Knitting Traditions Podcast Ep.81- finishing christmas gifts, aquisitions and plans for them 

The WARNING sign was hilarious 😂. Not disturbing at all, actually using the whole animal is more respectful to the lovely creatures that feed us, than some hunters just wanting the head to mount. Best of luck with miss Nellie's birth. Sleep when she sleeps for a while so you can recover. When she's a toddler there will be less knitting but for now enjoy it. 😊 P.S. don't be afraid to make noise when she sleeps now it will help you in later years. That was the best advice I was ever given.

The more I see you with brown hair the more I love it. It's not only flattering on you but it matches your preferred color palette. ❤

The warning made me laugh. Nice touch. The meat looks tender and flavorful.

The magical day is approaching!...and I'm talking about the birth of your sweet little girl, not just Christmas! If this is the last time you post before the best day of your life, let me send you best wishes for an easy delivery. May you and your family be Blessed this Christmas and New Year, Inga. Sending love to you from Massachusetts. 🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️ How is it possible that you're looking prettier everytime we see you!❤️🥰

Thank you for this wonderful episode! I love the cowl for your brother! and I thoroughly enjoyed knitting away on my project while listening to your knitting plans and acquisitions! Thank you! I wish you all a wonderful holiday season, and in case Nellie shows up before we see you next time, I wish you a healthy and easy delivery!

I love that you share your environment and culture (we love lamb, so would enjoy the sheep’s head) as well as your knitting! Enjoy the holidays!

I loved your scary WARNING with the chill music in the background!

Merry Christmas, Inga, and good luck with the birth of your daughter Nellie. I hope it is a fast and easy delivery for you! Love from Long Island, New York.

Thank you for your podcast and also the awaited arrival of your baby girl soon. Have a Blessed and Peaceful New Year ❤❤❤❤😊

You look lovely in the knitted red dress. Also, I see your menorah….it lights up so nicely 🌟 Only 5 weeks left and then you will have your beautiful baby! God bless you both ✨

I am so happy that you filmed again before Christmas and I wish you so much joy for the holidays and the coming year with the arrival of beautiful little Nellie (who will also be the most beautifully dressed baby in all of Norway). And thank you as always for all of the joy and inspiration you have brought to me and my knitting. I especially love the cowl you made for your brother and the Christmas stocking. And can’t wait to see what you make with all of those gorgeous advent colors, my favorites too!

I just watched the Fruity Knitting episode where they visited Knitting for Olive. So many beautiful baby knits! And in your colors. 😉

Wishing you happy holidays! Thank you for sharing another episode with us pre-Christmas. 🎄Fully agree that you can never have to many blankets. :D

Happy Holidays to you and all the best for 2024! Such wonderful changes coming!

As always, I love your beautiful knits! My goodness, all that gorgeous new yarn; I look forward to seeing what you knit up. I found time to knit after I had my son, and you will as well. I wish you and your family the most wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year! xoxo's Sandie🤗❄☃🎄

Me again Inga! I can remember the sweater you knitted for your brother last Christmas and wow! How quickly the year has gone! Love colours of yarn on the acquisition part definitely my shades as well! Hugs & xx 😘

Great video, and you look so lovely... Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Healthy New Year to you and all of your sweet family. God bless all.

Congratulations Inga, enjoy your time as a new mother and Happy New Year.

Happy Holidays! I’m so happy for you and your growing family. Your projects are inspiring as well as how fast you are. I hope next year I can knit more as you do

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I love your red dress. Merry Christmas to you and your family. The most wonderful day of your life is approaching. Looking at that sweet little girls face will change your life forever. What a wonderful time for you. It is a love like no other.

God Jul Inga! I love your knitted dress and you have inspired me to make the Miles shirt jacket in 2024.

Happy Christmas ❤ i am so happy to see you glowing and wish you the best of luck on your delivery for Nellie i hope all will be fine. Your projects for your family are looking very beautiful

Happy Holiday 🎄🎁🦌

It was so lovely to see you pop in for another excellent, interesting and inspiring episode. Thank you for sharing that time with us and I wish you both all the best for the birth of your precious Nellie ❤😃💖 Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year to you and yours 🎉🙌💝

I've recently knit the 243R-5 Damejakke 7 ny as my first steek and colourwork project, inspired by yours, and it turned out beautifully. A few days ago I wore it to my local yarn store and the employees were in love with it, I got many compliments and had very lovely interaction with them. I could never have done that knit without your videos, so thank you so much! God jul, joyeux Noël :)

Thanks so much for sharing Inga! I’m so looking forward to seeing what you decide to make with your advent and keeping my fingers crossed that you’re happy with the direction the colours are headed! 😂 Very best wishes to you and hope you manage to have a relaxing break beforehand ❤

Thank you for another great podcast. Wishing you a lovely holiday with your family.

Hi, thank you for podcast:) how always beautiful you:) I just want to say, you can draw a stocking sock blocker on cardboard, cut out and use for blocking:) can work out very well.

Inga, you look fantastic! Sending you all the health and happiness for your family. All the best, Kimberly

Inge, You make the most beautiful things. I even love your gingerbread needle stoppers. The joy you get from knitting shows and motivates my knitting, crocheting spirit. I am fairly new at all this and advancing. Curious as to how you became so talented. Did you take courses. I wish you the best for the holiday season and to the birth of your daughter. You will see the joy a child brings to your life.

Wow 🤩

Oh, that’s interesting that you can eat that head. 😬😂👍🏻 Best wishes for an amazing delivery. I can’t wait to see your beautiful baby girl. Merry Christmas! 🙏🎄💕

Pregnancy agrees either way you. Beautifully glowing!

Oh my gosh!! The checkerboard cookies! I've been baking exactly the same for the Holidays during nearly 20 years, and now my youngest son is doing them too! It's a favourite in our family! Love your red dress; you look positively radiant in that colour! I wish you an easy birth and a Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!

A very Merry Christmas to you ❤❤❤

That's A Really Cool Red Sweater That You're Wearing In The Video!

Thank you Inga, this episode was great. Sharing that clip at the end was enlightening & interesting. My imagination had dreamt up something different and completely incorrect about that meal before, lol.🎉

Inga, you look absolutely beautiful. I think your dress is lovely. I can see how excited you are about Nellie (sp?) I am excited for you. I cannot wait to see all the baby knits. Wishing you a very merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year.

39:41 I agree! I treasure my gift knits. They are so special ❤ also I instantly thought of Burberry as well when I saw your brothers cowl 😍 My Norwegian Grandmother made Potato Klubb for dinner and Lefse for breakfast. I miss those traditions! So it was fun seeing yours ❤

Merry Christmas to you and your family! These bended sock needles I am right now knitting on and they are my favorite . Happy knitting from Germany

Hi! There was a cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie on tv in the USA recently…story was based in Bergen, Norway! I felt like I got to go on a little vacation to your neck of the woods and it was sooo fun! Anyway, I’ll watch your podcast forever!! Merry Christmas!

Hello to you. Look forward to watching your podcasts Irene from Australia. Carnt wait for your Bub to be born. Hopefully after she is born we may get to view her. Very exciting for u and your partner Xx

Takk for alle flotte episoder fra deg i 2023 😍 ønsker deg et godt og spennende strikkeår for 2024 🎉

Takk for nok en fin episode... lykke til ned fødsel som nærmer seg.. god jul til deg..

Merry Christmas Inga, You look amazing as usual. Enjoy your Holidays and many blessings to you and your family.🎄

I really hope that the recipient loves that sweater that you are putting so much into! Your red dress looks great!and that shirt jacket will do just what you want I’m sure. It looks so snuggly.

You look great in red! Not long until you meet your baby girl. Enjoyed your podcast. Happy Holidays!

Have a lovely Christmas time, next year it will be with your daughter too 😀Enjoy the upcoming weeks until she is born. Life will change for the best!

In a recent podcast, #138, Fruity Knitting had extended interview/shop visit with the Knitting for Olive duo. Lots of kids' knits eye candy

Your podcasts and traditions are a beautiful subject for my evening for knitting. Thank you for your time. If your knitting time runs short, all you have to do is ask US, your friends, and we would happily make/gift Nelly.

Happy Holidays! The red dress is beautiful but maybe because it’s on the thinner side you could knit a long vest to go over it? The cookies were amazing but the sheep’s heads at the end definitely deserved the warning, lol.😊

It's bigger ! :D Happiness, made me smile. So nice if things turn out the way you want.

Merry Christmas 🎄 I hope all goes well having baby Nellie as it’s not long now! Thank you for your lovely podcast as Always! And hopefully we will see you soon! Yes I agree you don’t know what your capable of till you try! Happy new year 🥳 as well! Xx 💜🎄💜

Ihhh wonderful. I have not seen your videos for a while because I stopped knitting due to me back issues😢, but it's great to hear your baby news ❤❤❤❤❤

I used to love having a lamb's head for dinner. I don't eat meat any more for reasons of my own but boy was that special. I don't miss the taste but I miss the feeling. This was a meal truly shared.

Hello Inga and Merry Christmas to you. From my video the dress you wore today and the scarf you’re currently working on look like a beautiful combination. I’m fascinated by local foods and thanks for the sharing of this Norwegian tradition. It probably helps that we’re in the medical profession . The meal looked pretty yummy to me. 😂❤🎉, hugs, ClaudiaSJI

Craciun fericit🙏🏻

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope we see you again but will certainly understand if it ends up being a long time from now ☺

Thank you for this lovely Xmas episode. Loved you shared traditional sheep head, it look crazy but I believe it is delicious! I would love to try it one day soon. Have an amazing Christmas 🎄

Thank you for another beautiful podcast! I am so happy for you and think of you as your time to deliver your little baby girl approaches! May your birthing experience be what you want it to be and filled with so much joy and love! Until then, May you be blessed with a HUGE amount of knitting time! ♥️🐑♥️🐑♥️

Wonderful podcast😊 My husband’s aunt use to make a Norwegian cookie called Crowns of Norway…very flaky but delicious 😊

Beautiful projects and yarns. Lisa Chemery (Frogginette Knitting) has lovely patterns for children. Have a wonderful Christmas and enjoy getting ready for your little one. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Inga, Lovely podcast as usual. I bought some of that merino yarn from garnspecialisten and I experienced the stiff/hard and dry feeling of it. I hope that it will soften with washing. I knitted the pattern bergtjärn from järbo. It calls for a sport and it knitted up with gauge in the same needle size. Happy holidays and hope to see you soon.... if not I wish you good luck and cozy family time with the baby. 💕🎄🧶

What y a wonderful episode. I loved the sheep's heads! Never tried it, but I would absolutely try it in an instant! I wish you a very merry Christmas. Enjoy this last relaxed time 'alone' before your life changes completely! I hope Nelly waits till after the holidays! Merry Christmas from Virginia, USA

You look so lovely in this dress… what a beautiful wips and gifts you have… I wish you a Nice Christmas..

The scarf for Mateo doens't look like it needs blocking. I am glad you have such nice yarn to knit with. Thanks for sharing your traditions.

Re bulk and length, the concept you were searching for is “grist.” Wow, what a fun box of donated yarns! Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas 🎄 And thank you for not showing the sheep head dish.

Hi Inga, sorry only just catching up with podcasts from before and over Xmas and new year. Love your miles jacket, I can’t wait to see it finished and you wearing it, it will be so cosy and warm to wrap baby up in as well whilst you are carrying her. Have you thought about doing Nellie a baby soufflé by Laura Penrose, I can imagine that being very cute with the Drops knitted pants you mentioned in the brown yarn. Hope you are both ok. Take care. Xxx

I dream of making Swallow sweater from Maschenwunder I wish you a very merry Christmas🌲🌲🌲 and a special New Year. Thanks for all the nice blogs I have seen them all! Marjolein

I love the warning sign! 😂 Makes a lot of sense to eat the head, lots of meat on it! I hope you had a very Merry Christmas, Inga! I can’t wait to see Nellie when she is born! (If you choose to show us that is). All of your knitting is always so gorgeous. 💚❤️🎄

Hi Inga, very nice to see you again and still my favorite podcast. First, your new knitting needles remind me of flexiflips which I have just finished my first pair of socks on. It was some getting use to them but I liked them and will use them again. All your new yarns are beautiful as well as your knitted dress. Wishing you a very Warm and Merry Christmas 🎄 ❤Kathy

I have just begun watching this podcast and due to time I won’t finish it today, but Inga only the beginning is so worth it! Regarding the cowl I am soooo thankful it could be stretched🙏. It will fit! An the sweater is so great and together…., amazing! But I have one question as I learnt this pattern in another way. You change the colors in the vertical rows, knit a few stitches and than pearl one, doing that in distances as you like. And at the end when the verticals are ready you embroider or crochet knitting stitches over the pearled stitches. Oh 😂😂😂😂, you are speaking about this method using it in your Christmas stocking…. YOU KNOW IT AND YOU DON‘t LIKE IT😂😂😂😂. So funny as for me it’s a horror to do color work with more than two colors. But that’s the difference between us: you are a profi! Btw the stocking is so so so so unbelievable beautiful! In our family we sew those stockings, but knitting them….🤔, I think everybody could have two🙈. Yes, why do we put so much pressure on us😬? I have really no idea. Perhaps because Christmas always come so unexpectedly fast😉. Oh an I-cord-maker…., have never heart about it. Very interesting…. You maybe see, I like your projects…. And not only your projects! The way you are doing theses podcasts, your personality…. , sorry but I really love it! Don’t tell it to anybody please, but you are my favorite! I pray that we we can enjoy you sometimes when the baby is there. Probably not as often, but pleeeeaaaase don’t stop them🙏. Okay now….enough… I am now enjoying a bit more of that podcast. Must scroll back…., missed a lot…, not possible. As it is the first January today (6 a m in the morning🙈, but today this is allowed 😉) I would like to wish you and all your loved ones and the new small human who will be here soon a very happy and healthy NEW YEAR. Maybe the prices for heating will reduce. I know what you mean, I am German…🤨. But this is not the place to write about those things! Take care and peeeaaase stay happy and the person you are. Thanks a lot for all the happiness you have given to me doing those podcasts with all those nice projects. And please excuse my not so good English🙏. …. Okay…, another half an hour…, and the rest tomorrow🤗. Looking forward so much👋

I agree with your statement about KFO merino to some extend, however when you have knitted baby/kids clothes out of it a few times, you never go back. It holds up incredibly well! It does not pill at all and it is very light weight and soft/not itchy on the skin. My son has exema, and he can wear the KFO merino directly on the skin :)

Happy Christmas 🎄!!! The knitting ideas for Nellie (sorry if the spelling is wrong) look adorable. I wish I was into knitting when my four-year-old was littler, but there are still such cute things out there ☺️. Have the best Christmas and New Year! And congratulations again!!!! It's so exciting. Make sure you rest and take care of yourself. Happy knitting 💚🧶💚

How interesting! Do you normally just boil those sheep heads or cook them some other special way? We do eat sheep heads here in Kazakhstan. The head of the family decided which member of the family or guest gets which part of the head. All these parts have meaning, but mostly they convey respect to the eaters) Have a very nice Christmas, Inga!

Wow! The sheep’s head tradition is new to me. Very interesting how the whole head is displayed. I am guessing it tastes like lamb? You have done so well completing gift knits and WIPS- the nesting instinct on steroids- lol! Wishing you a lovely Christmas and safe delivery, if little Nellie decides on an early appearance. I am dream knitting the Fleur shawl by Espace Tricot in mohair, alpaca and silk, in between gift knits and advent socks.

Thank you so much for your wonderful podcast I love spending time with you and love our little "chats" : ) I would love to take that sweater (dress) off your hands!!! lol It's beautiful! Have a wonderful Christmas!

After your last podcast I purchased the yarn! My yarn has been stuck in France for the last five days! This will be my Christmas Eve cast on if it gets here in time! So excited! Guess what arrived today! So excited to cast this on tomorrow morning in the quiet!

Merry Christmas Inga this episode was such a blessing. Thank you for sharing.🎄🤍♥️ I organized my yarn stash and supplies today, and I feel peace and calm just knowing it’s all where it needs to be when I go looking for things 🧶 I’m casting on a Tecumseh sweater for knitting during the Christmas holidays. But first I have to finish two of my 3 WIPs before I do that.😊 have you seen the stranded color work blanket (worked in the round and then steeked at the end) Rams and Yowes by Kate Davies? I feel like that could be the perfect blanket for your daughter 🤎🐑🤍

I’m going to miss your videos while your out being a mommy. I’m excited for you and your boyfriend . You are going to be a great mommy! Congrats.

You're looking so Christmassy today 😍

God Jul til deg og dine, Inga. Kjolen du har på er nydelig. Du strikker så mye fint. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🎄🎁🤶🎅🕯

Have you seen those sweet cloud sweaters for kids? That super floofy skein would make lovely clouds on a sweater for Nelly.

I recently found a beautiful, soft, squishy merino that I'm using for child and baby knits from Laines Valgaudemar in France. Not to tempt you but maybe you would also like it. Hope you have a nice holiday and enjoy this time before your baby is here.

the first video came out 8 years ago in 2015 and i hope you continue many years

Your baby Nellie bump is beautiful, Inga and it looks amazing encased in your red dress!❤😂❤ As always your knitting is inspiring. 🎉🎉

You should wear red more often. It really looks good on you. Why don't you unravel the bottom and wear it as a sweater?

Hi I love your red dress 👗 the colour really suits you. You said that Nelly is due the end of January. I hope Nelly is born on my birthday 28th? Have a lovely Christmas .Love Joan xx Nottingham England

The dress you're wearing sounds like it works perfectly in your life right now with being shapeless enough to accommodate your bump and not being too warm. But you might never be able to destash it for it reminding you of being pregnant around Christmas from now on.

Koser meg veldig med episodene dine 🥰 Riktig god jul og godt nytt år til deg og dine 🤶🏻🌟 og masse lykke til med forestående fødsel ❤️👶🏻

I too am a selfish knitter. I don't mind (actually enjoy) knitting for others, but not on commission. I like knitting what I feel like knitting ( or occasionally crocheting) what I want when I want. I now turn down commissions.

I like that scarf. Did you do anything special et the beginning and ends of the rows? I haven’t watched in a while, your hair color looks great!

The cowl is almost like a plaid. Nice to go with the sweater, I don’t like matchy-matchy.

The red dress is stunning you’re just glowing all the best with the arrival of the little darling x😍

The reason why the Scandinavian languages are so Similar is because it's based on old German. When The German Language broke off into 3 parts and the Northern German went North to the Scandinavian Countries. My Grandfather who spoke Low German could understand my Swedish Family members.

Looking cute plumpy! Wish You the joyful weeks to wait her and best relaxed labour🤍! Biches et büches scarf is amaaazing, much Love and take care!💖

Hi ! If you have time could you please link the drops pattern for the tights you mentioned for children..? Would need those for my granddaughters … ❤thanks!

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About the stocking pattern - does the crochet add extra structure so that the stocking will stretch/sag less when it's full? I could see that being an intentional design feature, but it honestly sounds like such a pain I'd still skip it

Why not just dye the finished cream/white sweater that you're thinking of making for your daughter after you've finished knitting it? I remember you collected a bunch of vegetation last year (the year before??) that you intended to use for natural dyeing -- give it a shot!