Here is the latest shawl. It is called Hearts, Vines and Flowers and is a free pattern designed by Grace Y. and available via Ravelry.com. It's pure wool lovely and warm!

Interesting and thoughtful reading

http://http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2009/006.html

Anyone know of a similar collection of websites that link to products manufactured in the EU (Common Market)? It can be very difficult to find "country of origin" on various products. I would like to buy to support more locally manufactured products - within reason.
Certainly one thing I advise everyone to avoid, are food productrs from China. I have heard too many digusting stories of how farming in China functions - from native Chinese persons...

Knitting makes me even happier

Generally I am a happy person. And one of the things that keeps me that way is knitting. I am in the process of knitting up my stash - presently it fills one medium-sized chest of drawers, called "en kommode" here in Denmark. Of course I did have to press the wool in, but it is in there, and gradually filling less. Here are some of my latest completed projects. I am on Ravelry as "Allou"