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
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
Welcome to Kammebornia podcast and the 8th episode in 2017
Today you will meet my friend Marie, who likes knitting so much that she started a webshop for yarn
Dennis and I talk about the bloomer-riot and we talk about good stuff and good people and
and we prepare for the Stockholm sewing and yarnfestival
Hi Pia!
Hello!
Are you ok?
Yes
What are you sticking on? (sticka =knitting in Swedish)
But you were supposed to say What's on (Watson) your needles?
Our own joke you mean?
And you should hold Watson, the cat...
That's fun...
But he is not here!
Have I destroyed the joke now?
It does not matter, it is fun anyway!
But what are you knitting?
I am knitting on a pair of bloomers!
It is a pattern from my friend Maja @majasmanufaktur
It is available for free at Järbo garn, (linkto pattern in many languages in show notes)
Right now there is a bloomer-riot going on
You can imagine how exciting this is!
It is a nice kind of real girl power with woolen bloomers!
We are many people knitting the pattern from Maja right now
The pattern is available for free in both Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English and German! (Links in shownotes below and on ravelry)
The riot comes from the fact that alarge yarn company have made a pattern almost exactly like Majas without communicating about this
It is very hard not to think of it as a copy
The sad thing is that this has happened several times before
and the strangest thing is that they do not answer any questions!
They just erase comments and questions
I have written to them in a very well behaved tone and friendly asked them about this but they do not answer
and they ERASE comments instead of answering them
But they think it is ok to take Majas pattern?
It seams so...
Instead of crawling in irritation and anger we raise our voices by knitting Majas pattern!
Let us lift the things we think are good! We lift Majas pattern and knit bloomers in yarns we like
from companies we like
They are well suited to knit in Gästrike or Ullcentrum 2-ply for example
I would love to make a pair in rainbowyarn from Opalicious
Where do you buy the pattern?
It is free on Järbo garns homepage
Järbo had paid Maja, so everything is ok there
Maybe some people do not know what bloomers are?
It is a pair of panties, knickers, underpants
and these are knitted in wool
it is a perfect garment to keep warm in the winter, especially if you wear a dress or a skirt like I use to do
I used to wear them when I was younger. I had a pair that my grandmother knitted for me and also some from the store
I have really missed them because they are warm and comfortable
I guess thay are also nice to wear under your skidress or under your pants.
They keep your butt warm and they look good!
Check them out on Majas Instagram at @majasmanufaktur
I knit my pair in grey and mustard and I will make a small pattern border in red
I took it from this old book from the 50's
It will be small hearts
I love old knitting books and magazines
What are you knitting?
I am working on my Riddari
I have put the parts together and I have to coose a new colour for the yoke
it is a bit tricky to choose colours
Yes, it is difficult!
I have different ones here
But you know what you think?
I like the deep red
Yes, maybe that is the one
or another beige
Well, we will have to think about that
that is what I am doing
The important thing is to find a colour that you like!
Yes, of course, but it is very difficult to see before you knit
Maybe I just have to try
You have knitted the pieces together now!
Yes, Ella helped me and explained how to do
Ella is also knitting a Riddari, so you have your own knitalong
Yes, that is right
What do you want to talk about?
Well, this is kind of an episode about nice people and yarn
Those things often go together
Yes, like Maja with this pattern,
Linnea Öhman who made this pattern, I have finished my Juni cardigan
@fruvalborg whos dyed this beautiful yarn
We will meet her irl for the first time at Syfestivalen!
On Saturday
That is right!
Because today we will tell you about things you should not miss if you go to the Syfestivalen in Stockholm (Swedens largest yarn and sewing fair)
We will be there and shoot some film
I have been there several times but it is so exciting to be able to bring you and Ella!
It will be so fun to go all three of us!
I hope you will say hello if you are there and you recognize us!
That would be fun!
It is a lot about that, saying hi to nice people and meet in real life
It is about nice people and yarn!
nice people and yarn!
I think I will wear my new cardigan!
It is nice to wear a newly knitted thing at Syfestivalen. What if you are ready with your Riddari?
There is not enough time
No, probably not, but my cardigan is done, I have found the right ribbon and buttons from my grandmother
My grandmother was a seamstress and I have a lot of beautiful thigs from her
This is Grandma!
Yes, that is her!
I like my cardigan!
And I like Linnea who made the pattern!
Let's go!
I have showed this lovely book before - Lek med tradisjoner (Play with traditions) by Kristin Wiola Ödegård
It is such a lovely book
And now I will knit the Wiola cardigan you can find in this book
I will knit two... because it was too difficult to choose colours...
I will make one in my own colours, brown, red, mustard
And then I will also make one in the original colours from Kristin Wiola
This is the original colours, it is also brown and mustard but also seagreen
She is so good at colours
You will be able to follow my process with the Wiola cardigans
I knit in Peer Gynt, the yarn the pattern is written for. It is a popular classic Norwegian yarn
I have not tried it before so I am excited!
You can find Peer Gynt at YlloTyll
The Peer Gynt?
No, only the yarn! (Peer Gynt is a character in a famous Norwegian drama by Ibsen)
There is also a version of the pattern for a thinner yarn
This is really cosy
Something that is going to happen in this episode is that you can follow me and my friend Marie on an outing
to a small fishing village where we went to knit and talk
We got to know each other through the knitting
I filmed you!
We were a bit giggly, we had a lot of fun
Marie has the webshop Opalicious and she is a sponsor of our podcast
That is how we got to know each other but now we are also friends
She came to Gotland a while ago and we had such lovely autumn days together
We have been knitting, laughing and talking
we are talking about a luxury yarn that I am going to try
I also got a skein!
This is yours
Oops!
The grey and pink go well together
There is cashmere in this yarn, it is soooo soft!
I do not know what to do yet, maybe a hat or a pair of wristwarmers
It is so soft and cosy so it is nice to have close to your skin
It is also a nice thing to tell, that Opalicious is not only about Opal yarn, there are also other yarns and stuff in her shop
I also want to show something I am working on
I have knitted a sock, but it is not the second sock syndrome, I will soon make the other
This is a lovely hand dyed trekking sockyarn from Garnbolaget
Another nice person, Kristin
I met her at a knitting festival 2 years ago and she is sometimes a sponsor here
You are going to meet her on Saturday because she is going to Syfestivalen in Stockholm!
Do not miss Garnbolaget if you are going to Syfestivalen
She has a lot of lovely hand dyed yarns
Many lovely yarns and colours
I want to show some nice things
I will talk more about this book in our next episode
It is a book about cables by Ivar Asplund
Last time we went to Stockholm we met Ivar and talked about this book
So in our next episode you will hear more!
It is Anna!
Yes! Another nice person!
Anna Bergman, Tant Ulltuss (Aunt Wool Wad)
I took the pictures in her first book, Tant Ulltusssocks
That was when we met
We still have a lot of fun together
Now she has made a book full of mittens and also this booklet with retrosocks
Annas daughter Julia has taken the pictures
You have not been to the Syfestivalen before so I want to tell you what we shall not miss
Ullcentrum will be there, it is always a feast for the eye
It is like a candy store
Then I want to go to Korps and look for nice fabrics to sew medieval clothes
Maja will be there!
Garnbolaget will be there!
Do not miss Kamilla Svanlund!
She was here!
Everyone has been here!
Almost... Yarnesty was here, she will be at Limmo design
Petra from Fru Valborg is going to be there!
Solkusten will be there!
Do not miss Magasin Duett
And do not miss Tant Ulltuss and the book release!
Organic knitters will also be there!
So many nice people to meet!
Please say hello if you see us! It will be fun!
Are you ready now?
Yes, I am hungry!
I have finished my brown Juni cardigan
It is warm and beautiful with lace knitting both front and back
I found the perfect buttons in my grandmothers drawer
and I have a nice woolen ribbon sewn into the borders
I am very satisfied with my brown cardigan and feel prepared for autumn and winter
A while ago we had a visit from Marie at Opalicious
We had great days together
One day we went to a small fishing village and of course we did some knitting there
I do wish that Marie lived here on the island so we could meet more often
Hello Marie!
Hello Pia!
And hello to all of you! Here we are at Själsö, north from Visby
I am so glad that you are here!
You live on the mainland, outside from Stockholm
It is a nice thing to have friend that comes to meet me and we can knit together
It has been too long!
Yes! We met through the knitting
The first time we met was a year ago
Yes, here in Visby, I was here on the autumn break with my family.
And we could use the moment to meet
and we found each other directly
we both felt that we wanted to see more of each other
then we have also met at Syfestivalen in Stockholm
and on Instagram all the time
and we also work together as Opalicious is a sponsor of our podcast
Marie has a webshop called Opalicious
It is such a lovely name!
Yummy like the yarn!
You started selling Opal yarn, that is why the name Opalicious came natural
Yes, I have all the collections from Opal yarn
there are both 4-ply 6-ply and 8-ply
But you also sell other yarns than Opal?
Yes I have a Danish yarn from Mayflower
and I am interested in trying new yarns
I want to expand my assortment
I have hugged a luxury yarn from you today
It was like a luxurious candybar
It is a very cosy yarn, I am excited to see what you will be knitting with it!
I think it will be a hat, or a pair of wristwarmers
You want to have it close to your skin
It is totally not itchy
I have knitted a lot from your Opal yarn
It feel so great with this job I have created for myself - I get friend at work!
Both you and I have the best jobs!
Yes! And we can knit a lot!
These are all socks I have knitted in your Opal yarn
My Lucky me socks, the brown pair are already this autumns favorite
And the pair I am wearing
These are good looking!
I have made another pair of knee highs
Opal yarn is well known for the multicoloured yarns
Yes, and the special thing for Opal is that they release new collections all the time
There are eight colours in each collection and there is always at least one to die for
There is a big variety
There are also single coloured yarns
Absolutely!
There are also different kinds, I have just started to use the 6-ply, it is great
Yes, the 6-ply is DK and the 8-ply is worsted
I have mostly used the 4-ply, fingering weight
Yes, it is 425 meters in 100 g.
I love these rainbow colours
I am knitting a pair for Dennis in the 6-ply, DK.
He needs the thicker ones to not wear them out too fast.
The 6-ply is great, it is not too thick, just perfect and it knits up fast
What needles do you use for the 6-ply?
I use 2.5 mm but of course you can also use 3.0mm
Yes, I think it says 3-4
I use 2.5 because I want them to last longer, we use our socks so much
I usually go down in needle size too
I have 56 stitches and 2.5 needles both for me and Dennis.
Tell me about when you started your webshop!
Oh, what happened... it all started with my grandmothers yarnstore where I grew up
both my mother and my grandmother had a yarnstore
and that was before the webshops
yes, we had no Internet when I was a child!
I have always been knitting
I got in contact with Opal about 6 years ago
and I immediately fell for it
It is hard to run a yarn store today
therefor it can be hard to find yarn and I wanted everyone to be able to find Opal yarn
so it was like your mission
Yes, I wanted everyone in Sweden to be able to find it!
That is why I started Opalicious
it was almost four years ago and it is so much fun
You have your storage at home in the basement right?
Yes, and sometimes I have a pop up-store in our green house in the garden
I would love to come!
You are more than welcome!
It is so cosy and my cute and crazy dog runs around
Oh, Frasse!
Here comes an airplane
How unsuitable!
I think that Opal yarn is mostly associated to sockknitting but you can use it for other things also, right?
Ifell in love with your shawl today, this is knitted in Opal
Yes, this pattern is called Find your fade
I have knitted mine from left over yarns
So it is both Opal and some other yarns
You can knit so many varietys of this one
a good way to use left overs!
it is so much fun to blend all the colours and exciting to see the result
all multi coloured yarns do not blend so well as the Opal yarn does
it feels like they know what they are doing
I also like the one coloured yarns
I am knitting the Birkin sweater in Opal 6-ply
But you feel that you never get finished?
The fun part is already done with yoke
On the Icelandic sweaters you have the yoke to look forward to
Like a dessert
This is the other way around with the dessert first
This is for my sister so I put love in each stitch
it is so nice to knit for beloved people
I am working on it sis!
You have also knitted a Birkin for yourself?
Yes, but I knitted mine in Rauma
It is a great sweater
It is a fun knit!
I think I might knit another one later on!
How much do you knit in a day?
My God!
Too much!
Or is it possible?
I have some knitting injuries...
Then I get obsessed with crocheting for a change
I like making granny squares
When I have knitting injuries I take a break and clean up my knitting basket for example
I put everything on the floor and find new old projects
and I get to finish other things
Where does it hurt in your body when you knit too much?
I have learned to relax so Ido not have so many problems with that
It is also very important to rise up once in a whileand move around
do some stretching and bending
get a cup of coffee for example
I walk around and make strange moves that feel good
strange dances
I have seen them!
My family always look surprised and amused
Your body says thank you
mostly it is my wrists otherwise
and the shoulders
stretching!
But you do not have pains now?
Actually I do not talk so much about it but I have pains every day.
I try to ignore it
I have to knit
Yes, we HAVE TO knit
What is your next Opal project?
I have some sock plans
You like the rainbow yarns?
Yes I do
They are happy colours
The skein you got yesterday comes from the Schafpate collection
That means it is only German wool right?
Yes!And Opal is such a good company because they are very aware of the workers, and they want the sheep farmers to have good conditions
In the other collections half of the wool is from Germany and half is from South America.
All the farmers have to sign contracts about treating the sheep well
Opal also have people travelling around to see that the rules are followed
It feel so good to know that all are treated well!
I also want to finish some of my granny square blankets
I do love happy coloured blankets
and I would like to make a shawl like yours
it is such a fun knit!
I mostly like to use the one coloured yarns and meke my own patterns, but I also get carried away by all the loveliness in the multi coloured skeins
It is nice as a variety in my knitting
it very good for social knitting
like in the knitting café yesterday
it was so fun that you could be with us
there was this funny man there who seemed allergic to wool
We were about 10 people together in a café knitting
There was only one more guest at this café and he was sitting at a table next to us
He started to sneeze, one more time and one more time...
ten times, twenty times, it never ended
we guessed he was allergic to wool
finally he said so himself, Ithink Iam allergic to your yarn
Poor thing!
That would be a nightmare, to be allergic to wool!
Yes, My God what a nightmare!
I would ignore it!
Use a gas mask!
Oxygen tube!
Just to have to wool!
Like Darth Vader!
I would totally do that!
Yes! And keep on knitting!
Totally crazy!
I hope it does not happen to us!
We decide that it will not happen!
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
At Garnbolaget you will find beautifully hand dyed yarns
You can follow us at facebook if you search for Kammebornia
On Instagram you can find @kammebornia and @kingofkammebornia
You can also find me and my patterns on ravelry.com
Pia blogs in Swedish on kammebornia.se
you can also subscribe at our Youtube channel Kammebornia
Thank you so much and welcome back!
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