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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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HOW TO MAKE DELICIOUS DRINKING VINEGARS

It’s time to start preserving all that surplus fruit and vegetable in the garden. In this episode we show you a good way to preserve vegetables naturally by turning them into delicious drinking vinegars, also know as Shrubs. You might be sceptical about drinking vinegars but actually, the sourness of the vinegar goes really well with […]

HOW TO MAKE A PILLOW INSPIRED BY THE FLOWERS IN OUR GARDEN

In this week’s tutorial we show you how to make a pillow that we designed and which was inspired by the pansies  in our garden. We are using is diamond stitch to embroider the pillow. In the tutorial below, we show you how to do it: [youtube id=”IGAf-4C1YEY”]   MATERIAL You will need yarn and […]

HOW TO KNIT A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY USING OUR GARTER STITCH TECHNIQUE

In this week’s episode, we show you a technique that we developed after receiving a pin cushion as a gift. It’s really easy!  All you need to do is knit strips of fabric, using the garter stitch, sew the ends together, fold them in half and put the smaller rings inside the larger rings. It’s […]

HOW TO MAKE A FUN TRELLIS OUT OF RECYCLED TREE BRANCHES

It’s early summer here in Norway and we are setting up our garden and preparing everything for the season. Today we look at how to support our growing plants by building the trellis. Watch the Tutorial here:   Please accept YouTube cookies to play videos on arnecarlos.com By accepting you will be accessing content from […]

HOW TO KNIT A DOLL PART 3

Our book Knitted Dolls (original title: Strikkedukker) was published in 2011/2012 and became a very big success in many countries. Over the years, many people who have the book have requested we make a tutorial, as the doll project has many steps and is rather complicated. This is the third part out of 3 tutorials, […]

HOW TO KNIT A DOLL PART 2

Our book Knitted Dolls (original title: Strikkedukker) was published in 2011/2012 and became a very big success in many countries. Over the years, many people who have the book have requested we make a tutorial, as the doll project has many steps and is rather complicated. This is the second part out of 3 tutorials, […]

HOW TO KNIT A DOLL PART 1

Our book Knitted Dolls (original title Strikkedukker) was published in 2011/2012 and became a very big success in many countries. Over the years, many people who have the book have requested we make a tutorial, as the doll project has many steps and is rather complicated. This  is the first part out of 3 tutorials, […]

HOW TO MAKE A BOOK FOR ART JOURNALING

In this week’s tutorial, we show you one of our passions: Art Journaling! We are creative people and we usually think in images. So for us, Art Journaling is a really great way to process thoughts and ideas. Another interesting aspect is recycling: how you can actually turn a lot of paper waste, that you are going […]

HOW TO KNIT A GARTER STITCH BLANKET

There’s no written pattern for this weeks episode as we explain it all in the tutoria belowl. To start, just cast on about 250 stitches on a long circular needle and knit and changing colours on every round, and you’ll have a gorgeous colourful blanket in no time. We recommend a DK weight yarn for this […]

ARNE’S CROCHET COMPETITION

Today there is no tutorial as such. Instead, we are having some fun and seeing how fast Arne can crochet 2 rounds of a granny square.   Watch the video here: [youtube id=”mmw-ygIbejM”] How quickly can you do those two rounds? Can you manage under 5 minutes? Subscribe to our YouTube channel and write down […]