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a quick trip to oslo
A few weeks back I was fortunate to take a short solo trip to Oslo. In the last five years, I have traveled far less than I used to (between the onset of the covid pandemic and then becoming a parent), and this was my first non-work-related trip by myself since…2021, at least? So it Continue reading
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FO: nakti
Of course the first finished object I have to share since my previous WIP check post is one I didn’t even mention in that post. A few days after I published the post, though, I realized that it was coming up on one year since I’d first cast on my Nakti pullover, a pattern by Continue reading
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wip check: june 2025
It’s been awhile since I’ve shared progress on my many WIPs, and quite a few of them have yet to feature on this blog. While I’ve been working a little bit on some older WIPs, I’ve also started several new projects in the past couple of months (a decision I am only slightly regretting). So Continue reading
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inspiration: hannah ryggen
Lately I have been thinking a great deal about the Swedish-born Norwegian textile artist Hannah Ryggen. I previously wrote very briefly about Ryggen’s work on this blog when I visited the Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum (the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design) back in 2019, but now seemed like a good time to revisit the work Continue reading
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books on walking
In the past several years I have noticed certain tendencies amongst the nonfiction books I like to read; topics or themes that come up again and again. One of those, perhaps unsurprisingly, happens to be walking (I’ve even created a “walking” tag on my Storygraph account to keep track of it). I thought I’d share Continue reading
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wandrian & thoughts on walking
I’m picking up where I left off after an unintended pause in my blogging plans. In my last post I promised to share more about the name of the Wandrian cowl, in the first, and then later this week I’ll have some reading recommendations to share related to the theme. Wandrian is an Old English Continue reading
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wandrian cowl
I’m so pleased to have new work to share today! While I think I had at least one new pattern per year during my PhD, much of that was work for Amirisu or other publications, and the last time I published a new Paper Tiger pattern was December 2020. Now that I have the opportunity Continue reading
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a return to spinning
I first learned to spin yarn in 2013. I bought a drop spindle (a Louet bottom whorl) and some fiber together in a learn-to-spin kit, bought a Craftsy course, and got to work. My first few of skeins of yarn were documented on this blog (one, two, and three) and I did see rapid improvement, Continue reading
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FO: the academic
On October 31, I defended my PhD thesis, finally bringing a transformative 5-year journey to an end. Of course, I had to knit something to wear for it. Given that a viva is a big once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing, I gave a lot of thought to the clothes I would wear. In Norway the defense Continue reading
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FO: piece of silver
Back in June, I finished knitting a garment for myself for the first time since 2022 (more specifically, since becoming a parent). Clearly, a milestone worth documenting. Last autumn I knit a plain stockinette sweater for my kid and I found the stockinette in the round both so soothing and so easy to throw in Continue reading
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