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Raheli is a creative problem solver and fiber-lover in the Hudson Valley. She sews, knits, mends, spins, homesteads and writes, all while trying to get outside a little more often. (She/her) Read More…

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Sheep!

Welcome to our homestead, my dear sheep. Three ewes and a ram joined us yesterday, relocating ... View Post

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Jim came home from a conference in Seville, Spain, and his stories & pictures got me thinking ... View Post

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A week ago I was wandering through old houses, imagining what life would be like in living on the coast of Denmark 300 years ago. I got to talk to knowledgeable women about fiber crafts, both modern and ancient. There was an older woman there who didn’t speak English, and we still managed to laugh together about mending the knees in kid’s pants (she had some mending samples out, and I did a lot of pantomiming). 📷: @jimharper23

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I have been stitching while on my travels...
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This is a train seat - when we were on our way to the airport. I loved the way one pattern revealed another — the as the blue threads wore out.

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The Danes are serious about gin and tonic - mine had sage and raspberries along with locally made gin, Jim’s had lemon and licorice root, another with a different local gin. The flavors were so fascinating. I clearly need to up my game. I was thinking of infusing my own gin - anyone tried that before?

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This is from a dreamy evening spent in a courtyard beer garden. I have a special love of courtyards, and Copenhagen is full of these hidden spaces. We sat near one of the of heaters, and there were blankets on the benches, so we stayed pretty comfortable even though it was only around 45F.

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We didn’t have kids with us in Copenhagen, but it’s hard not to admire the awesome playgrounds around the city. The hill behind this playground is actually a gymnasium that is covered with a green roof a you can see the concrete entryway behind the playhouses. You can’t see any of this from the street - it’s behind apartments. We were just wandering around alleys and found ourselves here.

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I got the chance to talk to the weavers at the Fridlandmusset and we chatted about looms, natural dyeing and mending. They even demonstrated brikvæving, or tablet weaving, a fascinating ancient method of weaving and twining used during the Viking times to make belts and decorative ribbons. They were tensioning the work with one end hooked around their waist, and the other end on a hook in the wall (like a back strap loom). I have already found more info online and am excited to try this at home.

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I loved seeing these lifesaving devices all along the canals in Malmo. It makes me think that the waters are full of people in the summer, turning everything into a swimming hole.

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In the Malmö Museer restaurant, there was old automat food servers. 10 öre for a piece of pie, and get your lager öl, pilsner öl or porter at the fountain. You could pay 75 öre for the entree, which was two kinds of roasted fish. I would guess that it was fashionable for luncheon a hundred years ago.

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