anyone else into hygge?

I must finish what I'm doing before they grow out of them; they are a bit hygge-like

Too much time spent on here

Pronounced, approximately, hue-ga, hygge loosely translates as cosiness

Must practise saying it

I've given up trying to pronounce Danish words, Jalima. They never pass muster.
Of course, if I end up moving there after Brexit, I might have to learn then.

I love to knit too, I'm never without some knitting, at the moment for my first grandchild. Anyone interested? Thought not!

I do knit but must do more
GN gets in the way

I like knitting little garments Irma, I've given up on knitting adult-size jumpers!
In fact, I hadn't knit anything for years until the DGC arrived!

Tonight's attempt at hygge didn't go too well. I was lighting candles and in trying to get one to burn properly, I poured hot wax all over my thumb. Ouch!

I love the knitting pattern, such a pretty jumper.

Why do we need a Danish word for it?

In the bleak midwinter, or on any chilly nights, most of us have always snuggled up round the fire, if we have one. Or under a blanket with a big snuggly jumper on.

'Snuggling up' is easier to pronounce, too!

Don't NEED a Danish word for it. It IS a Danish word.

I think that Witzend means why use a Danish word in the first place.

Cosiness is easier to say!

In the early seventies, an Aunt who was a real whizz at knitting, made a pale cream jumper both for me and for DH, Arran in design and pure wool, very cosy, but wearing these and jeans, we did look a bit 'Harold and Hilda'

The concept is Danish. There is no equivalent in English. The Danes have a word for it. We do not. It means more than cosiness.

I don't care what you call it. A guilt free Danish pastry sounds OK to me.

Dipped in hot chocolate?

Well it maybe all the rage but I've never heard of it. But I do enjoy all things you've mentioned whatever it's called

Gezellig in Holland!!

I wonder who decides that something that has been around for a long time is to become the latest craze/fashion/lifestyle choice? You can bet you're life there will be a marketing ploy behind it.

Most of us have been making our homes cosy and warm in the winter for donkey's years. We entertain friends and family with whatever delicious goodies we can afford or have time to make. It's no big deal but given a name nobody (unless you're Scandinavian) could possibly have dreamed up, packaged in cheerful colours glowing in candelight together with a crackling log fire.....Who can possibly resist?

The Sunday supplements will be full of it. All those chunky knits look wonderful on stick thin models even though Scandinavian decor has been around for a while so Farrow and Ball are unlikely to make a 'killing' (geddit?)

I haven't been to IKEA for years. Do they have a hygge range? If not, I bet they soon will.

Bring it on! I'm quite looking forward to the first sharp frost that will give me an excuse to break out the mulled but what a shame herrings don't live in the River Ouse. I'm not very fond of eels!

rosesarered My mum used to knit Aran jumpers for all the DGC and just one adult - me!!

Hygge has been round since the 18th century... the word is loosely connected to the English word hug. I think of it as embracing all the things that make us happy... for me things like Sean Bean, gin and tonic, dogs and fish and chips.

merlotgran quite right, there will be some slick marketing firm behind it all!!

www.mnn.com/family/family-activities/blogs/how-hygge-can-help-you-get-through-winter

Thanks to all contributors. Gransnet certainly keeps me up to date and in the loop. I'm practising all sorts of trendy stuff without realising it. Hooray!

We seem so ready to accept the notion that other countries have answers that we have yet t o discover. So much now about Mindfulness from the eastern traditions and now this hygge being hyped.........

I wonder if people in other cultures give our ways such credence?

This just media hype, we all this in our own way and always have done.

That is how a lot of us have come to enjoy ourselves anyway. If it is trendy then good.