✿ 17 ✿ Granny's granny square blanket ✿

This blanket was made by my grandmother 

and given to my parents at some point. 

I remember we used to have it at home. 

A while ago my mother gave it to me. 

Or rather, she said I could have it if I mended it. 

You can see a seam defect in the upper photo (bottom right).

There were several holes like that, 

and also a couple of squares that hat to be partly re-corcheted.

Which I did the other day!

And voilà!

Isn't it a beauty?

I think my mother will be glad to see it in or sofa 

when she comes for Christmas.

My grandmother's flowers

I love visiting my grand parents' old summer house.

My grandmother liked all sorts of fiber craft.

Lovely old flower fabrics.

There are always things to do at a summer house,so it's been a week of both work and relaxing.

And some knitting of course. More about that later.

Constitution day

Nearly 200 years ago, the Norwegian constitution was signed on the 17th of May. The day is celebrated every year with children's parades. If you have a traditional costume, a so called bunad , you wear it on this day. Every district has its own bunad. Mine is from Gudbrandsdalen, where I live, but that is just a coincidence, really: My grandmother grew up in Oslo, but her family came from Vestfold. She didn't like the Vestfold bunad. And Oslo had no bunad of its own, the bunads beeing a rural tradition. She then chose to make herself a bunad from Gudbrandsdalen. And my parents chose to move here when I was little - and I was lucky to inherit this beautiful heirloom:

I would never have the pacience, or the skill, to embroider something like this. As I told you before, my grandmother was a very skilled crafter.

Made by my grandmother

I just read on Helene Magnussens blog about her grandmother Olga, who was a great knitter. Helene Magnussen is an Islandic knitter and designer living in Luxembourg. Her post inspired me to show you some of my grandmother's work.



My grandmother was a clever crafter, she knitted and sewed, and after she retired, took on tapestry weaving. I like to think I have inherited something from her. These are hanging in our mountain cottage.

This represents Odin riding his eight-legged horse Sleipner, read more about that on Wikipedia.