anyone else into hygge?

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

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.

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

Must practise saying it

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

A knitter after my own heart, Jalima.

I think all the DGC are too big, although the largest size may fit the 5 year old if I made it longer
With all the patterns she could be 7 or 8 by the time I finished it!!

I think the last time I knitted anything it was about that size, too. If I started knitting anything like that for my 9 year old Dane she would have grown out of it by the time I finished it!

Those are lovely Jalima

My Danish daughter in law can't knit, and neither can her mother, although they find the idea of hygge being talked about very strange.
It's normal to them.

If you like knitting, you could knit hygge jumpers for the little people in your life, whilst you are cosy in front of your log fire.
I would need more than candlelight, though

www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hygge-baby
www.loopknitlounge.com/2014/05/hygge-hudson-loop-london-www-loopknitlounge-com/
Other patterns may be available

So cute!

I didn't know it had a name until a few years ago but when you live in Scotland, being hygge is pretty essential for surviving winter! I love to be cosy.

Kittylester I'd like to come share your window seat it sounds idyllic! My window seat is in the sitting room, the sun gets to it late morning for most of the afternoon, it's my cosy place, lots of soft cushions !

Aww kittylester....now that sounds pretty idyllic to me!

I've just been doing my version of it......mind you I have several......this one is Sofa in sitting room, warm dog leaning against me, a vast cup of tea and a good meaty history book. Am reading all about the Georgians at the moment....George III and his vast family.....he is just realising his eldest is going to be a problem......!

I hadn't heard of it until recently. My son-in-law has just designed a book for a Danish author. "Hygge - The Danish Art of Happiness". I will have to get hold of a copy so I can educate myself!

My favourite way of doing it is to sit on the kitchen window seat with a cushion at my back and my feet up. The window seat has a double radiator under it and I drink hot chocolate while watching the birds coming and going on the feeders.

I do this most days in Autumn and winter since we moved to this house. I didn't know it had a name.

Sounds nice to me, am all for cosy evenings in once the weather turns cold ( put an extra cat on the bed etc.)

It's a Danish word Granjura - why is it silly?

grannyactivist, that sounds lovely.

One of the best Christmases I ever spent was in Switzerland, in a log cabin in the mountains. Very atmospheric and cosy and, in my mind, I often go back to that year and find it comforting.

I think the German word for it is Gemütlichkeit.

I am all for anything that contributes to anyone's idea of cosiness and would welcome some more ideas, please.

I have a lot of time on my hands these days and look forward to enjoying each season as it arrives.

Sounds lovely grannyactivist- a real night to remember!

Until seeing this thread and having a quick google search I didn't know the concept of hygge had crept across the water. We have friends in Norway and visit as often as we can and many of our evenings could be described as hyggelig. In fact my Norwegian friends described the concept to me thirty years ago as a Norwegian thing, so I'm slightly surprised to find it's Danish. At this time of year when my husband and I get a rare opportunity to light the fire and a few candles and share an evening together we will often say,'det var hyggelig'.

A few years ago we were in Norway for Christmas and spent an evening with our friends in the forest. There were about twenty of us sitting around a log-fuelled fire pit on 'snow sofas' covered in reindeer hides, eating a special porridge and singing carols. The scene was illuminated by candle lanterns suspended from trees and bushes and I snuggled under a pile of blankets thinking I would remember the moment for the rest of my life - det var veldig (very) hyggelig!

I think they call it hominess in Canada. The Germans have an equivalent.

Here, in the UK, just being cosy seems fine by me.

Anyone got any favourite places to practice this feeling?

My bedroom is cosy as I always change the décor in October to make it so.

I'm lucky enough to have a summerhouse which can be quite warm on even autumn, sunny days. Definitely cosy for my afternoon tea treats - all on my own as it provides a change of scene from indoors and it is all done to my own taste. No candles though, not the real ones anyway as I don't fancy the possible consequences, lol.

Here too- but really prefer for it not to have a silly name ...actions speak louder than words, they say.

Definitely! It's been our lifestyle for years.

Definitely into 'mmm' factor than wow factor. Can't understand current trendiness for minimalism, chrome and glass.

Is that what used to be called "cocooning"?