and that meant no kip-ing outside this year again. Luckily, we could hide from the drizzle-rain-monsoon at marias garn where we all had a lovely time!

wwkipday 2009 in stockholm

anna had recently finished a striped cardigan and matching scarf

knitters doing their stuff

must have another look at that pattern...

gunilla was determined to stay outside despite the rain

...you can find us knitting, what else?

Today there were six very giggly knitters at Hurtigs. I don't know if it was the shrimp sandwiches or the cheesecake, but I don't think I've laughed so much in a long time. And yes, we did some knitting too. Matilda worked on a lovely shawl, Carin on her huge and very secret project (see below), Alison on gigantic needles (the ones that would make any vampire quite nervous), Johanne on a pair of pink mittens (also below), Bozena on a lovely, delicate jumper in that yarn from Drops Garnstudio that looks like Kidsilk Haze and Katarina worked on a recently revived UFO: the Diamond Stitch Jumper from Vintage Knits.

Carin knitting. Yes, that is a Rowan cardigan she's wearing!

Johanne knitting lovely mittens

The most popular knitting event is back! STHLM knitters and Marias Garn will once again host a Knit In Public in Stockholm.

Come knit with us!

Time: June 13 2009, starting at noon

Place: Mariatorget, Stockholm

Bring: Your knitting, something to sit on and perhaps something to eat

In case of rain: Marias Garn, S:t Paulsgatan 20


What is WWKIPDay? Read more here: Official WWKIPDay web site

Yesterday a group of 6 happy knitters met up at Hurtigs Café in Stockholm. Gunilla, Fanny, Carin, Matilda, Katarina and Catrin.

 

Carin showed off her new cardigan.

Katarina was knitting on her stripey sweater.

Matilda was working on her colourful scarf.

We had lots of fun as always! Are you joining us next week? Some of us are going to the Syfestivalen in Kista this weekend. Are you? Let us know!

We are around! Promise! Just no timefor the blog. We still meet at Hurtigs Café at Drottninggatan, Stockholm, every Tuesday evening!

And earlier this autumn you could read an article in the Swedish womens magazine Amelia Höst about us!

 

The first knit night at Hurtigs Konditori went very well, there were about eight knitters there, both old and new (yay!). We had a very nice time, the new café is very nice, calm and pleasant with good lighting (always a priority). They did play some music a bit later on the evening, but not very loud, we could easily talk without raising our voices. I think our new venue will suit us very well.

I completely forgot to take any pictures, I'll try to remember next time, hope to see you then!

/Katarina

Some of you might wonder if the sthlm knitters have fallen off the face of the earth. A valid question. But I am happy to tell you that we haven't! As with many activities, there are ups and downs, and sometime you don't have so much time to spend on the things you want to do.

The point with this knitting group is that it's NOT organized. At least, not a lot. No membership, no requirement to turn up, no strings attached. We have decided on Tuesdays, and you just show up! Hopefully someone else does too, but it varies.

When we first started this knitting group back in April 2004, we met at each other's apartments. It didn't take us long to realize that it's easier for newbies to join if you meet somewhere in public, so we decided on a café. The first three or four times we met at a café in Drottninggatan. This was before smoking was banned in cafés and restauarants in Stockholm, and that place was rather "smokey" so we decided to change venue. We ended up at Gino's coffee in Odengatan. Sometimes there's just a couple of pople there and sometimes it's 20. However, lately we've been thinking about changing venue again for a number of reasons. Some of us are out scouting, so hopefully, we'll find a new place soon to meet up with our requirements.

We'll keep you posted!

Picture's from our last meeting, Tuesday May 29, 2007. It was crowded at Gino's!

 

Tove knits and Satoko crochets

 

Frida crochets and to the right you have Satoko and Naoko

For more photo's, check out Sthlm knitters Flickr pool

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World Wide Knit In Public Day June 9, 2007

World Wide Knit In Public Day was started in 2005, as a way to bring knitters together and to encourage knitters to knit in public. Many knitters have no problem knitting in public, but others aren't quite so into it.  The idea is that even if you're knitting alone on a park bench somewhere, you're not really alone, there are hundreds of knitters doing the exact same thing at the same time. This is a way to help knitters feel good about their hobby, and maybe introduce more people to the craft.
Another part of WWKIP is that one thing can unite people of all different backgrounds.

Tid: lördag 9 juni 2006 klockan 12-17
Var: Mariatorget, Söder, Stockholm
Att ta med: Något att sitta på (filt), något att äta & dricka samt massor att sticka förstås!
Mer info: http://www.wwkipday.com/