Thrift Store Visit in Norway - Hunting for the Old Blind Lady Embroidery- by ARNE & CARLOS

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Today we take you on a trip to one of our local thrift stores. This is the exact store where Arne found the dead old blind ladies' second hand embroidery.
Finally we are able to bring you to a thrift store in Norway. And who knows, maybe we will find the origins of the dead old blind lady. We have talked about her and her embroidery for a while in our Sit and Knit for a Bit podcasts, and are very happy that we can finally show you where we found them.
We hope to inspire you to hunting for treasures in your local thrift store!
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@joygieseke581 Год назад

That thrift store looks like yet another excuse for a trip to Norway!

@knithappy Год назад

My thoughts exactly!!

@Ellie-qq9zm Год назад

I’m already dreaming of my future visit to Norway! I hope it’s soon!

@suzanrudulph4141 Год назад

Yes that would be lovely.

@paigemcmasters6520 Год назад

Im so proud of Arne finishing the projects he buys, As a lot of people just collect and never finish.

@lauraketteridge324 3 месяца назад

It's good to see projects being finished, and sometimes in unexpected ways. The question I have is, does Arne finish all the projects, or is he slowing building up a stash of projects others have started.

@angelacarnes2894 Год назад

I love the way Arne modernizes these old needlepoint canvases and gives them new life. I’d love to see a whole episode where he shows us how he design and picks the colors and background pattern to work with the original motif.

@asbisi Год назад

So beautiful and original. I love it!

@pegross8652 Год назад

Thank you for taking us along with you on your thrift store visit. I love the idea of Arne "saving" unfinished projects and giving them a new life. Wherever the lady/ladies is/are who started them, I'm sure she/they will be pleased!

@grumpy_poo Год назад

I am just knitting up wool I obtained from freecycle in UK. a half made project that someone got fed up of.. Lovely Aran sweater being resurrected....

@margaretyates4937 Год назад

What an interesting thrift shop I love it

@mariellouise1 Год назад

Love “Thrift Shopping with Arne and Carlos” ! Many more please!

@jmarieldavis2796 Год назад

This episode was like a Nancy Drew novel: The Mystery of the Unfinished Embroidery Projects! 😅 Hope you have a good trip in America. ❤❤❤

@glorias3838 Год назад

So fascinating to see the inside of a thrift shop in another country. Thank you

@catherinekhalili4412 Год назад

You take those sad, unfinished embroideries and give them a new and happy life!

@marciaclifford7107 Год назад

Thanks for taking us on your thrift shop trip. Honestly, I think your needlepoint/embroidery pieces come from several people, not just one. Glad you are giving them life.

@susanwhite6158 Год назад

My mother was an seamstress, taught me to knit & great with crafts. When we were selling items from house after my parents had both died, a stranger asked me if we had any unfinished embroidery for sale. We happily gifted it to her, pleased that my mother's work would be cared for by another. I really enjoyed & appreciated this episode 💖. Reminder of my darling Mother

@fwhite8348 Год назад

Loved that visit to the thrift store! How well maintained and organized the shop is; that demands a huge commitment. Arne, maybe you and Carlos will do a session to verbalize how you plan new background designs for the found pieces. How you determine the shapes, colors and whether you design as you stitch or put it on paper or computer first. I, for one, would love to hear you talk through your methodology. Both of you have such multifaceted talents. Well done today. Thank you for the glimpse into the village. You are appreciated!

@marshabanks665 Год назад

Arne's finished projects are such an improvement over what they would have originally been! I loved this episode. I think you should take us yarn shopping some time!

@gewoonselina3514 Год назад

I love it when Arne said: I think i have this but I think i take it....

@jodiealaoui7293 Год назад

I love thrifting, too! There’s just something special about giving an object a second chance. Arne’s finished embroidery is outstanding!! Just beautiful.

@grumpy_poo Год назад

OMG Arne.... I have little ( not so little) boxes and suitcases just like this... My socks are knitted from thrift shop wool finds... I can't leave stuff that someone has put their heart and soul into making.... I am there with you in that thrift shop... What a lovely place to pootle around.

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

It is!

@LizStevens-o6v 2 месяца назад

Love that these treasures get finished & you put your own style on them Arne. Thanks

@timothybeard2671 Год назад

It’s a mystery story and scavenger hunt all in one. We are intrigued and can’t wait to see the next installment. ❤

@sherryphillips1108 Год назад

I can't get my own projects finished, much less finishing someone else's. This is admirable!

@asbisi Год назад

I love, love, LOVE the pillows. They are little masterpieces.

@maryannlane2990 Год назад

Hey, Arne and Carlos!Don't assume the work was not done by a talented man. The best needlepoint I have ever seen was stitched by men. A famous American Football player, Rosie Greer, always won multiple prizes at the annual Los Angeles shows. In the 1980's, a lot of 'aerospace' men were laid off and several began to attend the workshops at local shops. They were masters at reading charts because they had written so much of the early computer coding and programming. I know a local man who works 5 hours a day at needlepoint that has such tiny stitches the completed piece looks as if it were a painting. Don't sell yourselves short. Just look at the creative juxtaposition of those soft cats basking amongst spiky hounds' teeth. Genius!

@ceoralandrist Год назад

“On this weeks episode: Watch as Arne &. Carlos are taken down by police for stalking in the bushes” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 ahhh love you both so much. You just absolutely brighten my day❤

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you!!

@TinaHale1 16 часов назад

My dad learnt to do embroidery whilst he was recuperating from TB in Liverpool 1956. I have a peacock which he completed and the back is as neat as the front❤️❤️

@karinanderson7319 Год назад

Arne, the Dead Old Blind lady would be so thrilled if she could see the beautiful way you have finished her work! Carlos, you were very self controlled and didn't buy a thing.😂 I would have grabbed the spinning wheel I saw at one point, as I've always wanted one. Thank you for taking us with you!

@terryroy945 Год назад

Arne & Carlos very very inspiring podcast ...Arne you are very gifted with your hands . Carlos I live way you support Arne creativity. Well done...💞💞💞💞💖💖💖

@user-hi3bh7iz2n Год назад

It’s so sweet you’re finishing these projects, Arne. Just think if that person knew you were doing this! They’d be so touched & honored.

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

We hope so.

@bluegrassdreams2seams510 Год назад

I remember thrift shopping every week. I started collecting crocheted pieces of lace. Then one day I found “The Lord’s Prayer” which had been crocheted and was probably used on the back of a chair, just safety pinned in place on the top of a recliner. Someone spent hours making this piece. I took it home… $5 find! I had it framed by some friends. So, Arne, I get this passion for old crafts🥰 I see her weathered hands crocheting this piece for her home. Cheryl

@carolinegetman2720 Год назад

It’s so nice to see Arne finish the embroidery so beautifully. Giving the article a second home❤️❤️

@cindys3397 Год назад

Your enthusiasm is infectious Arne! I love how you look at something discarded with your artist eye. And how you have time for all you do makes me wonder if you ever sleep?! Love the episode -was planning to knit and listen but it was too interesting!

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you so much Cindy!

@carolb.4837 Год назад

I too loved this episode. I live in the Far North of England and I love thrift shopping. I can tell you that the Blind / Dead old Lady has traveled to here too, even leaving her unfinished work in very similar baskets! Can I also say that I’ve spend hours searching for Scandinavian pottery……..now I know where it all is . Absolutely lovely. Many thanks,

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Maybe she is like Father Christmas!

@margaretmurphy9498 Год назад

I love how Arne delights in finding treasures. Then he's creative in finishing leftover projects

@ckmcdade Год назад

How fun to thrift with Arne and Carlos! What a delightful store ❤

@annaeriksson5065 Год назад

Ah the spinning Wheel….love Old spinningwheels.❤️

@judiemjacobson4613 3 месяца назад

When I lived in Hawaii I went to a thrift shop and found this beautiful crewel embroidery kit that wasn't done but all the yarn was with it. I finished it and just love it and have it framed in a cola wood frame with a blue matting and it is so beautiful. So fun to find things in a thrift store

@lindab34 Год назад

Please show more of these videos in the different towns you visit. So interesting. Arne, you paid so little for such lovely UFO's. Well done.

@annaaittauq3446 Год назад

Arne, your personality reminds me of my late father. ❤

@kathyffarney-keck8593 Год назад

That was fun. I went shopping and came home with all my money

@threadyourneedle595 Год назад

I watched your video and your assumption that the person giving these projects is either blind or dead is not strictly the only reason a person donates their collections to charity. I am a 79 year old lady that has done a lot of needlework over the years. I walk around my house and am very happy with everything I have done and that is hanging on my walls. I still do small projects but have lost interest and room for the large projects, so I have given all that away to our local hospital thrift shop. Also, I have taken over lots of needlework from ladies who have had to downsize or go into a care home. So, you see, lots of reasons for giving away the stuff you still love to do. But let me tell you it is very hard to give up your projects, finished or unfinished that you have lovingly collected (with great intentions to finish) over the years. I am very happy to see a person like you make something of these treasures. :-)

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you so much for your theory! We have had a few different theories during the year and we will add yours in the mix!

@bettybunney1463 Год назад

Another great podcast. Loved the thrift store. Arne, that is so good of you to finish the projects. They look beautiful. You are so talented.

@msskitty Год назад

I LOVE thrift store shopping!!! I can always find something I "need" for crafting!

@helenjowett7879 Год назад

That thrift shop looks amazing, Aladdin's cave! Such a great idea to finish canvases from there and probably saving some money too. And supporting a charity, win,win,win!

@cathyellis248 Год назад

Well done for finding embroideries to finish. I found a lovely hexagon, English paper piecing, unfinished quilt, which I finished. It gave me so much pleasure.

@paigemcmasters6520 Год назад

That is the cleanest thrift store Ive ever seen! I wish I was there!

@linsmith2310 Год назад

Arne I'm Happy U got all them Joy's too Enjoy and Do, Finish, Great Job adding Ur Touch too all!!!

@amberkostuchenko3427 Год назад

What a lovely little store! When you decide to do an "Arne and Carlos Thrift Store Tour," please sign me up! 😉

@robincapuano8216 Год назад

Thank you, enjoyed this one very much. Lots of giggles about mystery lady. 😄

@lindav1403 Год назад

Especially enjoyed this video - haven't thrifted or been antiquing since Covid, and I forgot how much I missed it! Old needlework supplies, patterns and UFOs are my favorite thing to look for (pretty dishes are second). I'm sure the dead old blind lady would be thrilled to know her precious UFOs went to someone who appreciated and will finish them. ♥

@cathypearson1889 Год назад

I've been watching you a long time. It's interesting to see Arne's thought process when he's thrift shopping. I loved Carlos' shock and horror at Arne's suitcase!

@catherinegoser4817 Год назад

That is one of the most beautiful thrift shops I have ever seen!

@sarah-janeireland157 Год назад

I loved this episode, thrift shopping with both of you is such fun! Those embroidery finds are such treasures Arne. More thrift shopping trips please! 🧶🧵🍂

@nancyhorne-clare2945 Год назад

Oh my what beautiful finds. I especially like the cats.

@DarcieGlam Год назад

I went a little crazy buying counted cross stitch kits when I lived in Denmark back in the 70's. I absolutely loved the look but then found I had no patience for all those teeny tiny itty bitty little x's lol. My sister in law finished them for me. I LOVE your houndstooth pillow - so clever and beautiful!

@annesfeltedfriends Год назад

Love to watch you thrift shop!

@susantreston2589 Год назад

Plus…LOVE the pillows

@22CHILLI Год назад

Cat pillow is beautiful

@glennybarkedalot4572 Год назад

Yay! This was an awesome episode! I love Arne’s needlepoint projects! It was so fun to go thrifting with you guys!

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you for tagging along!

@gailengstrom Год назад

Arne, I was glad to see you admit that the enormous unfinished canvas was ‘a bit much’, don’t forget about tennis elbow 😊

@sylvieepinette250 Год назад

I love seing you thrifting i would love to watch more shopping videos

@gailgaddy5340 Год назад

Oh I loved the thrift store trip. I do that a lot also. Arne finishes them so nicely. Thanks for taking us along.😊

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you for joining!

@lesleybaker29 Год назад

What a lovely modern twist to finishing the tapestries with a geometric pattern x

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you!

@karinlease3544 Год назад

You need to put up one of those wildlife cameras outside the thrift store!

@sheilasweet7658 Год назад

Arne you are an inspiration in finishing those projects!

@lornamikkelson5690 Год назад

Yes please many more! This was so nice. Just an FYI Arne, Dolly Pardon was just honored into the Hall of Fame last night....totally deserving.

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

❤️

@ingeleonora-denouden6222 Год назад

You are lucky to have that thrift store close by! Low prices and lots of unfinished embroideries (and yarns). If I find nice yarn at the thrift store here, I buy it too, but I never found interesting UFOs. Maybe the 'lady' wasn't blind or dead, but she got bored ... Once I started such a printed-canvas-embroidery, I embroidered the nice little birds ... and then stopped. It was hidden in a drawer for decades until I rediscovered it. Then I tried finishing it, but the yarn wasn't with it and I could not buy the exact same colour anymore

@ingeleonora-denouden6222 Год назад

If that was the case, she was young and got bored and then didn't finish it ... then she might still be alive and well and even watching your video! ;-)

@cathydavis3109 Год назад

I love the way you finish off those projects Arne and that’s a really nice Thrift shop .

@pennypark9070 Год назад

That has to be the tidiest charity shop ever! No wonder you visit as often as you can. Happy thrifting. xx

@ingridibBerland Год назад

Thank you both for the visit to your local thrift store. Fantastic embroidery you are doing tothe half finished pieces. Take uswith you again

@michelemurnane2834 Год назад

They are all beautiful to Arne!

@diane9060 Год назад

❤❤ thrift shopping and try to stop at every thrift store we go by!

@michelemurnane2834 Год назад

I love the kitty pillow.

@alisonkenworthy878 Год назад

A impressive thrift store wow !

@eastlynburkholder3559 Год назад

I am like Arne when crafting "...but I changed it." Not just other people's projects but my own plans I will change it.

@angelairenaable Год назад

great charity shop and I love the way you put your own stamp on the projects

@cherylg.813 Год назад

Thank you for taking us shopping with you! Hope you are enjoying your time in the USA and get a chance to rest and relax. ❤️😘

@marylt Год назад

This might have been your best episode ever - can't wait for more thrift shop content!

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you so much, we are trying out new content and so far so good!

@daisyroe5372 Год назад

...not if she's dead. This made me laugh. Thank you for all that you share. Love your.

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you!

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

It is a treat.

@janchow88 Год назад

This is recycling at its best. Great for the planet. I’m going to have to thrift shop too. One never knows what treasures can be found. ❤

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

That is so true!

@normascheidecker1917 Год назад

Thanks for finishing up projects left undone - a great way to repurpose. Enjoyed your shopping.

@dorindacontreras1094 Год назад

😂😂😂😂 what a wonderful episode!!!! Arne and Carlos Holmes!!!!

@karencondon2003 Год назад

LOVE the horses ❤

@glennissalls4734 Год назад

I love thrift shopping. Your local shop has some beautiful things.

@mbmochinski Год назад

I'm watching this video for the second time! I know that look of glee you have on your face Carlos, when you reveal the needlework piece. I get that same feeling! But I have so many projects that I've banned myself from thrift stores! I create totes and bags and What I've done with partially completed cotton pieces with stamped embroidery is use the piece in the front of the bag as a focal piece, along with doilies, etc. the buyer can complete the embroidery or keep it as it is, because it's beautiful just as it is. Love your videos Carlos and Arne, and watching them makes me feel close to my grandmother as her parents immigrated from Norway and she did all the crafts you two do. 😀

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Your totes sound very nice, a great way to upcycle items

@macsmiffy2197 Год назад

Watching this whilst working on cross stitching I bought a year ago. I don’t know how Arne gets so much done. 👏🏻😻

@blasebaker Год назад

How fun to go thrift shopping with you guys. Thanks.

@crystalwright1504 Год назад

What fun!! I started out thinking "Hmmm, I wonder how many Arne will find?" Then I ended wondering "How many will Arne not buy?" It was fun tagging along!

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you for joining Crystal!

@nicolelafontaine1720 Год назад

Lovely pre-loved objects !

@michelemurnane2834 Год назад

I love the scenic pieces.

@kathrynbunton4429 Год назад

thank you both for taking us on your thrift shop tour. Nice to get an insight in to what treasures to find in a Norwegian thrift shop. I loved the spinning wheel. I have a Norwegian wheel that was made here in Christchurch, NZ. I'm a self confessed wool hoarding spinner! Loved watching Arne in the thrift shopping mode, hunting for a bargain!

@joyl.7970 Год назад

Love this so much! The new take on backgrounds totally upgrades the projects.

@calypso13100 Год назад

Carlos speaking of the mystery lady: It would be fun to meet her one day. Arne: Not if she's dead 🤣🤣🤣 You guys always make me laugh and smile. Thank you for sharing the awesome trip to the thrift store it was fun!

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

Thank you for tagging along Jean Marie!

@carmenbailey1560 Год назад

It’s nice that there are people out there that enjoy finishing off someone’s unfinished projects. I hope that if someday I pass before a quilting project is completed, that there will be someone like Arne to take it up to the finish line. Thanks for sharing with us. 👍❤️😊

@barbarabryan-wilson8629 Год назад

I love what you have done with the unfinished projects. If the lady is still alive and can see she wil love what you have done with her things. I hope you find her❤❤❤❤

@Jessesmom12 Год назад

I too have finished some projects for family members. Someday two very elderly gentlemen may leave a treasure trove behind also!🌸💕

@ARNECARLOS Год назад

True!

@kellysherrard257 Год назад

Your cat pillow is priceless

@michellehenderson2773 Год назад

Arne I love thrift shops your not the only one I buy yarn anything needlecraft I'm there, I loved it you got some great things 😊

@annebarnett4766 Год назад

I love thrift shopping too!

@suedale1865 Год назад

Arne you have the aptitude for searching out dead peoples projects to finish ❤ I just love you for that 🥰 Giving the world precious projects a new life You are a star ⭐️

@barbaraklaser3681 Год назад

What a lovely thing to do with those unfinished projects someone started. I wish they knew that someone was finishing them.

@lisas7025 Год назад

Loved this trip to the thrift shop with you both. I love that Arne takes these unfinished projects and gives them new life with his own ideas to finish them. I look forward to seeing more of your trips to the thrift shops and what treasures you find.