Off Grid Life | Winter day at the homestead
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2019
- Episode fifty-one, in which we're shoveling snow and doing some slöjd.
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This is a vlog about our struggles and joys of living off the grid in the forests of Jämtland, Sweden.
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A needlebinding video, if enough of you think that we should make a tutorial about this maybe we will :) It's a lot of work to make a good tutorial. But search for other videos as well to get a broader picture
• Nålbinding - Learning...
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Yes please a tutorial about the needle work, that would be great. Selling stuff from your farm made by you would be a great idea. You'll get there, I'm sure. All the best👍
Then we will make a tutorial for sure! :D We will certainly think further on that idea, some day! :D
@@Talasbuan I just recently knitted the Bobble Sheep Pillow (pattern is free on purlsoho site) and was getting my knitted sheep tail shape from your sheep. .... Lol! Every time I watch your vids I see all that wool walking around, ready to be pulled and veggie dyed for great things....lol! If you learn how to do the knit stitch and the purl stitch in knitting you will be able to do any knitting pattern your heart desires. With youtube and Ravelry anything is possible. My hubby made me a nalbinding needle out of a thorn off of the thorn trees that grow wild here. You inspire me to use it to learn the art. Love the coloring of your little intro squirrel....we don't have such vibrant red squirrels in East Texas. Lov your vids and your wood carvings...excellent.
@@Talasbuan "felting" is the term in English for the technique of using friction with moisture to bind the wool fibres of the yarn - its the same thing that happens to the matted wool you clipped from your sheep and used in making boiled-wool slippers, hats vests that Alpine cultures wear
@@clarekrishan1597 I learned that when joining yarns like she did, it is called wet (or spit) splicing, and I just learned last week that I can do it with plied yarn, not just single yarn.
Love the sheep kisses!!
Yeah, they are such lovely creatures!
I love listening to the back and forth from English to Swedish. Hearing such a beautiful language is amazing.
😅😮 is
Cant wait to see all the babies next year. Sheep and human 😄 God bless ❤
Its gonna be a busy spring ;D
Treating animals with love and respect says much about a persons good character. God bless animal lovers and off grid people. Your videos are inspiring and rank number one in my book. Keep up the good work.
sorry to be so off topic but does any of you know of a method to get back into an Instagram account??
I somehow lost my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Moses Ivan instablaster ;)
@Iker Alfonso I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Iker Alfonso It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thanks so much you saved my ass!
@Moses Ivan glad I could help =)
Adorable. What a beautiful relationship with his animals and wife. Very touching. Absolutely gorgeous!
Such a lovely friendly sheep. I love the pace of your vlogs, it's a nice change from the majority of UA-cam fast paced vlogs.
Thank you so much!
Yes please for needle binding tutorial, it looks amazing.
Then we will make one of course! :D
You guys are such sweet people!
Thank you so much! :D
I'm an American born Swede my grandpa came here from Sweden as a child 🇸🇪 I've only just found your page by chance and I'm so glad i did! My hubby and I are getting caught up on all of your videos right now and we love it! This is actually the dream life we have been talking about for many years and we are learning a lot from your page and we have fun learning new things. My husband and I are both pretty well educated and experienced in many things so it's nice to see the many amazing things you both do. It seems like there's nothing you two can't do so far and is very impressive. It's such a breath of fresh air to see a young couple actually living and experiencing real life instead of listening to the fake and ignorant medias and news outlets spreading unnecessary fears and biases. I love that you both are so teachable and open to learning about things and how humble and grateful you both are. There's so much love and compassion and clearly so intelligent and i love that even more. It shows in your well behaved animals and your ability to be honest rather than try to boast about yourselves. Your animals are clearly well loved and cared for and when you are slaughtering for food it's done respectively and honorably. You both remind me of my husband and I so i feel very connected to you. I would love to see you make a dala horse to put abovev your farstu and i would purchase many of them from you if you start to make some! My grandpa used to but he's very old now and his rhumatoid arthritis is too bad now to make them but i have many i would love to buy genuine ones for as well as our own home too. Also my only critique i guess you could say is that i would love to either recommend or chat with you about the fascinating truth of plastics and the amazing microorganisms that eat them and break them down and what most plastics really are made of and the misconceptions about them. I guess that's not really a critique more like a comment about that lol. But it's a fascinating subject to me and so i think you might think so too if you know the right places to look where it's not biased and ridden with the money making lies usually being spitted out these days lol. Anyway wonderful vlog so far looking forward to seeing the rest and up to date! Thank you so much for not adding political opinions in your vlog too it's so nice to see and hear normal people just living life! I hope someday America can be normal like that too where everyone can just live their lives and become decent people. God bless! 🙏
Stieg was hilarious!! Only ONE thing on his mind!!
You guys are so self sufficient and really creative.
Steve with the ladies was so funny. They didn't look impressed :-)
In English the felting (joining) of two ends of wool is called spit-splicing! Nettle fibre is very, very soft and silky, quite strong, but almost as soft as silk. I made some once and am really pleased to see that it is having a revival.
Lastly, I wanted to say that I have been following your vlog almost since you started. Lately I have been unwell with some depression and re-watching all your vlogs has been part of my evening ritual to take care of myself. I grew up on a small holding (homestead) but now live in a huge city. Watching your vlogs reminds me that I need to grow things and make things and be with animals to be a healthy human. So thank you for your work, for me it has been almost life-saving x
Yeah, Stig didn't impress them in the beginning, but they seem to like him better now :D Im so happy that our vlog can give you some peace and memories, we know how it is to feel unwell in depression or fatigue and its hard. I hope that you will recover soon! Thank you so much for your kind words. Wish you a bright and sunny weekend! /Tova
I love that you express gratitude to your new patrons in each vlog.
How he loves his sheep made me smile so big. Omgoodness
It would be cool to watch some videos of you guys speaking swedish.. subtitled in english. Keep up with the great job
I LOVED the ending with the sheep! I want some sheep too! :)
They are funny creatures for sure ;D
I believe the word in English for joining the yarn tails together is felting - a felted join.
Yes it would be interesting to see a tutorial of that kind of knotting
Thank you for your lovely videos
Then we will try to make one :D
So nice to have a stream close for water
Your chickens look like a moving piece of artwork. One big WOW! 🌿🍃🟢🍃🌿
There is a Hungarian folk tale where a girl has to make twelve shirts out of nettles, in order to save her brothers turned into birds.
Read a fantasy book with this story! /Tova
This is the first of your videos I have watched. You have created a magical life for yourselves and all those around you and i can only wish the best to you. Going this path is not easy as it goes against the cultural norm. You are rich in life so you will make it through the short money times. Just continue to follow your hearts and it will always guide you to the right place.
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words!
You guys are very humble: Words to Patrons, like "proud" and "thankful" speak volumes for your attitude and views. You guys are role models for creators, and will be very successful. Keep it up and thank you!
I think that you guys a little to often ask for money and that I do not like
You have such a relaxed atmosphere... very pleasant! I very like your vlogs and blog! :)
Thank you so much!
I just bought the same carving knife to learn how to whittle. That would be a great video. A how to whittle.
I finally realized what I love about watching y'all! I get to actually WATCH y'all! I love when there is talk but it's so nice to just watch y'all do your activities! I never can really commit fully to channels cuz I get so tired of just hearing them talk so much! I think they just enjoy the sound of their voice🙄 Y'all are wonderful! Absolutely the best channel I'm subscribed to! Love from south Louisiana!❤️❤️
You have to do a video once of how to knit the viking way. It will be very interesting and many people will use it. Believe me. But make sure is a good video
Then we will try to do a good one, will start plan the script :D /Tova
Really enjoyed this video. I'm a spinner, knitter, weaver, and have always wanted to learn Nålebinding and whittle some needles but I haven't had time yet. If you make a tutorial I would love to watch. In English when you felt the yarn together to make it stick it's called "fulling". Fulling is basically felting but with a spun or woven or knitted fabric to make the fibers bind together. The yellow + green is lovely!
You inspire us to go back in the nature again. Love from UK
You are wonderful. Yesterday I discovered and hate your films, all. You have a very good energy, an atmosphere and an amazing beauty of nature but also yours as humans.
Thanks for the great video.. Never knew about Nalbinding - So I watched some utubes on it, and this morning my hubby made me a needle/shuttle, and I will be trying my hand. Thanks for sharing.. Tova- Something new to me :) since I spin, It is much how spinning works.. (But I don't spit-LOL) I am excited. Winters are a find time to work on those kind of projects. Mathias, your carving project is beautiful as well. Thanks for sharing you Winter's Day..
Oh- Beautiful camera work... Love your "New Beginnings" video.. Your combination of homecrafting for the baby is lovely!. Nothing but the finest...
New(ish) sub here catching up, Tova's needlebinding is so pretty and so interesting to watch her; you two are like watching a couple from hundreds of years ago, your lifestyle, the cabin, the natural textures and setting, the low-candlelight. I hope you succeed on your quest to make your homestead and life all that you imagine and work so hard to sustain. Much love ❤️
Lol the ladies want to be wined & dined 1st! 🤣, lol poor Steve, that’s what I’m calling him
Hello from Melbourne, Australia , I love watching your beautiful winter vlogs when we are experiencing very hot weather (37 degrees/98.6 fahrenheit with a hot north wind today.
I knit and crochet and really enjoyed hearing about your wool and needle binding method, very interesting. A vlog on how to do it would be fabulous.
I also love the vlog A Wooden Nest, she dyes natural Fibres with nature dyes, her vlog like yours I find very relaxing.
Congratulations on your news, how wonderful, Kathy xx
Hi Kathy, im glad if we can cool you down a bit with our videos! :D We will absolutely make a video about the needle binding technique, its such a fun way to make things! Thank you so much, its very exciting and unreal! /Tova
All the Best !
In Canada, we call that kind of hat a "touque". I'd love to see a tutorial on nalbinding. Finding the nalbinding needles to do it here in North America is difficult (idea for wood working). I found out about you guys because of Lindsay at "The Wooden Nest". Hope that you win the contest!
Funny word, toque! We will make a tutorial for sure, and the needles are very easy to make either from wood or from preferably a bone, mine are made from bone from a moose, the front bone of the leg are the strongest! Thank you so much!
I love how relaxing this channel is. 💕
Thank you, im glad you like it!
Thanks for this great video ! I love the atmosphear ! ( not quite sure of the spelling ! 😉) and yes I see and know what a hell amont of work that is. I love the kindness you treat your animals with.
Felting the yarn together is much easier if you spread out both end of yarn like a fan over lap them , fold it over each other then spit it up and roll. work with the characteristics of wool. Have you considered processing your own yarn? Yes, there are needlebinding videos but I am sticking with knitting and spinning. With cracked bowls, if it happens at the rim you can artfully make the crack into yarn ball bowl. Your whittling could make some gorgeous spindles both top and bottom whorl. I understand poverty,3yrs of fatigue and weakness not being able to work, doesn't look treatable . When I can't do what I used to do I do what I can with the cheapest things I already have. Good luck.
Yes, I split them some before wetting and rolling, this yarn is incredible easy to felt so it doesn't need much persuasion :D Mathias has started to comb our own wool and have dried some wood to make a spindle, so i guess we will try it as soon as the spindle are done :) I also want to make more felting with our wool, making blankets and such. Fatigue are a real big problem, I wish you health and calm, have a lovely weekend! /Tova
I loved this video so much! Beautiful and artistic as always, but even in a more special way somehow. It is like we are becoming friends.
Thank you Cheryl
Cheryl, I had the very same feeling! Kept thinking "by far, this is my most favorite video!" Exception, of course, is the new 3 minute video announcement.
I would love to see a tutorial on the Viking needle craft. I sew, knit and crochet but am always happy to learn a new handicraft, particularly when it is so ancient.
We have friends who live on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland, and they weave beautiful rugs from the fleeces of their own and other people’s sheep. They have a croft (smallholding/homestead). The fleeces arrive in bags just as they come from the sheep and Chris spins the raw wool then washes it with organic soap before weaving it on old looms that Andrew renovates. Chris also tells great stories about their animals. I think you two would appreciate much about the life they lead.
I like this intimate video of your day outside and hanging out after talking , having drinks etc.. great video !
Thank you so much Joe, we are glad you liked it!
I enjoyed hearing about the needle binding. Very interesting. You are both so well educated. I’m enjoying your channel so much!
Your all so refreshing, thank you kindly! Love and healing light to all!👁💜👁Blessed Be!
Beautiful video, the introduction of the new ram to the ladies made me laugh, thank you.
I would love a tutorial!! I've been knitting and crocheting on and off for years but it's really hard on my hands because I have arthritis, this seems like something my hands could handle though. It's also gorgeous
Then we will make one, I hope its a technique that are nice to your hands! And you are right, its really beautiful and easy when you get a hang of it :) /Tova
Always a pleasure to tune into one of your videos. Looks like winter has hit. Must be cold there. That snow looked light and fluffy. I just love the rabbit cages. Loved by all your animals. Just the way I like it. Have a great night and stay warm you two..
Thank you so much! Its not so cold right now, maybe -7 C or something, quite pleasant ! But it hit us early this year, so much snow! Have a wonderful weekend!
Your snow is very beautiful!!
I hope you will win the competition.
When I first saw Mathias' hat several episodes ago, I suspected it was nålbound. I am so delighted to see you explain it. I made a nålbound hat a few years ago with Oslo stitch. It's the only item I have made. A couple weeks ago I actually put a nålbindning needle on my Christmas wish list after seeing that hat.
the technique to make wool wet and then rub it so it sticks together like a rasta lock is called felting! this needlebinding looks interesting!
If you build a box that your sheep water trough can fit Into and keep it filled with raw chicken and sheep manure under the bottom and around the sides of the water trough it should heat up from the composting process and keep your water thawed.
love from Czech Republic
I have just subscribed and I am loving your videos!! I live in Canada so understand winter and the work that goes along with animals. We too have chickens, ponies, dogs and cats. Our life is not as remote as your so I love watching how you cope with life in the winter with so many dark hours in such a tiny home. Blessing to you from canada❤️❤️🇨🇦❤️
Your videos are always lovely and calm. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Thank you so much!
I loved to learn about that needling technique! I'm a knitter and it looks like it will make a lovely fabric! The method to connect two strands of yarn together is called 'spit splicing' but the action is to 'felt' the yarns together
Thank you so much! We will definitely do a needle binding video as soon as we are able, need to find some facts and write down a good script first :D
Ahh, so sorry Tova on the job layoff. I hope everything works out for the best there.
It’s so fun watching you two work at the table with your projects. I would love to learn more about the needlebinding if you are up for making a video. It looks like it makes such a good, sturdy fabric. Beautiful texture, too.
And yes! I had a feeling some of the folks from the knitting community would love your channel. Such beautiful work. I have no doubt you will be successful. 🖤
Thank you, its sad because the loss of income but at the same time I feel relieved because my bosses where terrible! I also like the prospect of not getting up at 4.40 am every morning ;) Im sadly not an early bird person. We will absolutely make a tutorial, just need to collect some information first so we can make it a good one! Such a wonderful technique ! Have a lovely week! /Tova
Your guys land is very beautiful very lucky to be living off the land. Good luck guys
I have been taught to start Nalbinding from the top of the hat. I spin, weave and crochet.
Yes, you can do that also, im not sure why we always start from the bottom. You have a lot of knowledge then! :)
You all are so amazing!
I got hooked to this channel! It's so relaxing. Keep up with the good work!
Beautiful wonderland , I love your video so relaxing to watch 👍❤️
Yes, needlework, tuğba technique, beautiful, best wishes👍
I so love your videos. I’ll start sharing them too. Thank you!
This saved me time in trying to figure this out. Thanks much!
So nice :) you bring them food for the winter 🥶 time
Put some apple cider vinegar in water to stop it freezing as much
gotta love it ! thick heavy warm and wind resistant especially if you spin your own yarn
Steve is the man and a handsome one at that!!
Looking forward to next vlog..Love the things you make.Yes its tough not getting a permanent work.Hope you get lots more of Patreons.But dont stress it will only get better.Enjoy the snow.
Thank you so much Tessa, it can be hard to find work you want where I live, its kind of a limited offering, we are keeping our heads up! Have a lovely weekend!
love your sheeps - beautiful breed!
I really love and enjoy your content!! Tutorials on any traditional handicrafts would be so nice!
Wow you make your own hats!! That's so awesome! I would love to see that technique. And whenever you make something with your own wool I'd love to see the process from your wool into a hat (for example).
I love your videos guys, you are really inspiring. It's my dream to have, one day, a farm with cows and chickens... Thank you so much for sharing your videos and experience!! Videoing and editing seems really hard but you guys are doing a really good job. Lots of love!!
I am definitely interested in learning this stitch!!!
Thank you so much for introducing nålbinding. I'm now working away at learning from UA-cam tutorials. I would love a tutorial from you. Mine are getting better, but by about 4" I mess up!
I love your vlog !! It is so interesting and artistically made !!
I believe you can use tarp above chicken shed ,the one you were cleaning at the beginning of the video.
Will help you a lot.
We always enjoy your videos. We lived in Maine USA and mostly miss the snow. Our homestead is in Northern Arizona USA, 60 miles from the Grand Canyon. Our home is one mile in elevation, so we often get a little snow in the winter. We hope your winter is uneventful and enjoyable for you.
Thank you so much! Yeah i guess the weather are a bit different between maine and arizona! Cool place though, the grand canyon! :D
Talasbuan 👍
I love you guys 🥰🥰
Aww, thank you!
18 min - felting is when wool adheres to itself. Historically saddle blankets became "felt" as the woven , wool blanket experienced friction from the saddle moving between and horses back and heat from the animal.
I’d love to learn how to make a hat like you’re making. I can relate to the shoveling, we get a lot of snow here in Canada❄️
Then we will make a video about it for sure! :D Yeah, and now when it got warm again it all fell off the roof, and that was real heavy to shovel away, the joys of winter huh?! ;D
turning the bag inside out to dry the wood,
ive never heard of this before,
my father late was old school shipright he would have known,
i should have taken more notice. but joined the army instead.
many thanks for this information
Joining to ends of wool that way is felting. I am teaching my self Nalbinding.
You 2 are so humble and down to earth! It looks beautiful with the snow, but I would hibernate all winter, I get cold just watching. God bless you and give you all the support you need! Unfortunately I don't have a job that gives me an income.
Thank you so much for your kind words, moral support are as important!
@@Talasbuan you have my moral support and my prayers!
New to your channel, really enjoyable, thank you for the upload....good luck with everything.
Thank you so much Mark!
This was a beautiful video! Lots of terrific scenery! I grew up in Louisiana, so I'm a romantic about the snow. I rent on a homestead location and have horses and a garden, but I'd like to have poultry and dairy sheep too.... on my own land one day. I really like your mangers (shelter) and feeders for the sheep. Good job making them pretty too, and fitting with cabin scenery. In the US, most people set up the cheapest and ugliest livestock shelters, etc...
Yes, please make a small video on needlebinding ❤️
That we will do! :D Its such a fun way to make things! /Tova
Enjoyed this video. Hope you win the contest.
I don't knit or crotchet but would still love to see the needlebinding. It's so calming to watch somebody knitting or doing some type of needle work with their hands. Learning about something new that I've never seen before is always interesting. That buck is super cute! He seems gentle & sweet. And your old dog, I just want to HUG - such a sweet face and face color pattern. Warm regards & best wishes to you both!
We will try to make a video about it, its like you said, very soothing to work with your hands! All that we miss now is an open fire to do it infront of! Mysak is a beautiful old dog, a bit grumpy old man of course ;) Wish you a lovely weekend! /Tova
Best of luck guys ❤️ i hope u will win the competitions
The needlebinding is very interesting!
Love your channel. Sure hope you win the competition. You deserve it and more. Congrats!
Thank you! Sadly we didn't. We didn't have any expectations either so it wasn't that bad. But it would sure have been nice to not have to worry about money all the time.
Wetting the wool and rubbing is called felting. As always enjoy your vlogs!
Thank you so much!
This is my first visit to your channel and I really enjoyed the visit. New subscriber from Mobile, Alabama USA.
Thank you so much Victoria!
It’s so funny how out of place the plastic bag looks in your house :)
Oh, yes, I am also interessted about the needlework, show us please how th do it!!!! THanks!!!
It is so calming and alarming at the same time. I have the great respect for you and your partner. Your voice tone and trend make you clips so easy to watch and almost sad when the clip is done. It so different from the environment I live in. Money dictates everything even love. Just so hear and see how you handle these situations are example to all of us. I live in Africa our money is not worth very much but I know for one or two dollars I will be able to chip in and will do so. Thanks for the most relaxing videos on the Internet
Filming wildlife, without a hide for your competition, ive just recived a waterproof growbag,
it has a oppening to poke a lense through,
getting good shots of robbins at the moment
Great video