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St. Patrick's Day and Free Hat Pattern

St. Patrick's Day + FREE Hat Pattern

Winter has decided to stay around a bit longer this year here in Finland so instead of spring gardening we are shovelling snow. It would be wonderful to see some of nature's luscious green already but we have to wait patiently. As St Patrick's day is tomorrow, one could suspect that the cranky leprechauns got bored mending shoes for other fairies and decided to use their magical powers and delay spring just for fun of it.  St. Patrick's Day is on March 17th and celebrates St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and the...

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Baby Camel Yarn - What to Knit With It + FREE hat pattern

Baby Camel Yarn - What to Knit With It + FREE hat pattern

This month I will talk about Nordic Yarn Baby Camel and give some ideas what to knit with it.    What Kind of Yarn Is Baby Camel? First, the yarn. Baby Camel is 100% baby camel and has 230 m/ 252 yds per 50 g hank and is fingering weight. Suitable needle size varies according what you are knitting but generally size 2.5-3 mm/ US 1.5-2.5 could be recommended. I have tried different needle materials and have found that I prefer metal tips as the yarn slides smoothly on them. If I would knit a garment or a shawl with Baby Camel...

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Interview with Nordic Yarn designer Tuuli Eloranta

Interview with Nordic Yarn designer Tuuli Eloranta

Hi there yarn lover! We thought it would be nice for everyone to get to know Tuuli, to learn more about her motivation and approach to her design work as one of the Nordic Yarn designers. Tuuli lives in Helsinki, Finland. Tell me a bit about yourself? I’m 57 years old passionate artisan. Really don’t know what else I could be as almost everyone in my extended family are artisans. What is your earliest memory of knitting? I learned how to crochet when I was around 6 years old. Next I got interested in cross stitch and embroidery. A couple...

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Nordic Yarn - Our Story - Nordic Yarn

Nordic Yarn - Our Story

Let's get to the beginning of the thread first.Once upon a time there was a beautiful Finnish woman and a handsome Italian man, the sandy beaches of Riccione and one particular, warm disco night in the 70s. The woman returned to Finland after her holiday, but the youngsters kept in touch by sending love letters to each other. One year later they got married in Italy, and soon after their son Erik was born.- We lived near Florence in the city of Prato, which was the Italian yarn center. My father and his brother owned a company which was recycling...

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Holidays are approaching, are your needles empty? - Nordic Yarn

Holidays are approaching, are your needles empty?

The holiday season is approaching fast and there seems to be stillso much to do, especially knitting. I do recall myself making apromise last year that next year I’ll sort out all the holidaystuff well beforehand and don’t leave things to the last minute.Planning is half of the work, they say so hey, I can congratulatemyself for executing at least half my task! But I think I’m not alone with this problem. I’m sure there is atleast a couple of knitters trying franticly finish the giftknitting somewhere in between work, family, holiday shopping, giftwrapping, decorating and cooking. I have still...

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