Sit and Knit for a Bit on a Sunday - episode 11 - ARNE & CARLOS
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Hi everyone, we are back for another episode of "Sit and Knit for a Bit on a Sunday."
Although knitting is our passion, our podcast is about more than just needles and yarn. We're designers with a background in fashion, collaborating with Rowan for nearly a decade.
Today, we discuss our latest projects, including fabric design and home renovations.
Living in an old train station in Norway presents challenges, like limited storage and space. We're currently building an extension, adding a much-needed second bathroom and a cozy tower room with picturesque views. This room will serve as a creative sanctuary for Arne, complete with ample storage and a workspace.
Our laundry room redesign is another exciting project. Opting for a simple, functional design, we're inspired by vintage fabrics and DIY solutions. Forget pricey cabinets; we're crafting shelves and curtains for a personalized touch at a fraction of the cost.
Join us as we share our vision for each space and discuss the joys (and frustrations) of home improvement. Plus, we'll update you on thrift store finds and our thrifty approach to furnishing our unique home. Don't miss out on the fun - tune in to our podcast for inspiration and laughs!
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The laundry room will be a very practical addition. I have no doubt that with his natural eye for style, Carlos will do a remarkable job with the space . I love the sound of Arne’ s
Tower. Sounds very charming with gorgeous vistas all around. A place Arne will surly make his own mark !!
Thanks for your company on a dreary Sunday.❤xx
I would love to see a tutorial on how you connect crochet squares together, and would realllly love to watch you build the wooden tree. I watched the wooden star episode many times!!😂
I am convinced Carlos can make a lovely laundry room with lots of creativity at very little cost ! I hope you have great garden tours this year !
This is why I love listening to you both. You’re always feeding your creativity. It’s such a wonderful way to live. 🥰
You have inspired me so much. I've been watching your videos and you have reminded me to enjoy the things around me. Because of that I have started decorating my front patio, buying new things that bring me joy, and many plants and lighting for a calming atmosphere. I'm enjoying sitting at night in peace out there. In the mornings I'm sipping a drink and reading books again. I've also started crocheting a pillow to go with my new chair. Thank you for your videos and please know you are making a difference in people's lives. Blessings to both of you.
Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching❤️
Your Laundry Room sounds awesome!! Even if it is utilitarian!!😂 Arne, why are there Moose in the storage house!! Yes, you must keep everything in plastic boxes, if that is going on! The Log Cabin block can be so much fun. You can play around sooooo much with the arrangement and placement of the blocks. Have fun!!💖
I really enjoy hearing about your multiple projects and the variety of them. It is truly inspiring and getting me motivated to look around my home to see what I can do to improve its functionality.
I think Carlos should do a Trompe l oeil painting effect on the new laundry room ceiling…he can get inspiration from the London, England restaurante “ Bacchanalia “ , it would be FABULOUS and unique to their home..Arne could install a “ Cupula “ on the roof of his building extension to give him the “ Tower “ effect he would like…😊
How nice, years ago we bought a white Norwegian forest cat in Årendal.
She came to the Netherlands by plane.
Her name was Noortje. 😻
Thanks for this podcast, I had a great time knitting on my sock.
Greetings Lily🌸
Thank you for your authenticity! Your expansive view is delightful!!!
I wish that I could murder a sneeze. It's Spring! (by the way, what is the significance of the S on your shirt, Carlos? I eye key kept wandering to it.). Love your Sit and Knits!
Carlos I love your description of thrift store finds as "dead lady projects!" So sad that this is true 🤣 (btw I am an old lady)👵
In England we call them a creel. (Your pulley maid)
Loved hearing about Dennis Severs' House in London-- looked it up online. What an interesting and educational thing, along with it being so inspirational! Thank you so much for sharing it with us! 😊
Take care, guys 🩵
Carlos, you are a renovation extraordinaire. 😍You took a $10,000 quote for the laundry room (Arne 😊) down to $400 in less than 5 minutes. You both are the best and always inspire/entertain us and add little doses of humor. Thanks!!!
The irregular striped fabric sounds like what we call ticking in the US.
I like the effect of your joining😂 of the granny squares. I have always just single crocheted the blocks together. I am quilting while I watch you, making grandmother’s n flower garden, using my scraps and my mother’s scraps. All handwork
The journal gave me a flashback to growing up in the 60's.. my mom got a magazine called McCalls, and the last page was a paper doll called Betsy McCall. I couldn't wait for mom to finish reading so I could cut Betsy out and attach her to cardboard, and cut out all her clothes! I had a shoebox full 😊
I did those too. Always looked forward to the paper dolls in that magazine
My grandmother saved her McCalls magazines for her two granddaughters to cut out Betsy when we visited. Betsy always had seasonal outfits.
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My Grandmother saved them for her granddaughters’ too
I used my husband's ties as windows in a Cathedral Window quilt hanging.
Carlos, your pronunciation of Spitalfields is perfect ! Love both of you, you are very inspiring!
Oh❤, you talk about your tower extention…thinking about it…gives me Rapunzel vibes…😊 ❤
I'm sure your renovations and extentions will be very successful. I have enjoyed this podcast as I was feeling overwhelmed and unhappy. Your voices have a very calming effect. Thank you. My brother and I are good at renovating our homes within a limited budget. We work well together and between us we can do many things. It is more rewarding to create than to buy someone else's creation so even if we were rich I think we would still do things our own particular way. God bless you both from Vera in Northern Ireland ❤❤
Thank you for watching Vera and good luck with your renovations!
I would LOVE to see a picture of you knitting when you were a little boy Arne. I bet you had the same expression. And what a treasure! A blanket that you made when you were little. 😊
Hiya Carlos and Arne 😊❤, love that Carlos likes the way log cabin is"dark one side and light the other😊😅"! The orignal idea being that the central square represented the fire and the light side beingthe reflections of the fire in the dark room!! You guys have so many projects on the go at once and knit faster than l do,but l do like doing my silk embroidery miniatures for my 2 baby houses- eventually intended for my two granddaughters ❤. I still have cut out paper dolls from my youth! Loving how excited you get and how you integrate various creations to form blended items.Please do some tours as your home gets it's new additions.Do pet your " puppy" and cheers to all here as well as your good selves.Thankyou for your happy episodes😊. Best wishes Julia, J.I.M.K Mrs. Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 ❤ 😀 🪃
The laundry room sounds great. I am in the process of painting our new house. The previous owners painted everything battleship grey. It is depressing so I am painting the living room and hallway pale green with darker green accents. I painted my studio before everything got here because it was bright turquoise. It overpowered any colour you could imagine. Not conducive to designing.
I hope you will do a tour after everything is finished.
Arne, that old guy with all the stuff will be YOU someday! 😂 I can hear the people now, “you know, the guy at the old train station, he collects everything” but I love it and I’m the same- I love to repurpose and hate to throw things away - lovely episode and I’m going to look at those colors on the Farrow and Ball site!
They are beautiful
Would love a tutorial on the crochet granny join! I'm knitting a sock now as I watch you.
Oh I would love collecting. I have bits of my grammie's quilt projects. I also hope you do the granny squares connections tutorial please ❤ Have a fun trip!
I just enjoy Sit & Knit so much. You two always bring a smile to my face with your humour and adventures. I almost shot coffee out of my nose when Carlos said He was only dressed waist up. LOL Of course then adding sweatpants from waist down a moment later. So funny.
I enjoy hearing your planning for your new spaces.
This log cabin piece is perfect. It must have been a joy to see it about your home.
Your new fabric collection is stunning. But I bet an old shirt/tie collection would be marvelous, too!
Love all the improvements you’re making to your home. Your new granny square design is nice and if you ever have time for a tutorial on how to join the squares it would be terrific! I just came home from taking a class from you in Los Altos, CA and It was so uplifting and a treat to see you both live. Safe travels!
I have a storage space that I'm not allowed to use (attic) because of weight (as if yarn weighs anything...).
And he has usurped most of the other available storage while renovating. Lots of bins that have to be moved nearly every day. It's getting old...
When is renovation 'enough'? As far as I am concerned, he could have left things alone months ago. "My space" was taken away and I'm not getting it back because of his "grand idea" that only he will use.
Living in a construction zone is not nice at all.
I would love to see the wooden Christmas tree. There's so much inspiration with good ideas in this video. 😮😊
Wow you two are incredible artists and make my mind excited about creating lots of new energy. I absolutely love this pod cast such interesting conversation and information. I love the demonstration on joining "granny squares" and the lovely squares using sock yarn. Your shirts are beautiful. I love the idea of using scrap wood to craft scenes. Bless you both, ❤😊
Looking forward to seeing more about the tree project. It’s so fun to listen to you guys plan aloud
You guys can print your own cards with photos of your beautiful house’ s rooms and tiles of you two with the Norwegian costume… with Freya❤
well I do love the sound of the laundry room and I'm sure you will do it cheaper than those guys quoted CArlos. Those prices sounded ridiculous. Your design will have a lot more character. I look forward to seeing it. Here in the UK, many years ago there was a retailer called SKOPOS which sold furnishing materials for curtains etc and I bought some great fabric from them to make curtains and cover cushions etc. Alas they are no longer there. I think they were a Scandinavian firm. I guess you could get your red and white fabric from that kind of shop. xxx
Oh beautiful fabrics! Cannot wait till we can purchase!
Thank you for the crochet lesson and the Spittlefields information. Your SAKFAB is wonderful, and I look forward to them!
Arne and Carlos loved this SAKFAB Sunday. So much creativity, you both inspire me. Please pet Freya for me
I am watching on a Sunday while the wind here whistles loudly outside, too. Your 'Frozen' story reminds me of when - sometime after the original movie release when it became available to stream - my then probably 2-year old grandson suddenly belted out his rendition of 'Let it go' with so much passion the veins in his throat stood out. It was very dramatic. :) To this day, the song brings that memory to mind and a tear to my eye.
As always enjoy the catch up. Safe travels and looking forward to hearing about your adventures.
Lovely video with loads of inspiration. I can't wait for your fabric and will certainly mention it to the fabric shop I use.
Hi guys I always look forward to the sit and knit I like hearing about your daily activities and what you are doing as the year goes on I would like a tutorial on joining crochet square it's always great to have a extra bathroom and storage well have a great trip to London and I will catch you on the next time ❤❤
I very much enjoyed watching this sit and knit for a bit chat today. You inspire me to get involved in so many creative things. I can't wait to see your fabric collection collaboration with Lewis and Irene. Enjoy your next trip. Take care.
Happy Sunday! I loved hearing about all the remodeling of your home and watching Arne crochet the squares together. I think he crochets as fast as he knits! 😂
Hope you have a wonderful trip and safe travels. ❤️😘✈️
Yes, please do an episode on the wooden Christmas🎄! I made Carlos’s Christmas ⭐️ and it’s my very favourite outdoor decoration!
I would definitely appreciate you doing a video on the wooden project Arne talked about - that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
My friend loves thrifting and bought a number of men’s shirts all in blues (stripes, solids, etc, like what Carlos is wearing) and remade into a beautiful quilt. You inspire us all the time. Amazing the creativity and artistry in so many forms coming from you both!
I would really like a crochet tutorial on joining the granny squares. As always, you have made this so enjoyable.
Yes please. I'd love to see how you make wooden Xmas trees.
Good morning 😊
$10.000 😮 I'm assuming your talking Euros, which would be about 17K AUD ? That's a lot of money for a laundry room. I'm sure Carlos is more than capable of doing the work himself.
Yes please for the proposed crochet tutorial.
It's always a lovely start to my week watching SAKFAB with a hot coffee. ❤
Have loved you guys for years and am taking this opportunity to tell you that!! Rock on!! ❤🎉
Thank you so much Emily!
Hope you will give us tours of your renovations! I think that they would be quite inspirational, as are all of the other things you create. 🥰
I was in London in 2019 and visited Spitalfields market: amazing antiques and I bought vintage buttons. I wish I had know about Dennis Severs' house then and Folgate street. I love Georgian architecture (I visited Bath each time I was in England)
That LOG CABIN - it's "gorgeous". Don't take it apart. Like Carlos says - make it into a quilt. A lot of work went into that. If you would take it apart, I would appreciate it if you could send it to me. I love it......
Like here in Australia. They want $2,000 odd for 2 sliding doors for a built in wardrobe. I made my own pulley maid. We installed an Ikea overhead wall cupboard for our laundry. As the kitchen company wanted another $2,500. Was that spelt Kilim? As they are a rug pattern traditionally from Serbia and surrounding countries. My ancestor was a Huguenot from France in 1689. Is that a UK treble or a US double crochet? No-one in Australia stocks your yarn as far as I know. Arne can you do a tutorial on the joining and how you do the in between panels between the squares. As Im not a crotcheter.
Wonderful to spend some time with you both on a Sunday afternoon. You always have such interesting things to share. Safe travels wherever you’re going.
I'm so excited for the fabric collection to come out! ❤❤❤
Nice to see you again at your home. Best wishes from Dorothee, Germany-
Thank you❤️
Marvelous to watch you two bounce ideas off each other! I LOVE the Sami artist; wish I could see her work in person. I can hardly wait until I move to Reno and can SAKFAB with you while it snows! ❄️☃️❄️ I want the Christmas fabric and the wood tree too.
Arne, you ARE an artist. Always beautifully creating! Wondering too, the canvas you are “embroidering”. Is it needlepoint? Or counted cross stitch? Lastly, I personally would enjoy seeing you construct a wooden Christmas tree. Loved the episode as always and hearing about your renovations and how you choose colors, fabrics, etc. Thank you!
I loved your book of 1920s magazines and the cut out doll. It reminded me of a comic I had in the 1960s called Bunty that had a cut out doll on the back page every week. I only discovered the area of Spitalfields after going to the Van Gogh experience. I will certainly suggest Dennis Sever's House to my history group it sounds very interesting.
A wonderful video Arne and Carlos, so much inspiration. Looking forward to seeing the fabric collection. The journal of old magazines that you showed was amazing. Everything that you both discussed and showed is just awe inspiring. Please may we have a tutorial on joining the squares. Take care stay blessed and a wonderful trip to both of you.❤
Joining granny squares …. That would be a great video❤
Please do a tutorial on the crochet join for granny squares. Please give special attention to how to turn the squares back and forth as you join them. I'm left handed, and it is always as challenge to swap directions in my head! Thanks! Jane, KY USA
Lovely to see you both again today. Liked your log cabin very much. I've just made a monochrome log cabin quilt. The traditional way is a red centre square to represent the fire and the light and dark represents the shadows cast by the fire. Happy crafting both. Sian from North Wales 😊
Enjoyed hearing about your renovations.
I always get inspired by your podcasts.
Today I unbagged my grandmother’s granny afghan around 80 years old. I have to figure out how to clean it- it feels icky. But it is a monster and so heavy. Wonder how I managed to snuggle under all that weight when I was small.
i am currently knitting on a brioche pattern and when i saw Carlos murder the sneeze, he made me touch my nose......it was similar to when you see someone else yawn and you yawn too
Lovely episode. Please do make a tutorial showing the crochet joining. Thanks too for recommending the house in Spitalfields. Friends have been raving about it recently so I’ve been keen to go but keep forgetting!
I had breakfast with you this sunny, California morning! I hope your time in Los Altos is going really well. It's fun to see all the things you find beautiful - from architecture to scenery to miniatures.
Nice talk today. Would like see a tutorial for joining squares. Thank you. Have a great trip! ❤
A tutorial on joining crochet would be great! I just started crocheting. I thank you for the instruction on Norwegian knitting. I had surgery on my left hand and I am still able to knit with this " new" to me style of knitting. Love the podcast and creative ideas.
It’s such fun to watch your creative minds at work! I never get tired of seeing Arne’s expression when he’s been caught saving something from the trash that he has an idea to make something out of, and Carlos’s resignation that of course Arne has done exactly that. I get so amused!
And Arne, I love your shirt. Is it new?
would love to see some of the renovations, even just a peak if you don't want to show full rooms; i love old houses & it's always interesting seeing how different people decorate
am still loving your videos, can't wait to see some of your finished projects, or perhaps another KaL to get them finished? a lot of us are doing hexies too :))
enjoy your trip
thanx for sharing
I have a pulleymaid here in Washington State. Just bought one for my son that lives in Oklahoma. I rarely use my dryer.
Love your Sit and Knit episodes. I would love you to do a podcast on joining crochet squares. I would love to crochet a blanket and use your technique.
Crochet tutorial for connecting granny squares would be very helpful.
Saw your new fabric designs at lecture in Los Altos. Looking forward to seeing the line when it’s available. It was so nice to in the same room with you. 😊
Oh leave it alone. It’s beautiful and no doubt has lots of memories attached to it. What about leaving that altogether & us as the center of the quilt and build the rest of the quilt around it using recycled materials. Think of it - you’ve just recycled the whole of the original and added to it with other fabric.
Well both on both of you. Interesting. Like your curtains they are lovely. Hope your both well take care.
Ooh I love the Reggia Lufooten colour! Definitely picking that next. 💗
And if you are at all arty, you need more space than other people because you save things JUST in case.
Love listening to your podcast. It looks like a sunny day there today. I have to ask what is the statue with horns? in the room behind you it looks frightening😯
Wow I love e Lewis & Irene fabric & my friend stocks Lewis & Irene so i will let you know if she has your fabric
I would love to see your wooden Christmas tree. You both have such nice things that you do. Love your show or should I say videos. I am so interested in all the things you do.😊
Inspiration overload! Can’t wait to see the fabrics, the quilts, the wooden Christmas tree and on and on.
😂 “No Viking hospitals. They probably just gave them beer or mushrooms.” Silly Arne. So many projects, so little time. But you’re never bored! Great podcast boys.
Thank you Tina!
Great show, guys. I may take up crocheting again.😊
British = Trebble crochet......American = Double crochet
Percal is the plain or basket weave. Satin wefts float over sever warps which give it that smoothness.
Good afternoon from a tiny town near Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA. The sun is out, but the wind is chilly.
It’s always a pleasure to hear your thoughts on the myriad of topics that you discuss. Crochet? Knitting? Other crafts? Home renovation? It’s all good! ❤
I am knitting a round hot pot mat(done in short rows) as part of a wedding gift for a childhood friend/now-coworker of YoungestDaughter. I am using a worsted weight cotton yarn called Lily Sugar ‘n Cream in the color “Beach Ball” (a variegated of orchid, white, turquoise, dark pastel green). I love how the colors self-stripe themselves. I will be making a bigger one using the same pattern with 2 strands of the yarn in Orchid with bigger needles.
Good afternoon❤️
Yes please guys, let’s see how the Christmas tree is made. We put our Christmas star up each year and it is fabulous .
Are you going to have Kate showcase your fabric in a quilt?
I love your shows. I love crafts and yarn. I crochet 95% and knit 5%. You two are the best. I’m thinking about becoming a paid group member - because I need my fix on you two !!! Haha. I enjoyed the cookie baking at Christmas time
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I like to quilt when I listen to you guys
Enjoy to listening to both of talking! Very interesting and learning a lot! Thank you both of your guys! Can’t wait to see your guys after adding on new space! Good luck ❤❤❤
Thank you for watching Louise!
Will the Pyjama Gardeners be back soon? Would it be possible next year to have a daily series from May 1-17, with each day showing a particularly Norwegian craft, food or custom?
They are already back, on Shorts
Loved the Sami textile artist at the Bienale! Her work is amazing!
Love to see all of your projects. You guys have so much energy.
I used Farrow and Ball’s “borrowed light” in my bathroom and it’s absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend ❤
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