the island of gotland, in the middle of the baltic sea, has a rich heritage of knitting patterns and traditions. it’s also an island that has special meaning to me having spent many summers there. my great grandfather came from gotland i still have distant relatives there. the island’s main town and municipal seat, visby, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gotland’
autumn
Posted in cooking, knitting, tagged chutney, gotland, mittens on October 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
the very best season of all. a friend gave me a whole box of apples from her garden peeled apples apples, onions, sultanas, ginger and spices i’m knitting mittens while everything… …cooks for quite a long time now i have a lot of apple chutney! and the first log fire of the season
preparing
Posted in knitting, tagged gotland, mittens on October 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »
according to smhi (swedish meteorological and hydrological institute) autumn normally arrives in the stockholm area on october first (the meteorological definition of autumn is when the average temperature during one day and night is below 10 degrees celsius). this year, it was late and only arrived yesterday. a few weeks ago, i thought it a [...]
