Tag: bohus

• My First Sweater Made With Hand Spun Yarn

  You would think I carefully planned my first hand spun (and first steeked) sweater but, dear reader, I did not. I just got lucky. I bought a brown merino x fleece at a local farm when my knitting group visited it in spring 2010. I had just started spinning the previous summer and this fleece…

  madgeface

  September 9, 2019

  fiber art, knitting, spinning

  bohus, bohus stickening, colorwork, colorwork sweater, handspun sweater, handspun yarn, spinning yarn, steek, steeked sweater

• So Many WIPs and an Emergency Project

  Funny, I went on vacation and still (mostly) kept up with this blog, but then we came home and I didn’t post at all last week, not even the easy Wordless Wednesday & TBT. I have plenty of knitting-related projects to talk about, though. I took my Old Town cardigan on vacation hoping to chug…

  madgeface

  August 8, 2016

  knitting

  beaded knits, beading, bohus, bohus cardigan, bohus stickning, choker, cuff, knit baby blanket, knit design

• TBT: Bohus Stickning

  Bohus Stickning was a Swedish organization/movement that began in the 1930s to help women support their families through hand-knitting  sweaters and accessories. The Bohus sweaters became very popular in the late 1940s into the 1950s. The recent knitting (and hand crafting) revival has also seen a revival of interest in the Bohus designs, with updated patterns, books, and…

  madgeface

  July 21, 2016

  inspiration, knitting

  bohus, bohus stickning, spinning, steeks, tbt