on, sewing had to play a smaller role. I will post some pattern…

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The move. Part two.

By Sølvi Elise | 06/07/2012

Hello all, I hope you are enjoying yourself whatever weather and temperature. I´ve not been sewing anything yet, but I thought I´d share some images from the move with you today. We´ve moved in, I have realized that I have a stash WAY out of hand, a friend of mine is the new lucky owner of parts of the stash, and I will treat you guys to some of it as soon as we´re all settled in. So stay tuned! 🙂 The first cup of coffee on my new balcony. I got the cup as a farewell gift from one of my choirs. Such a pretty color! Some…

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The Move.

By Sølvi Elise | 19/06/2012

So. At this very moment, I am sitting in the menzies lounge at Stockholm Airport Arlanda, while all my belongings are on the road somewhere between here and Oslo. I thought it would be kind of fun to write something just today, for future reference. I’ve lived in Sweden on and off for eight years, and so the move back to Norway will be very exciting for me. My darling hasn’t lived in Norway before, so for him it’ll be all new. Although the differences between Norway and Sweden are few, it’s always fun to move to someplace new! I guess this is my way of announcing possible…

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 Hi there! I´m Sølvi Elise. Welcome to my little corner of the Internet. This is a space where I share my craft projects  and thoughts and ideas concerning handmade in a consumerist world.

I live in Oslo, Norway where I use my spare time stitching up my own wardrobe. So far, I´d say that 80 % of my closet is filled with me-mades. I also have an interest in historical sewing, embroidery, knitting, crochet, leatherwork, tablet weaving, rigid heddle loom- weaving, cocktails, jewelry making, makramÊ, shoe making, drawing, paper craft, machine knitting and generally any craft that looks like fun.