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4 January 2009

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Welcome, welcome 2009

Karie

4 January 2009

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If you like Elliott Smith, you'd like Winterpills. Here's A Benediction.

Newer PostBooks 2009: Gregory Maguire - Wicked.

Older PostStill Coughing

Karie Westermann

I do things with wool and words. Knitwear designer, teacher and author.

And other stuff too.

This Thing of Paper by Karie Westermann

This Thing of Paper by Karie Westermann

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Hello Lotta. Sadly not my puppy but I know it's going to a wonderful home. Lotta & I became very good friends today at @whistlebare Grand Day Out. I've never taught an entire class with a puppy in my arms before but I think this needs to go on my rider (I don't have a rider): "Karie requires a small, cuddly puppy"
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#dogsofinstagram #gooddoggo #lottaisamazing #doglovers #puppyface #karieontour

Next Saturday @thisgoldenfleece and I will be talking knitting and how you write a history of a nation currently going through turbulent stages. Only a few tickets remain for sale via @goldenharebooks 📸 Manchester's Northern Quarter . I love you MCR x

#thursdaythrowback and #worldsmentalhealthday - let's do that in one fell swoop.
First, this is Vinterskov which I released roughly a year ago. It's been my go-to garment over the last year every time I needed a woolly hug and some brightness. And I needed that a lot.
Around Christmas last year I was in a very dark place — so dark that no lovely jumper could help — and I am happy to be here today. I am still healing and getting better, but the colours grow brighter every single day.
I was asked yesterday to design more garments — I hear you loud & clear — but which colours make your everyday life brighter and better? Which colours make you feel stronger and bolder? I want to hear about your making stories and what items made you feel happier and more you. .
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#yoked #vinterskov #makewhatyouwear #wearwhatyoumake #copingthroughmaking #makingstuffmatters #makingmatters

Friends, I get to stay. I do not have leave the person I love. I don't have to say goodbye to the country that's my home. I get to stay.
I was told yesterday that I have been awarded Settled Status in the UK. I broke into ugly sobs in the middle of a busy Manchester train station. For the past three years I have lived with Damocles' sword hanging over my head. Lately I have wondered "is this the last time I see this place? Will this be my last conversation with this friend?" Having this burden removed .. I cannot begin to tell you how it feels. I suspect my mental health will improve. I can begin to heal and get stronger. I am tearing up even just typing this. I have lived with this shadow for so long that I cannot remember what it feels to live without it.
I do not have to leave the person I love. I do have to leave the country that is my home. I get to stay.

So many colourwork ideas in my head. I've been playing around with the balls of @alafoss Lett-Lopi I bought when I was in Iceland (this is my fourth colour combination; I think I'll stick with this one) and I'm currently designing a pair of colourwork mittens in @shilasdair_yarns (I'll be teaching there at a retreat in March). And then there are all the colourwork cardigans I want to design. And the hats. And the cowls. All good stuff. Happy #fairislefriday - maybe your tension be smooth and your floats even.

Ah, happy to announce that I've teamed up with @stitchtopiauk yet again. This time I have the great joy of travelling along coastal Sweden with a group of knitters. We'll visit @wynja on the Island of Gotland, discover Bohus knitting together, stroll around Stockholm, sail around the summery Swedish archipelago (truly wonderful), and take in textile exhibitions in Gothenburg. It's a part of the world I know very well and I cannot wait to share my love of Swedish fika, Scandinavian summer nights, and Nordic knitting heritage with you all. The trip runs May 28-June 8, 2020. .
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#knittingholiday #scandinavia #bemorenordic #nordicknitting #sjunghoppfaderallanlej #skärgård #goscandinavian

It's a sunny Monday morning and NEXT MONDAY I'll be at @countessablaze teaching all things lace design. While you are dazzled by the Countess' glorious colours, I'll demystify all things lace: how to design repeats, how to work out stitch transitions, how to shape shawls, the hacks and shortcuts and -- most satisfyingly -- how to translate those ideas of yours into amazing shawls. The only requirements: you having tried shawl knitting once or twice, some degree of familiarity with basic knit stitches, and a big love for knitting nerdiness.
Mwah.

The Lykkjur cowl is now available as an exclusive pattern for my lovely Patreon supporters. It comes in three sizes, has a bit of spicy colourwork, and was designed to evoke the landscapes I sailed through on my North Atlantic adventure this month. My sample was worked in four colours of @alafoss Lett-Lopi.
I'm still in recovery mode so Lykkjur will not be added to the Ravelry database until I stop coughing my lungs out. Hope you have a lovely weekend and a special shout-out to everyone at @yarndale -- so sorry that I cannot be there with you!

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