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Lavender flowers are spike-like flowers composed of multiple, tiny purple florets on a slender, elegant stem. They are valued for their soothing, herbaceous fragrance, their healing properties, their multitude of uses and their physical beauty. Lavendel is the Swedish word for lavender.

Designed for Tour-de-Sock 2018 competition, Stage 2. Tour de Sock benefits Doctors without Borders.

Buttercup (Ranunculus family) contains over 400 species, including annuals, biennials and perennials that grow in a variety of habitats. Ranunculus means “little frog”, which refers to the flowers’ wetland habitat. In the middle ages, buttercups were gathered in the meadows to try to cure lunatics, leading Shakespeare to call them “cuckoo-buds”...

The giant Rödgavel, lord of Omberg, was named for the long red beard he wore. He lived inside the largest cave in Omberg mountain, which bore his name Red gable. The cave was also the entrance to a palace (Sw. Rödgavels port). Inside the mountain there were enchanted gardens, and if you happened to get lost on the mountain, you could tum some o...

Per’s Stone is a gigantic boulder, which according to swedish legend was thrown there by the giant Per, across the lake Vättern from Tiveden. One version of the saga says the giant was angry at Heda church and tried to smash it. In the second version, which is the nicer version, he wanted to help the monks at the monastery Alvastra with buildin...

The year is 1880 and Carl Fredrik Engblad starts Gothenburg Tapetfabrik. Completely according to the Swedish version of the Art Nouveau-style prevailing, he based many of the patterns from the Swedish fauna.

With the warmer weather on the way, we’re coming up on the perfect time to make socks! Since they’re small projects with nice, light weight yarn, socks make for some excellent summer knitting. This gorgeous sock knitting pattern features a beautiful lace texture making it a really fun knit. Plus your feet will feel fancy at the end of the proje...

According to legend, it was the giant in Dovradalen who broke off the block to crush Viby church. The giant was irritated by the noise of the church bells and the new Christian doctrine, so tried to destroy the bells by throwing the block. The giant’s wife was called Dovra. She grieved at having such a ferocious husband, and her tears collected...

Tiveden socks are named after Tiveden National Forest. It is famed for its ancient virgin forests, which are rare in southern Sweden, and has lots of dramatic bare bedrock, extensive boulder fields carved by glaciers and a scattering of lakes. It is full of legends of trolls and highwaymen. (Also take a look at the matching Tiveden Shawl)

Näckros means water lily in Swedish, the diamonds remind me of a water lily floating on a lake. This shawl was designed with my dear friend Whitney in mind. I hope that she considers it a warm hug from a distance.