With a rhythm like the waves and the heart beating,
I knit one stitch after the other and one row after the other
at the same time I collect my thoughts and feelings
without the woolen threads, I get lost
but if I can knit one more row and one more, I can find my way home again
but if I can knit one more row and one more, I can find my way home again
through the magic of the threads I take my way through the days and the nights
I live on Gotland, the island of the roses and the fairytales in the Baltic Sea
together with my husband and our children and Watson the cat
Kammebornia is our art project as well as our own kingdom
Kammebornia is about our wish that everyone could live in their own fairytale kingdom in this place we call reality
and it is about our wish that everyone could be the king or the queen in their own life
In the Kammebornia podcast we want to invite you to our world
that is full of thoughts, feelings and discussions
caused through the scent of the coffee and the soft peaceful rhythm of the knitting
Kammebornia podcast is about life in general and knitting in particular
Today, we will talk about the summer, we will show you a lot of knitting
You will get several nice offers and we will show you my new pattern, Wisby mittens
A warm welcome!
Queen of Kammebornia knits
What´s on your needles?
Do you mean this one or all the things on the table?
We can talk about the things on the table later, it is a lot! I mean what is in your hands?
This is my Icelandic sweater, Afmaeli
I will host a knitalong with this pattern in the late summer, early fall, together with jarbo.se
It will be fun!
So I knit one now - to know what I am talking about and to have something to show
You have a lot of nice things here on the table to
I want to ask you something
What does the summer mean to you?
The summer means a lot to me because I am a summer girl
I love the summer but I have learned to appreciate all the seasons
I love all seasons but the summer is special
It starts in the spring when the blackbirds start to sing
It is a kind of magic!
Time stops and I just want to be in the birdsong
Here in Visby we have a lot of blackbirds
Yes, it is so wonderful
We learned from our friend Olivia that the blackbirds have different songs depending on where they live,
like they have different accents
and of course I think that the Visby blackbirds have the most beautiful songs
in the Visby Cathedral there is a beautiful glass window with blackbirds
Yes, in the glass, it is really beautiful
You mean it was Olivia and Anton that told you about the blackbird accents?
They have the most beautiful Instagram account
Yes, they do, and it is actually called @blackbirdandgoose
I think you should check that out!
Well, the summer means a lot to me
I have this childish happy approach to summer
like it is an eternal, timeless time
I want to walk bare feet, pick strawberries, read books
pick flowers, all those things
But you have always done those things, ever since you were a child?
Yes, I want it to be like in the most beautiful summer songs
There are so many nice summer songs
So we have to try to create our summers like we want them to be
It is very nice when the schools are ending for summer vacation
When we sing the old hymn Den blomstertid nu kommer (The time of flowers is coming)
Yes, and in this episode we will show you the place where it is said to have been written in the 17th century
It is a place called Hångers källa (Hånger's well)
It was Israel Kolmodin that wrote this hymn and I think he was a priest or a bishop here in Visby
It is one of the most well known swedish summer hymns
We will show you this beautiful place today. And we are also going to show you a lot of knitting
You are going to show your project
Am I? Okey.
And we will take you on some other outings as well
That is what is happening today
Are you going to show some things?
This is for example an Icelandic sweater called Afmaeli
I THINK I have learned how to pronounce it right...
We are going to have an Icelandic knitting special - maybe in the next episode
By then I will definitely know how to pronounce it
It is a Létt Lopi sweater
The pattern is designed by Vedis Jonsdottir, the same designer who made the Riddari sweater
The Riddari is a very popular design and I have made you a Riddari that you like a lot
And now, you are knitting your own Riddari!
You are going to show and tell ablout your Riddari in a little while
I will have this knitalong together with Järbo at the end of the summer, with the Afmaeli sweater
I am knitting this one in advance, for me, and then I am making another one during the knitalong, for you
This is my first sleeve, I have shown it before
But you are also knitting in this yarn, Létt Lopi
Now I remember, I pronounced it wrong, it is not called "Afmaeli"....
All right, what is it called this time then?
It is so hard for me to learn this right but I think it is called "Amaile" or something like that...
Well, we will know next time...
Our friends Nina and Rasmus can tell the next time, they know
They used to live on Iceland, so they should know
They know theese things
And you know those kind of things! Like knitting a Riddari.
Yes, I do! But right now, I am unravelling...
You can even knit backwards!
I can do almost everything! Knit forwards, backwards, upside down...
It is almost unbelievable how fast Dennis learned how to knit!
I still think you must have learned it as a child but you keep on saying that you have not
No, this is the first time! I have only been watching my mother as she mended socks
You only learned it only a couple of months ago, and now you have knitted a cowl, a pair of mitts, a hat and a scarf
and now it was time for a sweater
You like the Riddari I have knitted for you, so we chose the same pattern for you to knit as your first sweater
Yes, I am knitting my own sweater and I thought I should be more than a macot
Andrew and I, we are like mascots
But now we are both knitting! Or, all four of us.
I am knitting a Riddari, and I use wooden needles
The main colour is brown
It is the first time I try colourwork
How is it?
It is so much fun! i like it!
I have to watch out so that I do not knit to hard or pull the threads to tight on the back side
Not to hard and not to loose either
I knit a little to firm
But it is good, and you knit so even - it really looks good!
Thank you, you are so kind
But it is true!
It is going to be a great sweater and it is so much fun to knit together!
You and Ella are havning you own Riddari knitalong and I knit my Afmaeli
So Ella is the one mostly helping you out now
It is good, because you have so much to do
So we have our own knitalong! But now she lies ahead of me...
Yes, but that is good, so she can be able to help you better
You have made your first round in two colours now
You will soon come to the body where you just go on knitting in the main colour
That will be fun. I have problems with my short time memory so it will be much easier with only one colour and not so much counting
Then we can watch movies while knitting!
You asked me earlier what I like about the summer and this is one thing!
First, to read, and then especially this book. Anne of Green Gables
I love the way Anne sees the nature. This is one of my all time favorite books
I have always loved this book, ever since I was a child
On my birthday, a couple of weeks ago, I got this beautiful old copy in English, from Ella!
I am so happy for this, it is so beautiful!
Anne is so romantic and poetic
I think you can see yourself in her
Yes, very much!
There is a new tv-series about her now
we have seen the old one but now there is a new one also
we have only started to watch this
We have a lot to show her...
Look at me, this was not so clever!
Typical us, yarn and glasses all over the place!
I was thinking about the thing with seasons and knitting...
I am knitting in warm wool to wear in the autumn when it is colder
In the summer I want to knit things to wear later, in the autumn and winter
On the other hand, when it is warm as it is now, it is nice to hold yarns that are not so warm...
So when it is summer I also want to knit light and cool things
I can solve that problem by knitting a lot of different things...
I like to use light colours in the summer
And at the same time I want to prepare myself for the autumn to come.
My plan is to wear more of a brown colour scale this autumn
Sometimes it feels like I knit so many things but then they do not match...
Now I am going to be more brownish
You are going to be Auntie Brown ( a Swedish child book character of Elsa Beskow)
I have many brown things on my needles
This is for example brown Gotland wool from Solkusten
I will turn this into a nice cardigan, called Juni (June) a pattern by Linnea Öhman @clara.linnea
This is going to be a shawl. This is a wonderful handdyed yarn by @fruvalborg
Such great colours!
and they will go nicely together with the brown cardigan!
That is clever!
This is also brown!
Pink and brown go so well together!
Yes, it is really nice!
I am making a summer thing... a shawl called Summerburst in June, by @organicknitters
Organic knitters has this summer knitalong with a new shawl patterns every summer month and this is the shawl of June
It is one section here with brioche knitting and the yarn is hand dyed
I am almost done!
You can join this knitalong if you want to, on Organic knitters facebook. You can find more information on facebook or Instagram
Melody Hoffman has designed the pattern for July and there are hand dyed yarn kits by Anna Dandelion
at Organic knitters webshop organicknitters.com
You also join the knitalong even if you use your own yarn
It is the third year for the summer knitalong with Organic knitters.
This shawl I am wearing is from her first summer knitalong two years ago, it is called Northern Summer Shawl
You do not stop knitting because it is summer!
No! It is great knitting in the summer!
This is another brown yarn, but it is almost brown - pinkish
This is a linen yarn and I am making a cardigan
A simple cardigan, easy to wear and with some lace knitting, I use the linen yarn from yllotyll.com
I have also knitted a lace tunic in this yarn, I started knitting last summer but now it is finished
I will show you later what it looks like when I am wearing it!
Linen is so cool and nice to wear when it is warm
It feels a bit different to knit in linen yarn compared to wool
Yes, it feels different!
It is very nice to wear anyway
but it almost feels like knitting with straw
I like this tunic a lot, it is called Karla and the pattern is from yllotyll.com
I am glad to be able to give you a special discount on this yarn from yllotyll.com in this episode
I also made this bag with my crochet hook in the same linen yarn but another colourway
A bathing suit!
A bit to much see through...
it is a bag so that we do not have to use a plastic one
there are too many plastic bags in the world
it is better to bring your own bag when you go shopping
my friend Maria Samuelsson, @garnomera has made this pattern and you can find it in Swedish on her blog
you can for example buy apples
A nice project, a perfect gift!
you can both knit and crochet your own bags easily!
It is popular right now to make your own bags and it is very good!
Get rid of the plastic!
I am also knitting knee highs in my own pattern but modified to knee highs
This is my pattern Longing for Gotland
I am knitting a pair of ordinary Longing for Gotland socks in the beautiful hand dyed yarn from Moods of Colors
I have been working on this pair for a long time because I did not like the needles I had in my project.
It is such a big difference depending on which needles I am using, if I like the knitting or not
Now I have one of my favorite needles here the carbonz needles, so now I will be able to finish this pair of socks
And I am also working on theese knee highs I was talking about
Theese are meant for my brownish autumn!
You are working on very many projects!
Is that crazy?
No, it is ok, it is you
I have just released a new pattern, the Wisby mittens and talking about needles...
I have knitted my mittens with theese, they are made from old music instruments, or left over material from instrument making
I love theese needles
Look! Your new mittens!
Yes, this is the Wisby mittens
I made the grey ones at first, this is Gotland wool, so nice
I am using a yarn that is totally locally produced here on the island of Gotland - I like that so much
even the pattern is locally designed by me
I will probably make more patterns for this yarn
when I designed this pattern, I was inspired by my daily walks through the small streets and alleys of our beautiful town
we have pavingstones and cobblestones in every street here so that is the pattern I used
I turned it into squares in different sizes
there is also a corrugated rib and some latvian braids
then I wanted to knit them in different colours and yarns that might be easier to find
they come in two different sizes and theese are knitted in 3-ply wool from Ullcentrum
so, these are yours and theese are mine
Winter is coming, you have to be prepared!
There are already a lot of people who have bought the pattern, I am so happy!
It is so fun to make a local project like this one, the yarn is spun here on Gotland, from Gotland sheep
on the island and I have also designed the pattern here, with inspiration from the streets of Visby
It would be so interesting for me and the viewers to know more about the process when you make a pattern?
You have been working so much with this lately
You get help with some parts, right?
There is so much work in making a pattern
I released my first pattern less than a year ago. It was Longing for Gotland, in August last year
I am so happy that people are knitting my socks all over the world!
My first pattern was so appreciated that I decided to continue
I have made my own designs earlier but only for myself, and I had never wrote them down before
It is a different thing to be able to make others understand your instructions
The Wisby mittens is my sixth pattern
I like doing this, but I do not like the part when I am writing it down. I like inventing, designing, knitting...
I have so many half done things on its way out in the world, a lot of ideas
but then I have to write it down and make it good and right everything for people to understand
I used to be a teacher and I guess it is natural for me to be wanting to be very pedagogic
I want to make good patterns, both clear to understand and good looking when you read them
I have had a lot of help from Anna Friberg, my friend and colleague, that I found on Instagram
She is @yarnesty on Instagram
She also runs her own business, besides her work as an engineer
You can find her on knitway.se
she also has a videopod
she works as a tech editor for knitting patterns, both in English and Swedish
She also makes her own designs
we are so unlike each other, she is an engineer and I am an artist and that creates an interesting mix
we are good at helping each other
I have photographed several of her patterns and she does the tech editing for me
she checks my counting for example, and all the other things about the pattern
When she makes her patterns, she uses this good mathematic method to count the stitches and create her design before she bothers to knit it
I start with the knitting and if I am not satisfied, I rip it up and make it again and again, I have to hold it and
watch it grow first and then I can write it down
So we do it the opposite way from each other, she counts first and then knit. I knit first and then count.
You can feel pretty sure about her, as she is used to make the counting and stuff for the air planes
Yes, as the planes does not crash, we can be sure that the mittens are all right
it feels like I am assuring the quality in my patterns by using her skills as a tech editor
I think that I am good at making designs and I am good at knitting, but I need Annas help with the editing
another interesting thing is that we write our patterns in very different ways but she helps me to develop
my skills and my personality, she does not try to change my style into hers and that really shows her
professionalism I think
that is a good editor, that only helps you develop your own skills and personality
I also get a lot of help from Gabriella, our friend who is an artist as well as a graphic designer
She has put together our Picnic book as well as the book I photographed for Anna Bergman, Tant Ulltuss
She also makes my patterns look good and puts together my text and my pictures
We have small businesses all three of us so we bill each other for the work
so I have to sell quite a lot of patterns to cover my costs
and then, when that is done, I get money to buy food for us
I have so many exciting ideas for patterns and interesting things ahead
with moodsofcolors.com for example
It is a very long process and a lot of job
the working hours are immense
but it is also much fun
I have knitted very many mittens before I was satisfied, I want them to fit well and be beautiful
Exciting! Interesting to hear about this!
Sometimes our friend Rita comes and takes us for an outing in her car
like the day when we went to a sunny beach in the middle of a week
and there we sat, eating a nice pie that we brought and we were talking about love, life and death
then we went to Västerhejde church, one of all the beautiful old churches on Gotland
there are almost one hundred medieval churches on this small island
it is so nice to go into the churches and feel the history between the walls
people hav went here for many hundreds of years with their hapiness, hope and grief
One day, we went on an outing to Fårö with Rita (Fårö is a small island north of Gotland)
On Gotland all sheep are called lambs and the lambs are called lambkids
Sheep are called Får in Swedish but Fårö(sheep island) is not named after the Får - Sheep
Fårö comes from Far - ö, to Fara can mean travelling, so it means the island of the travellers
People have always been travelling to and from Gotland and Fårö
On our way home we went to Hångers well, the beautiful place where Swedens most famous summer hymn
was written in 1600 something
we came there on a beautiful day, just like he did when he wrote his song
it was getting late and the sun was setting
we sat on our blanket and we had coffee and cookies and of course we sang Den blomstertid nu kommer (The time of the flowers is coming)
I love outings like this
Finally I have finished my tunic in linen yarn
it is a pattern called Karla from yllotyll.com
it is such a nice summer tunic
yllotyll.com offers a 15% discount 1-15 July on their linen yarn if you use the code Kammebornia
I am also knitting a cardigan in the same yarn
I have also made this bag to use instead of plastic bags
I am also knitting a shawl called Summerburst in June
it is part of the Organic knitters summer knitalong
there is a new pattern every summer month, June, July, August
there are also yarn kits with eco friendly hand dyed yarns
you can find the knitalong on facebook
you can also use your own yarn
this is the yarn for July and the new pattern is designed by Melody Hoffmann
otherwise, we are knitting a lot of Létt Lopi things right now
Dennis and Ella are both knitting Riddari sweaters
Ella has already knitted an Icelandic sweater this year
I am knitting on my Afmaeli
This is my new pattern, the Wisby mittens
I really enjoy watching your mittens grow in new colour combinations and yarns
I have knitted many pairs, both in a local yarn and in 3ply from Ullcentrum
Létt Lopi is also working fine for this pattern!
If you use the code kammeborniapodcast you will get a 20% discount on this pattern on ravelry 1-15 July
We are so happy to be able to share our yarn happiness, Gotland love and coffee moments with you!
Thank you for being with us!
We also have the best sponsors and we want to say thank you to them as well
At jarbo.se you can find yarns and free patterns and much more (mostly in Swedish)
At Opalicious you can find Opal yarn and much more
At Ullcentrum you can find fine Swedish wool yarn
In Uppsala you can find the cosy yarn shop YlloTyll and they are also available at yllotyll.com
I never get tired at using Swedish wool in natural colours and you can find that at Solkustens spinnverkstad
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It's stupid me!
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