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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 JOIN GRANNY SQUARES AND MAKE A FAB BLANKET

Hello everyone! Last week we did a tutorial on how to knit the granny squares, you can find the pattern and the tutorial here. This week, we are going to show you how to join the squares to make a really nice throw. We don’t sew or crochet the squares together as is usually done. Actually, we […]

HOW TO MAKE A GRANNY SQUARE

Hi everyone! You can never have enough cozy blankets to use in winter, to cuddle up with in front of the fireplace, or to use outside on cool summer evenings . We make granny squares every time we clear out the yarns in our storage room. We use what we have. In this week’s episode, we […]

HOW TO MAKE EGG COSIES “The ARNE&CARLOS Easter special”

Hello Everyone, Easter is coming!! So, in the true Norwegian outdoorsy spirit, we decided to film this episode outdoors. Unfortunately, the weather decided not to cooperate with us at all, so we almost ended up filming this video in the middle of a snow storm. Usually, the weather is good this time of the year with […]

HOW TO MAKE A POMPOM

  Hello everyone! We are back in Norway, after spending a great week in the UK, where we met a lot of lovely people at the “Stitches” fair in Birmingham, as well as during two workshops which we held; one at Blacksheep in Warrington and one at Lady Sew and Sew in Henley. A big thank you to […]

HOW TO KNIT A COWL

  Winter season is at its best here in Norway right now, with sunny days and lots of beautiful, white snow! We are spending as much time as we can skiing and we are also enjoying leisurely walks with Freja in the snow, every single day. Today’s project is a great cowl, for those sunny, but […]

HOW TO MAKE A MAGNUS SWEATER

  Hello Everyone! You can use the sock yarn that we have done for Regia for many many other things than socks! Here are a few examples:     In this tutorial, we show you how we knit a little sweater, perfect for Magnus Gardenmouse from our book Knit-and-Crochet Garden. This sweater will also fit […]

HOW TO MAKE AND EMBROIDER A NEEDLE CASE

  Hello Everyone, Happy Valentines day!! What a lovely little stitch case this turned out to be! Now, hopefully, we will never loose our needles again! This project is inspired by a very cute case that we saw at the Maihaugen Museum of Folk Art, in Lillehammer, Norway, which is very close to where we live. […]

HOW TO FELT YOUR KNITTED SLIPPERS – part 3

[youtube id=”6DYu4BCPZ1Y”]   In this tutorial, we share our thoughts about felting. Felting in the washing machine is not rocket science, and the results will vary from time to time. Sometimes, the slipper will felt too much. If that’s the case, just put them on as soon as they are out of the machine and while […]

HOW TO DECORATE YOUR KNITTED SLIPPERS – part 2

[youtube id=”bwGbsx5IT5U”]     Today we show you how to decorate your slippers with duplicate stitch. Duplicate stitching works really well with felting, as you get more layers and it help the contrasting colours “pop” more.   Just knit your slippers using our pattern found in our previous blog post and use this chart to embroider […]

HOW TO KNIT SLIPPERS – part 1

[youtube id=”dOaMaFniIWs”]   Winter is upon us and there’s nothing like a nice pair of cozy, felted slippers, to keep your feet nice and toasty on those winter days when even the floors indoors are cold. Here is the tutorial, where we show you the how we start the project, how we knit the heel and […]