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A knitted treasure in the mail

@brittarnhild

There was a small packet in our mailbox the other day. Addressed to me.Curiosity got me, and I could hardly wait to open it. Inside I found a long letter, the cutest card, and two handknitted dish cloths :-) All from Terri, a long time internet friend in Oklahoma. Terri and I have been friends ever since internet was a fresh toddler and yahoo had its groups. Which was long before facebook and instagran and youtube and all these newer platforms.  When I created the yahoo group Britt´s Knitting Loft, Terri became one of the first members, and if I remember correctly, I played an important role in teaching Terri to knit. By sending her a Norwegian knitting kit with instructions, yarn and needles, made for kids :-)

Many years have passed since then. Now Terri sis an avid knitter, with a charming grandson to knit for. And here she found time to knit me two lovely dish clothes.

Thank you dear Terri.

 

Socks from Austria

@brittarnhild

Look at these socks!
Aren´t they beautiful!!!

They are knitted by my dear Austrian friend Dagmar, a dairy farmer, a knitter, a reader, a wife, a mother, and from yesterday.......A GRANDMOTHER!

 

Congratulations with your precious little grandson Dagmar <3

 

A Norwegian grandma with a bunch of grandchildren to knit for

@brittarnhild

Jorunn is a friend of mine who lives on a farm about 90 minutes to drive west from Trondheim. Jorunn and I met though my English blog Britt-Arnhild´s House in the Woods, and already when we met the first time, we knew that we had a lot of tbhings in common. The last almost two years we got one more - grandkids. I have one! Jorunn has a couple of soccer teams.......almost.

Recently she has been knitting for two of her youngest grandchildren, the skirt for little Olava, the trousers for Olava´s newborn baby sister.

This is cute as a million buttons, isn´t it :-)

By the way, you have "met" Jorunn once before,
in this post.

 

From Fran in Great Britain

@brittarnhild

The world is filled with great, creative, artistic knitters. Some of you read my blog, give me feedback, share your own knitting.  I love that, it is like knitting up a blanket of world wide knitting friends :-)

Fran, who lives in Great Britain, has read maskerade from its very beginning. Fran and I met though internet many years ago, and over the years we have developed a deep friendship which I know will last through our lifetimes. Fran and I have so many things in common, knitting is one of them.

Fran is a nanny, with a huge circle of "children" and "grand children", all of them lucky to have a knitting nanny. The little jacket and hat in the picture is something she knitted just recently for a newborn nanny grandchild. I just love the bright palette, so far from the pink, baby blue, white and grey we usually choose for newborns.

 

Thank you Fran for sharing and for letting be share it forward :-)

 

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I have made a new category which I call "Knitting friends from around the world". Do you have photos of your knitting to share?