On my daily walk the other day, I found a beautiful, handmade, old, torn mitten lying around on the street. I felt so sorry for it and just couldn´t leave it there all alone... I guess nobody wanted it anymore, since the poor thing was in a really bad condition.
But what´s it´s story? I wonder who spent a lot of hours, knitting this beautiful thing? Did the knitter make it for her/him self or for someone special? Was it a birthday present? Who has it been keeping warm and where has is been? Why did it get so torn up (beyond repairable)...
Traditional icelandic/skandinavian pattern, maby soft and cozy kambgarn
the back... poor thing - so far beyond repairable!
Love the pattern on the thumb - very inspiring...
I also wanted to share a few wonderful moments with you...
my big boy on a walk this weekend - wearing the lopi-sweater I dyed with flowers and lichen
he loves talking a long walk and helping me pick plants for my salves and yarndyeing
I used horse tail for dyeing...
Like usual we found some beautiful things on the beach like...
... feathers
... beautiful blue flowers growing on stones...
... crabs - dead and alive
... seaweed and an amzing view on Esjan (mountain)
... birdwatcher´s house
lucky me, living only 4 minutes from this place
our beach
isn´t it amazing how nature provides us with those colours??
Finnst þér það ekki algengt að finna svona flíkur alls staðar?! Það er svo fyndið!
ReplyDeleteÉg hugsa mjög oft um húfuna sem ég keypti í Cuzco fyrir nokkum árum síðan sem ég týndi á Þingvöllum, Hvað kom fyrir hana?!
Síðasta myndin er SVO flott!!! Litirnir eru svo fallegir!
Takk fyrir þetta með litina - þessir jurtalitir eru næstum alltaf og allir svo dásamlegir.
DeleteJú, ég er sammála þér mér finnst maður oft sjá flíkur liggjandi hér og þar - en þó eru þetta oftast ekki svona fallegir handgerðir hlutir einsog þessi vettlingur eða líklega húfan þín á Þingvöllum. Miðað við það hvað það eru margir útlendingar á Þingvöllum er ekki ólíklegt að húfan hafi endað erlendis??? :-)
Flott peysa. Virkilega flott litasamsetning. Og myndarstrákur c",)
ReplyDeleteTakk fyrir Elín - jurtalitirnir klikka yfirleitt ekki og passa einhvernveginn næstum allir vel saman og já, þetta strákaskott er ansi vel heppnað :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, I loved the last photo of your natural dyed yarn :) It looks great all gathered up on your shelf!
ReplyDeleteThe mitten is a sad sight... The knit and pattern looks pretty, so it was obviously once made with love and care.
Thanks for sharing the nature photos, you live in such a beauful place!! And your son's knitted cardigan is gorgeous.
What colour did you get from horsetail? I dyed with horsetail two years ago, and the yarn dyed a greyish colour. There is a lot of horsetail only a few minutes walk from my house, so I might try again this summer.
Have a happy weekend, Kristin :)
Thank you so much for your kind words Hilde! :-) I love those natural colors!
DeleteThe mitten really is a sad sight... my mother thought it might have been attacked by a dog - and I think so might be right!
I got yellow from the horsetail - a really pretty yellow... I dyed it again with Rumex acetosella, trying to make it more green... but it just became more yellow :-) I finally washed it out with salmiak spiritus and then it really got an amazing colour: golden mustard! I´ll post some pictures of it this week! :-)
Yndislega falleg peysa og lítill drengur :)
ReplyDeleteKær kveðja Guðný Björg :)
Takk fyrir Guðný Björg! :-) Bestu kveðjur!
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