Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everybody!
"The gift of the year" became homemade hangers of wire and beads. Not plastic 50's jewelry as I thought before. I really hope that my mom isn't reading this before tomorrow now :-)
We made some tiny ones for Barbie as well! Have fun :-)
The Mingla design site is the 'mother ship' of all the sites that I have made. It's huge and contains a lot of information and great images. Visit the temporary Christmas-version website and admire all the beautiful textiles & trays that they make.
Information on the first page is in Swedish but the rest of the site is in English. You need Flashplayer to be able to see the site.
Made my first post over at Wardrobe Refashion today.
Today my big bright RED plastic Christmas tree arrived. I'm so happy! Hurray! I will post a photo when it's all dolled up and kitsch-fantastic.
Look at this guy! He is fabulous! It's a birthday gift from my friend who is a designer at Tough Love Design.
Some years ago it was hard to "make some noise" with textile in Sweden. During my Art University years we were a tiny group who worked alone. I am so happy that has changed now! It's the comeback of textile - and "with a vengeance" :-) I love it!
Velvet boxing-glovers with traditional Swedish folklore embroidery. The stitch is from the province of Blekinge called Blekingestitch (Blekingesöm).
My old friend "Mosquito" had her big birthdaybash yesterday. Made her a necklace out of vintage jewelry-parts from my stash. It became a bit 'Hawaii in the 50's'....I long for the summer..
Today's UFO-sighting (UnFinished Object. Anna's expression) is this pair of socks that had only the threads to fix - but at last - They are done! 
Wallpockets out of vintage cotton fabric and transparent plastic pockets with ribbons from my stash. Wallpockets are my favorite storage in the wardrobes for all the little things lying around everywhere.
They where very difficult to photograph with all the glitter&shine.
I took a pledge with Wardrobe Refashion for 6 months. I rarely buy anything anyway:-) It's fun to try it and maybe make some odd stuff like knitted wool pantyhose, shoes and things you usually don't make for oneself. I hade to buy a stash of nylons though..
The Christmas Extravaganza was great! The SewJunta "Les femmes tricoteuses" where all there, Anna from My Knit sensations and many more.
I had to start with my Christmas presents. Made more hair clips out of vintage plastic flowers and wire. Try to get a 50's feel to them.
I adore bright colored patterns (and I like to mix them). In the back you see my beloved bedroom wallpaper. A flea market find from Amsterdam. It's a vintage kitchen wallpaper, presumably from the 60's or 70's. It is my favorit pattern of all. Suddenly I thougt it looked little like a crocheted old-fashioned beadspread - and then that night was spoiled:-) I had to make a test. Traced it and made a sketch, found the right colored yarn in my boxes and started to crochet after the traced flowers.
I'm starting my own Etsy shop in December. Made more flowers this weekend. I thought they would be nice to sell in the shop.
My friends will recognize these brooches which I have been selling for a couple of years now. This time I changed them a little with an orange ball from a ball-ribbon and embroided yarn knots.
They said on the weather channel -"It's going to start snowing". Oh no, I had to rally knit a pair of mittens for my husband and crochet a cap for my daughter.
Working with granny squares and experimenting with the texture using different thicknesses and some effect yarns. This one became very bulky, but I like it. Will se what I do with it later... have crocheted 24 so maybe a bag.
Made some hairclips out of vintage plastic jewelry flowers from the 50's using thin iron thread so nothing pops off. Knitted a brooch, shaped as a bow, in white cotton. Using a pattern from Rachael Matthews as a base but I change it a little. (all knitted in ribb *k2,p2*) Made longer & thinner ribbons, smaller band over the bow and knitted the bowpart in one piece insted of two. Put together on a piece of cardboard with nice turquoise fabric - Voilá! Congratulations Eve!
Tonights book releaseparty was for this lovely book about wallpapers. Look at the yummy front and inside! It's made by my friend AnnCharlotte who is a fantasic interior stylist and textile/product designer. She is also one of the designers at Mingla design. Check out their website (I have made the site).
I'm attending one of my multitalented friends book releaseparty tonight. Made some homemade crocheted and sewed flowers.
The autumn is slowly getting colder here. Kindergarten is located in an old beautiful building. Only one flaw... draught... Crocheted these slippers for tomorrows games.
The flower is built up of standard leafs sewed on one-by-one (point out) and a ball, cut from a ball-ribbon, in the middle. Anti slip á la glamour with soles of metallic gold yarn.
Look at my wonderful birthday gifts from friends and family! I love the crochet cuckoo clock! It's from Amsterdam. Some of the books I got is from YesAsia.com which I can recommend. It's safe and fast to order - it only took a week from HongKong to Sweden.
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