Introducing the Sampler Mittens

As I have now been knitting the Granliden Mittens for several years (since 2011, more exactly), the supply of vegetable dyed yarns is decreasing. It was part of the upcycling investigation, both seeing how long it would last, and trying to communicate the finite nature of the mitten production to those who wanted to buy a pair. Get them now, or that particular colour will be gone forever! Certainly an odd way of running a business, the concept of development and growth being completely detached from the whole thing.

At the moment, as most of the balls of yarn has shrunk to the size of… let's say, a meatball, I needed to take a new direction. 

As a way of using this material to the absolute end, I decided to make tinier patterns. They are inspired by or found in old pattern books, as well as old cross stitch samplers. So, here are the Sampler Mittens!

Available in the shop as from NOW.

Shop update, an offer + a painting

Thanks to all of you who came to the Basar last Sunday! It was an intense couple of hours of meeting lots and lots of nice people, and having many good conversations. And as promised, I did a major shop update on December 1st - the day after.

At present, there are 10 colours available. They will be continuously updated over the next couple of weeks. Keep in mind that there are not more than maximum 3 pairs per colour - I'm actually about to run out of vegetable dyed yarn! So if you have a special dye in mind - get it!

And to make you even more inspired, I offer free shipping for two weeks, until December 14th! Just enter the code GRANLIDEN at checkout. 

Enter the shop here!

Surely, I've been nerdy about cross stitch patterns and old samplers for a long time. But since working with the Fine Little Day book (where I did numerous illustrations combining cross stitch and watercolour) I really can't stop painting. 

Added to the shop

This and more!

Plus more to come - I will try to do more continuous updates :)

In with the new

I have been giving my portfolio a slight make-over, since it had started to feel a little outdated lately. Things are in the making, and my idea of a good portfolio is ever changing. It is maybe less descriptive in its present form, but I'd like to try letting the images speak for themselves. I think they can handle it.

This one above might very soon (most likely) appear in a fanzine I'm making as a sort of spin off from my exam project. The photo was taken on this spot on a chilly and grey day last summer. Jenny and I spent a day wandering in the woods, looking at views, taking photos and having late breakfast in a quiet house.

And the webshop is updated!

They're finally finished, the first batch of the new Granliden Mittens! Some of them have fingers, some only a thumb - which means one more choice to make, except from the many colours...

The shop will be continuosly updated, since the mitten supply naturally is quite limited. At the moment there is just one pair of each colour, but I will knit knit knit and restock constantly - though some colours will be finished up sooner than others, due to the different quantities of each dye.

But, isn't it more exciting that way? :) I can't take special orders any more, so be sure to keep an eye on your favourite colour!