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An update about my health and Happy Easter!
Hello everyone! When we announced on Friday March 27th that we were going to extend the podcast for two additional weeks, I was so excited! At the time, I was brewing on a cold, but I thought it wouldn’t be too bad and that I would be able to follow up with the daily podcasts […]
An update from Carlos
Hello! I am writing from Granheim Lung Hospital in Gausdal, Norway, where I am spending time receiving treatment and rehabilitation after dealing with the long term effects from Covid-19, which I got nine months ago. The good news is that according to the tests that were done immediately after I was admitted into this hospital, […]
Post-Easter Update on Carlos’ Health.
As most of you already know, Carlos tested positive for Covid-19 and has been seriously ill. As of now, he no longer has the virus in his body, which is a good thing, however, he is now unfortunately suffering from “Post Viral Syndrome” which is a complication from the virus and means that he is […]
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Let’s Talk About Fixing Annoying Mistakes in Knitting and our Latest Photo Shoot for Rowan!
Oh boy, last week was hectic! We started the week with a photo shoot for Rowan that took place here in Norway, in some stunning locations near our home. The team consisted of the two of us + stylist and designer Lisa Richardson from Rowan, a photographer, a photographer’s assistent, a hair and make up […]
Due to 2 cancellations, we have 2 cabins available on our upcoming cruises from March 2-9 and March 8-16, 2020.
We know that it is very short notice, but due to 2 cancellations, we have some availabilty for our upcoming “Knitting under the Aurora Borealis” cruises: We have 1 cabin available for the northbound journey that starts on March 3rd and 1 cabin available for the southbound journey that starts on March 8th and we’d […]
Introducing our New Mini Series: Iconic Norwegian Knitting Patterns and the stories behind them!
We are back to work now and very excited about the new miniseries that we’ve just start showing on our YouTube channel. In these videos, we will be talking about some of the most iconic stranded colour work knitting patterns in Norway and share some of the stories behind them! This week, we start with a […]
Let’s talk about how to convert a pattern for a flat knitted garment into a pattern knitted on the round.
Greetings from Norway! This week, on our channel, we are looking into one of our Rowan designs from our New Nordic women’s collection and explain how you can change the pattern for this cardigan knitted flat into a cardigan knitted on the round. All you need to do is follow our explanation in this week’s […]
Let’s talk about our schedule for 2020!
Hello and Happy New Year! We hope everyone has enjoyed their holidays! We spent Christmas and New Year relaxing together with our family and friends, something we really needed, after our very hectic 78-day tour in North America last fall. We are actually just popping in here today, to say hello and make an announcement […]
Happy New Year!
Right now on our website, we have put all our Christmas knitting patterns on sale for $2.99 each (+ tax where applicable). The sale lasts through to January 1, 2020. Click here to get the patterns. We hope everyone has been enjoying the holidays! We’ve spent time with family and friends and the weather has […]
4th of Advent Special: The ARNE & CARLOS End-of-Year Podcast.
Happy fourth of advent! We are now in full Christmas mode and we have been busy all day, decorating the house and putting up our trees! Here are two photos for you to enjoy, taken 10 years apart, and featured in the original and now updated versions of our book “55 Christmas Balls to Knit”. […]
3rd of Advent Special: Making vegetarian side dishes for Christmas while Freja barks.
We are finally back in Norway after touring North America for 78 days! We had a wonderful time travelling and meeting loads and loads of lovely people, but it is so good to be back home now! We spent the first 3 days getting over our jet lag and we picked up Freja on Thursday. […]
1st of Advent Special: Knitting Colour Work Mittens.
We hope all our USA-based friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you all were able to relax in the company of your families and close friends! Thanksgiving has taken place very late this year, which means that first of Advent and the kick off for Christmas 2019 take place immediately after and on the […]



