Please, please, please don’t stop doing your sit and knit podcasts! At least do one a month! You two have become “friends” and hearing you together is such a pleasure during all of this messy COVID stuff. You have no idea at all, the joy you being to so many people so far away from you…..it’s almost as if we are there with you in Norway(a place I will actually never be able to visit). Thank you both for all your wonderful efforts to entertain, inform and have fun with your RUclips audience!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love it when Arne expresses his pleasure in his work by saying "I'm so good!" From anyone else it might sound like bragging, but from Arne is sounds more like child-like joy. It warms my heart!
No. I never find baking chaotic or hectic. It is actually for me very relaxing and peaceful. Perhaps you both are just not used to baking very often. Like knitting, practice makes it easier and gives you confidence.
When Arne said “I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer”, I had a good laugh. Arne, you are no different than any of us, none of us are perfect! I am very very sad to hear about greatly decreasing Sit and Knit - my favorite and I look so forward to them; I do understand why you are doing it, but I am broken hearted, nonetheless. 💕
Enjoying your cooking, it is even more chaotic at home, so all’s well. I think I’m going to have Norwegian cookies next year too. God bless you and your families for all the joy you bring us through the year.
My mom was precise with her baking but her mother was like your grandma. She rarely measured with baking tools. She used the cap of the flavoring bottle, a real cup and the palm of her hand. You are reminding me of some nice memories. When I see you baking cookies, I think of my husband. The only cookies he ever made were Pillsbuty slice and bake. He was interested in making just the holiday ones. They are a log shaped dough preformed with a picture in the middle like Rudolph or Santa for Christmas. After he took them out of the oven, he would place them on a plate. They would end up as a stuck mass of cookies! He didn't have patience to let them cool on my wire rack. This didn't happen just once but every time! I kept quiet! Hope he isn't looking down and watching me spill this story! So glad you got an addition to your polar bear collection. He is so cute. When you change your video scheduling, I will expect 15 minutes × 4 weeks which will roughly equal atleast 5 hours a show! Do the math! I don't know how we spoiled children can take less of you. I have said it before, you make my day. Thanks for all the smiles and laughter you have given me/us! See you tomorrow for 15 minutes!😁😆😅🤣😂
“That’s probably one….that’s probably two….that’s probably one-half,” says Arne The Magical Pastry Chef. These will turn out deliciously, we know, but I was reminded of a cartoon segment featuring Mr. Magoo making a cake. Among other things, he spontaneously added “light bulbs, because we want to make the cake light.” Happy 4th Sunday of Advent!
The fact that the cooking chaos is now part of your Christmas shows makes the experience realistically festive!!! Cooking with chaos was always part of my holiday tradition.
My heart just fell when you said we would be seeing a lot less of sit and knit. I understand that you have lives to live as you wish, But we will all miss you two so much. You make us laugh and you make us care and you teach us new things about Norway... there will be a sad hole you will leave behind...
After the episode with the exploding matches, this was the best, I pretty much laughed through the whole thing! I didn't want it to stop! I will miss you guys doing Sit and Knit for a Bit going forward - your informal videos are so wonderful. At least once a month would be wonderful - something to look forward to.
Arne, I am a professional baking instructor of 20 years, and your paper cookie pattern with the little handle cut out is one of the best tips I've seen in years! Thank you! Love watching all your adventures!
Arne, I was so chuffed to hear you say you can't wait to have peace, and to sit and read books, over Christmas. That's always been my dream too! Perfect happiness. 😊🌲🐕
You two are really terrific...I honestly can say you could have a prime time baking show ! You just make everything fun ! I sit and watch and giggle...my family thinks I'm a bit off ! Thanks so much for a great Advent Season !
Ahhh you both have made my day with the baking adventure ☺️ Yesterday I made it to our local yarn shop- I was just amazed 🙆🏼♀️ Arne and Carlos are all over the store👍 I knew she carried Rowan 🧶 yarn I just didn’t know how big of a fan she is 😃 Needle & skein right here in Saint Louis Park MN! Of course I purchased your brand in 7 colors- going to practice color work.
My oh my but did I laugh during this episode. C: "Oh! There's another message!" A: Yes it says "Your cookies are burning!" LOL C: "We are lousy bakers.... A: "We don't know how to bake, but we DO know how to eat. Besides, where they end up is not pretty anyway." Personally, I think you are both too hard on yourselves. On top of baking 2 types of cookies and sharing tight space, you were filming - not an easy feat. Yet you managed to do so for 4 weeks in a row. No wonder both of you are tired. Notwithstanding, I have enjoyed these cooking episodes so much, and I think I am not the only one. Bravi!!! 👏👏👏🥰💖
I laughed so hard during this episode! I love watching you two in the kitchen! And then I felt like crying at the thought of no weekly Sit and Knit for a Bit. I will miss these videos! But I also cannot imagine the work it takes to put out two videos each week. Thank you for all of these Sit and Knits!!
Arne you ARE the sharpest knife in the drawer... I think your mind moves at lightening speed and the rest of you can't quite keep up. :0). Thank you both for the gift of your time filming, preparing, and sharing this wonderful time of the year. I look forward to seeing you next year. Merry Christmas and the happiest New Year. Ann Marie
Thoroughly enjoying the countdown to Christmas and those biscuits are making my mouth water! When you talk about stopping Sit and Knit for a bit it makes me sad, I really looook forward to it, it's the highlight of my week. I understand that you won't be able to commit to weekly chats when you start travelling again but if you could manage once a month it would be a good consolation prize. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying you would be sorely missed, you are my favourite You Tubers, you taught me to knit during lockdown for which I am eternally grateful. Keep on being your wonderful selves and have a wonderful Xmas xXx
I have really enjoyed watching you both bake. It reminded me of baking Christmas cookies with my sister. Her last two years she was too sick to participate but she was able to sit with me while I baked. I miss those days baking with her. Cherish the memories you you are makng now. Love you guys. Merry Christmas. Heidi
No you don’t need to practice - this is how most of us handle holiday baking - its crazy, its overwhelming and it makes for fabulous memories! It’s been such a fun advent watching the two of you working together - that alone is quite an accomplishment - not many cooks can handle two cooks with two different, complicated projects!
I just did the biscotti yesterday. They are delicious. So now there are 2 Arne&Carlos recipes in my family treasure of Christmas cookies. Thanks a lot for providing so much entertainment to us during the whole pandemic. You both are so much fun and I did start knitting again after 20/30 years. Thanks a lot and I do hope you can do a Sit and Knit for a bit at least once a month. I enjoy your humor so much. All the best. Have a very good Christmas and all the best for 2022.
I've loved watching you bake, its like that at my house when I bake. I tried the brunette pinner and they were great. Thanks for chatting with us and thanks for the recipes
So much to love in this episode! When Arne said he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, I downright guffawed! We use the saying, too! I think your cakes look scrumptious...it doesn't matter though! It's how they taste, right? My kids and grandkids always laugh at my attempts to decorate, but those cookies somehow magically disappear! I hope you enjoy your upcoming break, but I will definitely miss Sit and Knit for a bit!
In the US Catholic Churches, the Advent candles are 3 purple (the Advent color) and 1 pink to symbolize joy. The pink is lit on the third Sunday. It’s been fun to watch your weekly cookie-making adventures.
Yes, in the Catholic Church three of the Advent candles are purple because purple is the liturgical color for Advent, and one candle is rose-colored. Catholic priests' vestments are also purple during this time. The rose-colored candle is lit on the third Sunday of Advent, called Gaudete Sunday, and marks passage beyond the half-way point of Advent. Priests can wear rose-colored vestments on that day.
Not gonna lie, I will miss sit and knit for a bit every week. Hope you can do it monthly anyway. Still loving the advent calendar. What a great idea, so charming and thoughtful.
When the two of you are in the kitchen, so many of my family's Christmas memories come flooding back. Every year there were sugar cookies, thimble and molasses cookies, and peanut butter ones too. Now peanut butter cookies must have fork marks on top but well holiday baking can be hectic and the Mark's forgotten.....until after baking. Um, lovely puffed cookies get mashed with a fork! And at least one tray of cookies ends up on the floor fresh out of the oven, much to the glee of our dogs! So thank you for sharing the holiday baking fun with us. It's one of the best parts of Christmas!
Loved the podcast! “Smell and flames form the oven “ STORY… ..my sister-in-law hates to cook. Two years after building a beautiful new kitchen she decided to invite us for dinner. Turn on oven to achieve desired temperature…husband smells and says you are burning the dinner. She opens oven to see flames 🔥 it was the oven manual, warranty and the invoice were all on fire. Oven had not been open or used in two years. She will never live it down. 20 years go now.❤️🇨🇦❤️😂
🤭🤭🤭. On a slightly different note, I had a college friend who was learning to cook the summer before her wedding. She had a recipe that called for using a Dutch oven. She asked how could she know where her oven was made. 🤤. I'm sure we all have cooking stories we could share.
Yet another fabulous episode! I love watching you bake & admire the way you can share a kitchen. Not always easy! Here's a baking tip for you: if you crumple the parchment paper before laying it out on the cookie sheet, it will lie flatter & make it easier to handle without the edges curling up. Thanks so much for opening your home to us and sharing your time and creative projects. It's always a delight to see what you're up to!
I sure love these cooking advent podcasts. I feel like I’m right there in your warm inviting kitchen sitting at the table watching you two bake and chat. It’s very comforting and soothing even though you think it’s chaotic 😀
I have thoroughly enjoyed sitting and knitting with you both today. The chaos in the kitchen brought me a lot of joy. I felt like I was in my own kitchen making something complicated that doesn't quite turn out. You may not be happy with the appearance, but they look delicious from my sitting room, and I can smell them from afar. I love cardamom. I don't know how you have managed to record Sit and Knit for such an extended time. The shows have been delightful and become a welcome tradition for all of us. However, I think I speak for many of your fans when I say we understand that the show is a lot of work for you both and maybe it's time to lighten your load a bit.
I’m sure everyone feels like I do. I will miss seeing you fellows daily and REALLY will miss the baking of cookies. We are traveling this Christmas and will miss snow and baking as we will be on the road. I am living vicariously through you both. Wishing you both a Merry Christmas and looking forward to a healthy New Year.
So much to love. Arne drinking Carlos' tea. It is surprise when you get the wrong drink. What I really love is when Arne tries to say flour which I am sure makes him think of the pretty ones in the garden not the item we put in cakes.
I'll miss seeing you each week to sit and knit. Enjoy your time. I haven't even started cookies yet, too busy trying to finish my ufo gifts. Have a Merry Christmas!
I sat and knitted my Hjem Til Jul stocking as I watched you fine gents get your baking on! This was a hilarious train-wreck to watch and I feel sure you had some wine or some other beverage after you were done. It is reassuring to see that even in the well-organized home of Arne and Carlos, there is some chaos, but always in good humor. Looking forward to seeing what you bring us in 2022! I'll miss the usual S&KfaB, but will love seeing you all in any capacity!
When my children were young, we would bake Christmas cookies and they would have so much fun with the flour and rolling pin! We'd have flour all over the kitchen and kids and those are some of the best memories! We put holes in the cookies before baking so we could put string in them and hang them from the tree as ornaments. For some reason the tree didn't stay decorated very long.
You have been so generous to share your time and talents with all of us "you-tubers". You deserve a break, but I have so loved the Sit and Knit for a Bit episodes and the Advent calendar that I will miss the daily Advent and weekly S&K visits.
Well that made my day if not my year! Thank you for mentioning my comment! Arne mentioned a 'Sit and Knit for a Bit' tour. How about that? Or a 'fly on the wall' documentary of life on the road once this pandemic malarkey is over. I can't imagine not having Sit and Knit for a bit every week but realise how busy you both must be. I love these baking episodes and the chaos and the nibbling. My favourite quote of the day was "I'm so happy with myself again." Oh Arne we are all so happy with you and your appropriate amounts of flour. I think there is more in your stomachs than in the box. THANK YOU so much for all that you do.n
Guys, this is real cooling...trays that don't quite turn out, never enough space, stepping over each other; all of this is normal for a lot of us. Thanks for keeping your show real. You two are a hoot to watch, and I mean that in the most endearing way.
This is the most charming chaos ever !!! 😂🤣 So fun to see you put the sweater on the cooking table, alomost over the flower. Your are so very funny. Arne fonud out by himself he should use a little bit of flower on the rolling pin and turn the dow to roll it thinner, great ! It is all a matter of experience, just like in knitting 😉 Practice, practice, practice. 😄
Some common sayings in Australia are “Not the sharpest tool in the shed”, “ A sandwich short of a picnic”, “(He/she/they) have a few Roos loose in the top paddock”, A few stubbies short of a 6 pack (or slab)” If I think of any more I’ll add them! Thanks for a fun episode and enjoy eating your baking 😀 I will miss the weekly sit’n’knit but I do feel like we have been spoilt with the daily advent videos. It has been such a treat to watch you each day during Advent. Change is good thou. Once a month would be wonderful for sit’n’knit if you can manage it.
My grandmother, from Fevik Norway, used to say something like "per slump", meaning the same thing as "use an appropriate amount." i her recipes. My mother taught me how to cook and bake with the same expression! As part of my "seven cookies i the box tradition" I made my krumkake and tried out your Norwegian thumbs - they were yummy! I will miss your shows and delightful antics! Glad to see that I a not the only one who has some mishaps in the kitchen, trying to do too much at the same time!
I agree Arne, you are so good! The cookies today were very fun! I think if I were trying to bake and film at the same time it would be chaotic. My one tip for baking is, according to the experts, baking measurements need to be exact. Cooking you have more opportunity to do what you please, but they say baking is more of a chemistry and needs to have exact measurements. I think that Arne would like to make spritz cookies with the cookie press. He would be "so good at that!" 😀 Spritz cookies are fun to do and they taste very good. I'm sad to hear there will be less "Sit and Knit for a Bit" in 2022. I will miss it, A LOT!!! Maybe you will take pity on your viewers and change your mind and keep sit and knit more often??!
I'm happy to hear you are taking a rest. The two of you have given a tremendous amount of your time and skills to help survive the months of Covid. Reset and look to the future. Merry Christmas 🎄
Love these videos…even in the chaos. They’re so real and authentic and funny. I concur with Arne’s comment about his baking…My baking motto is “as long as it tastes good, it doesn’t matter if it’s ugly” 😂👍 . Merry Christmas to you all and looking forward to seeing you next year!
Truly, this is delightful because you two are so genuine!! Perfect baking is so stressful! Allow for learning, and mistakes, allow for laughter and many memories! Happy Fourth Sunday of Advent.
I've really enjoyed watching your Advent Sunday podcasts. Next year I'm going to make the cookies you've generously shared with us. During the summer I like to make sugar cookie dough and freeze it in a tube shape. In December all I need to do is defrost, cut, and bake. You might be able to freeze the dough for some of your recipes. The "down side" is the temptation to bake cookies year round. 🙂
This was a fabulous advent series full of all the important things in life: creating beautiful knitting sweaters and balls, stories, sharing expressions of love through gift giving, remembering special moments through viewers comments and facing the challenges of baking. Your episodes bring joy, laughter and educational moments. Thank you both for everything you do to teach us and entertain us throughout the year. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.🇨🇦🎄
It's so fun watching you bake. Your warmth and caring comes across in every episode. Times are stressful and you give an escape from the daily worries. Thanks. You're not bad bakers just doing what you can. It's fun. I would try rolling Arne's cookies on the baking paper. Score your shapes and then break them apart after baking. Some things are frustrating. But the more you roll them the tougher they get. Love to Norway, you and your Freya and Helmer.
As usual, Arne is incredibly gracious and very fun. Carlos… dude you gotta lighten up - please be nice to Arne. Love your podcasts and look forward to hearing your news. Very disappointed that you are thinking about cutting back on your sit and knit podcasts.
Just finished make pumpkin cookies w/cream cheese icing and lemon wafer cookies. When I finished, I had more flour on me than in cookies. Tomorrow I will be making a chocolate pound cake, date and walnut candie and fudge. I love watching you both in the kitchen. Your cookies are not horrible.
What a treat! I bet you are both relieved no more cookies for a while. Arne, I love how calm you are when things don't go exactly as planned. I like how you make a solution when things get sticky. Your cookies are amazing and the cookies made are not the easiest to bake.
Im enjoying your kitchen chaos...and that's exactly how it is when I try to get two recipes going at the same time. Thanks so much for sharing your traditions. Your cookie recipes have become my new tradition for Christmas baking. My family now ask if new cookie recipes come "from those Norwegian guys?"
🤗 OMG, I’ve laughed so much my cheeks hurt!!! You guys are the best! I hate to think of less Sit & Knit For A Bit, I enjoy hearing you visit back & forth and always learn something interesting. Take care guys.🎄
Thanks for another laugh- and cookie-filled session. I am in awe of your multitasking skills! Working so well as a team in your profession endeavors pays off in the kitchen -and seemingly in many if not all aspects of your life partnership.
Thanks for my daily fix of Arne and Carlos. Always so much fun. I don’t know how you manage 2 cookies on that small table. Amazing ~ you are both so much fun.
Arne and Carlos,,,,, you guys make me laugh! You were so funny with the way you were talking to each other! I think your cookies looked great! All of them… I hope you will have all your cookies when you need them, at Christmas!! Love watching you both in the kitchen. I find myself talking to you during your podcast knowing you can’t hear me! 😂😂 I think you are both good bakers! I can’t wait to make some of those cookies myself 😃
It is a joy to watch your Christmas series and to have recently discovered your yt channel. Heartfelt thanks for all the wonderful, well intentioned and educational content you provide. There is so much to enjoy and to learn from. God jul xx
Yes, it’s always chaos on the kitchen when there is more than 1 baker. Your cookies looked delicious! Thank you for all you’ve done this year, it’s been so much fun watching your videos and learning from, and with, you!
Absence makes the heart grow fonder… seeing less will just increase the appreciation more….btw Arne…we all have our strengths…..you are just a knife that belongs in another drawer! Enjoy your holiday!
We are in a total lockdown again in the Netherlands, my local yarn shop closed..hope to see a lot of you two the next weeks (months?) to brighten up my days😘
I love it when Arne says “I’m so good”!
Loved hearing “not the sharpest knife in the drawer” but Arne you are sharp, funny, honest and caring maybe just not a practiced baker.
Please, please, please don’t stop doing your sit and knit podcasts! At least do one a month! You two have become “friends” and hearing you together is such a pleasure during all of this messy COVID stuff. You have no idea at all, the joy you being to so many people so far away from you…..it’s almost as if we are there with you in Norway(a place I will actually never be able to visit). Thank you both for all your wonderful efforts to entertain, inform and have fun with your RUclips audience!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love it when Arne expresses his pleasure in his work by saying "I'm so good!" From anyone else it might sound like bragging, but from Arne is sounds more like child-like joy. It warms my heart!
I’m so sorry we will be getting less of Arne and Carlos in 2022-- that is so SAD-- I’d vote for more not less-
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
No. I never find baking chaotic or hectic. It is actually for me very relaxing and peaceful. Perhaps you both are just not used to baking very often. Like knitting, practice makes it easier and gives you confidence.
“We’re not the best cooks, but we know how to eat them.“ Amen! 🌹♥️🌹♥️🌹
When Arne said “I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer”, I had a good laugh. Arne, you are no different than any of us, none of us are perfect! I am very very sad to hear about greatly decreasing Sit and Knit - my favorite and I look so forward to them; I do understand why you are doing it, but I am broken hearted, nonetheless. 💕
Enjoying your cooking, it is even more chaotic at home, so all’s well. I think I’m going to have Norwegian cookies next year too. God bless you and your families for all the joy you bring us through the year.
My mom was precise with her baking but her mother was like your grandma. She rarely measured with baking tools. She used the cap of the flavoring bottle, a real cup and the palm of her hand. You are reminding me of some nice memories. When I see you baking cookies, I think of my husband. The only cookies he ever made were Pillsbuty slice and bake. He was interested in making just the holiday ones. They are a log shaped dough preformed with a picture in the middle like Rudolph or Santa for Christmas. After he took them out of the oven, he would place them on a plate. They would end up as a stuck mass of cookies! He didn't have patience to let them cool on my wire rack. This didn't happen just once but every time! I kept quiet! Hope he isn't looking down and watching me spill this story! So glad you got an addition to your polar bear collection. He is so cute. When you change your video scheduling, I will expect 15 minutes × 4 weeks which will roughly equal atleast 5 hours a show! Do the math! I don't know how we spoiled children can take less of you. I have said it before, you make my day. Thanks for all the smiles and laughter you have given me/us! See you tomorrow for 15 minutes!😁😆😅🤣😂
😆😆😆one for the road, Arne has learned a lot of English expressions!
“That’s probably one….that’s probably two….that’s probably one-half,” says Arne The Magical Pastry Chef.
These will turn out deliciously, we know, but I was reminded of a cartoon segment featuring Mr. Magoo making a cake. Among other things, he spontaneously added “light bulbs, because we want to make the cake light.”
Happy 4th Sunday of Advent!
The fact that the cooking chaos is now part of your Christmas shows makes the experience realistically festive!!! Cooking with chaos was always part of my holiday tradition.
My heart just fell when you said we would be seeing a lot less of sit and knit. I understand that you have lives to live as you wish, But we will all miss you two so much. You make us laugh and you make us care and you teach us new things about Norway... there will be a sad hole you will leave behind...
After the episode with the exploding matches, this was the best, I pretty much laughed through the whole thing! I didn't want it to stop! I will miss you guys doing Sit and Knit for a Bit going forward - your informal videos are so wonderful. At least once a month would be wonderful - something to look forward to.
Arne, I am a professional baking instructor of 20 years, and your paper cookie pattern with the little handle cut out is one of the best tips I've seen in years! Thank you! Love watching all your adventures!
Arne, I was so chuffed to hear you say you can't wait to have peace, and to sit and read books, over Christmas. That's always been my dream too! Perfect happiness. 😊🌲🐕
We need an Arne and Carlos cookbook!
You two are really terrific...I honestly can say you could have a prime time baking show ! You just make everything fun ! I sit and watch and giggle...my family thinks I'm a bit off ! Thanks so much for a great Advent Season !
Your creativity is infectious! I love when Arne says I am going to knit goro mittens! Arne you ARE so good😂
Watching Arne and Carlos in the kitchen is wonderful therapy!
You both have made the season so fun and filled with joy , thank you as always ❤️💫🙏🏼🎄❣️
Ahhh you both have made my day with the baking adventure ☺️
Yesterday I made it to our local yarn shop-
I was just amazed 🙆🏼♀️
Arne and Carlos are all over the store👍
I knew she carried Rowan 🧶 yarn I just didn’t know how big of a fan she is 😃
Needle & skein right here in Saint Louis Park MN!
Of course I purchased your brand in 7 colors- going to practice color work.
So many Norwegians in Minnesota! (And Swedes, too, but don't tell the Norwegians!)
My oh my but did I laugh during this episode.
C: "Oh! There's another message!"
A: Yes it says "Your cookies are burning!" LOL
C: "We are lousy bakers....
A: "We don't know how to bake, but we DO know how to eat. Besides, where they end up is not pretty anyway."
Personally, I think you are both too hard on yourselves. On top of baking 2 types of cookies and sharing tight space, you were filming - not an easy feat. Yet you managed to do so for 4 weeks in a row. No wonder both of you are tired.
Notwithstanding, I have enjoyed these cooking episodes so much, and I think I am not the only one. Bravi!!! 👏👏👏🥰💖
I laughed so hard during this episode! I love watching you two in the kitchen!
And then I felt like crying at the thought of no weekly Sit and Knit for a Bit. I will miss these videos! But I also cannot imagine the work it takes to put out two videos each week. Thank you for all of these Sit and Knits!!
The machine has such a beautiful pattern. Love this tradition of cookies in the box.
I laughed so hard at Arne calmly saying he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer!
You guys are hilarious!
Arne you ARE the sharpest knife in the drawer... I think your mind moves at lightening speed and the rest of you can't quite keep up. :0). Thank you both for the gift of your time filming, preparing, and sharing this wonderful time of the year. I look forward to seeing you next year.
Merry Christmas and the happiest New Year.
Ann Marie
Thoroughly enjoying the countdown to Christmas and those biscuits are making my mouth water!
When you talk about stopping Sit and Knit for a bit it makes me sad, I really looook forward to it, it's the highlight of my week. I understand that you won't be able to commit to weekly chats when you start travelling again but if you could manage once a month it would be a good consolation prize. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying you would be sorely missed, you are my favourite You Tubers, you taught me to knit during lockdown for which I am eternally grateful. Keep on being your wonderful selves and have a wonderful Xmas xXx
I love watching you two cook. This Virgo gets nervous though when you leave the lid up on your griddle. You are losing all your heat between cookies.😉
I have really enjoyed watching you both bake. It reminded me of baking Christmas cookies with my sister. Her last two years she was too sick to participate but she was able to sit with me while I baked. I miss those days baking with her. Cherish the memories you you are makng now. Love you guys. Merry Christmas. Heidi
No you don’t need to practice - this is how most of us handle holiday baking - its crazy, its overwhelming and it makes for fabulous memories!
It’s been such a fun advent watching the two of you working together - that alone is quite an accomplishment - not many cooks can handle two cooks with two different, complicated projects!
I just did the biscotti yesterday. They are delicious. So now there are 2 Arne&Carlos recipes in my family treasure of Christmas cookies. Thanks a lot for providing so much entertainment to us during the whole pandemic. You both are so much fun and I did start knitting again after 20/30 years. Thanks a lot and I do hope you can do a Sit and Knit for a bit at least once a month. I enjoy your humor so much. All the best. Have a very good Christmas and all the best for 2022.
I've loved watching you bake, its like that at my house when I bake. I tried the brunette pinner and they were great. Thanks for chatting with us and thanks for the recipes
So much to love in this episode! When Arne said he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, I downright guffawed! We use the saying, too! I think your cakes look scrumptious...it doesn't matter though! It's how they taste, right? My kids and grandkids always laugh at my attempts to decorate, but those cookies somehow magically disappear! I hope you enjoy your upcoming break, but I will definitely miss Sit and Knit for a bit!
The taste is the most important thing!
I am so glad I found you during the pandemic. I know that our lives do need to move on. I do hope to still see you every now and then.
In the US Catholic Churches, the Advent candles are 3 purple (the Advent color) and 1 pink to symbolize joy. The pink is lit on the third Sunday. It’s been fun to watch your weekly cookie-making adventures.
Yes, in the Catholic Church three of the Advent candles are purple because purple is the liturgical color for Advent, and one candle is rose-colored. Catholic priests' vestments are also purple during this time. The rose-colored candle is lit on the third Sunday of Advent, called Gaudete Sunday, and marks passage beyond the half-way point of Advent. Priests can wear rose-colored vestments on that day.
Not gonna lie, I will miss sit and knit for a bit every week. Hope you can do it monthly anyway. Still loving the advent calendar. What a great idea, so charming and thoughtful.
I love watching you two in the kitchen. I laughed so hard. My Grandmother was 100% Norwegian and a wonderful cook. So many wonderful memories of her.
“If you want cakes in this house you have to make them yourself.” ♥️♥️♥️
When the two of you are in the kitchen, so many of my family's Christmas memories come flooding back. Every year there were sugar cookies, thimble and molasses cookies, and peanut butter ones too. Now peanut butter cookies must have fork marks on top but well holiday baking can be hectic and the Mark's forgotten.....until after baking. Um, lovely puffed cookies get mashed with a fork! And at least one tray of cookies ends up on the floor fresh out of the oven, much to the glee of our dogs! So thank you for sharing the holiday baking fun with us. It's one of the best parts of Christmas!
Loved the podcast! “Smell and flames form the oven “ STORY… ..my sister-in-law hates to cook. Two years after building a beautiful new kitchen she decided to invite us for dinner. Turn on oven to achieve desired temperature…husband smells and says you are burning the dinner. She opens oven to see flames 🔥 it was the oven manual, warranty and the invoice were all on fire. Oven had not been open or used in two years. She will never live it down.
20 years go now.❤️🇨🇦❤️😂
🤭🤭🤭. On a slightly different note, I had a college friend who was learning to cook the summer before her wedding. She had a recipe that called for using a Dutch oven. She asked how could she know where her oven was made. 🤤. I'm sure we all have cooking stories we could share.
OMG that’s both frightening and hilarious! 😂🇨🇦
Yet another fabulous episode! I love watching you bake & admire the way you can share a kitchen. Not always easy! Here's a baking tip for you: if you crumple the parchment paper before laying it out on the cookie sheet, it will lie flatter & make it easier to handle without the edges curling up. Thanks so much for opening your home to us and sharing your time and creative projects. It's always a delight to see what you're up to!
I sure love these cooking advent podcasts. I feel like I’m right there in your warm inviting kitchen sitting at the table watching you two bake and chat. It’s very comforting and soothing even though you think it’s chaotic 😀
I have thoroughly enjoyed sitting and knitting with you both today. The chaos in the kitchen brought me a lot of joy. I felt like I was in my own kitchen making something complicated that doesn't quite turn out. You may not be happy with the appearance, but they look delicious from my sitting room, and I can smell them from afar. I love cardamom. I don't know how you have managed to record Sit and Knit for such an extended time. The shows have been delightful and become a welcome tradition for all of us. However, I think I speak for many of your fans when I say we understand that the show is a lot of work for you both and maybe it's time to lighten your load a bit.
I’m sure everyone feels like I do. I will miss seeing you fellows daily and REALLY will miss the baking of cookies. We are traveling this Christmas and will miss snow and baking as we will be on the road. I am living vicariously through you both. Wishing you both a Merry Christmas and looking forward to a healthy New Year.
So much to love. Arne drinking Carlos' tea. It is surprise when you get the wrong drink. What I really love is when Arne tries to say flour which I am sure makes him think of the pretty ones in the garden not the item we put in cakes.
I'll miss seeing you each week to sit and knit. Enjoy your time. I haven't even started cookies yet, too busy trying to finish my ufo gifts.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Sewing up another blanket for the homeless and just listening to your lovely podcast of the two of you baking cookies!
Oh how I will miss Sit and Knit for a Bit! I always look forward to it so much. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you both.
You have given me some Advent/Christmas spirit that I really didn't have. Thanks for brightening my holiday. You two are wonderful!
I love watching you two doing anything together. I will miss the sit and knit sections but am looking forward to whatever you decide
I sat and knitted my Hjem Til Jul stocking as I watched you fine gents get your baking on! This was a hilarious train-wreck to watch and I feel sure you had some wine or some other beverage after you were done. It is reassuring to see that even in the well-organized home of Arne and Carlos, there is some chaos, but always in good humor. Looking forward to seeing what you bring us in 2022! I'll miss the usual S&KfaB, but will love seeing you all in any capacity!
When my children were young, we would bake Christmas cookies and they would have so much fun with the flour and rolling pin! We'd have flour all over the kitchen and kids and those are some of the best memories! We put holes in the cookies before baking so we could put string in them and hang them from the tree as ornaments. For some reason the tree didn't stay decorated very long.
You have been so generous to share your time and talents with all of us "you-tubers". You deserve a break, but I have so loved the Sit and Knit for a Bit episodes and the Advent calendar that I will miss the daily Advent and weekly S&K visits.
Well that made my day if not my year! Thank you for mentioning my comment! Arne mentioned a 'Sit and Knit for a Bit' tour. How about that? Or a 'fly on the wall' documentary of life on the road once this pandemic malarkey is over. I can't imagine not having Sit and Knit for a bit every week but realise how busy you both must be. I love these baking episodes and the chaos and the nibbling. My favourite quote of the day was "I'm so happy with myself again." Oh Arne we are all so happy with you and your appropriate amounts of flour. I think there is more in your stomachs than in the box. THANK YOU so much for all that you do.n
We are so glad that you were able to watch it Claire!
Guys, this is real cooling...trays that don't quite turn out, never enough space, stepping over each other; all of this is normal for a lot of us. Thanks for keeping your show real. You two are a hoot to watch, and I mean that in the most endearing way.
Thank you Laura!
Don't ever change! We love 💘 you just the way you are. Sending lots of hugs and kisses to you both.
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Truthfully speaking, we love the chaos parts. Makes for more laughs. Love you guys.
This is the most charming chaos ever !!! 😂🤣 So fun to see you put the sweater on the cooking table, alomost over the flower. Your are so very funny. Arne fonud out by himself he should use a little bit of flower on the rolling pin and turn the dow to roll it thinner, great ! It is all a matter of experience, just like in knitting 😉 Practice, practice, practice. 😄
I LOVE you guys! You make my mornings. Watching you bake made me laugh out loud. I will miss you while you are off to relax
Some common sayings in Australia are “Not the sharpest tool in the shed”, “ A sandwich short of a picnic”, “(He/she/they) have a few Roos loose in the top paddock”, A few stubbies short of a 6 pack (or slab)” If I think of any more I’ll add them! Thanks for a fun episode and enjoy eating your baking 😀 I will miss the weekly sit’n’knit but I do feel like we have been spoilt with the daily advent videos. It has been such a treat to watch you each day during Advent. Change is good thou. Once a month would be wonderful for sit’n’knit if you can manage it.
My grandmother, from Fevik Norway, used to say something like "per slump", meaning the same thing as "use an appropriate amount." i her recipes. My mother taught me how to cook and bake with the same expression! As part of my "seven cookies i the box tradition" I made my krumkake and tried out your Norwegian thumbs - they were yummy! I will miss your shows and delightful antics! Glad to see that I a not the only one who has some mishaps in the kitchen, trying to do too much at the same time!
You two are great and sooo funny. Carlos never stopped eating. You are a joy to watch.
Arne…you really are so good. You have to be the kindest soul. Thank you for sharing your recipes. Im sure your mother was just as sweet as you.
I agree Arne, you are so good! The cookies today were very fun! I think if I were trying to bake and film at the same time it would be chaotic. My one tip for baking is, according to the experts, baking measurements need to be exact. Cooking you have more opportunity to do what you please, but they say baking is more of a chemistry and needs to have exact measurements. I think that Arne would like to make spritz cookies with the cookie press. He would be "so good at that!" 😀 Spritz cookies are fun to do and they taste very good. I'm sad to hear there will be less "Sit and Knit for a Bit" in 2022. I will miss it, A LOT!!! Maybe you will take pity on your viewers and change your mind and keep sit and knit more often??!
I'm happy to hear you are taking a rest. The two of you have given a tremendous amount of your time and skills to help survive the months of Covid. Reset and look to the future. Merry Christmas 🎄
Another comment about the Blemsnipper; like a pie dough...roll it cold, bake it hot. Chill the dough for easier rolling. Good Luck! Looks so good.
You two are good bakers because you bake and enjoy the cookies together.
Sometimes bakers don’t have company to bake with but plenty of eaters.
Yes, most of us amateur bakers, bake like you both! Always enjoy Arne and Carlos episodes. Merry Christmas!
Love these videos…even in the chaos. They’re so real and authentic and funny. I concur with Arne’s comment about his baking…My baking motto is “as long as it tastes good, it doesn’t matter if it’s ugly” 😂👍 .
Merry Christmas to you all and looking forward to seeing you next year!
Practice, practice, practice. Practice makes perfect!! Thanks! Love your baking !!!
Truly, this is delightful because you two are so genuine!! Perfect baking is so stressful! Allow for learning, and mistakes, allow for laughter and many memories! Happy Fourth Sunday of Advent.
Thank you for always sharing your kitchen with us. I wish you both health, rest, knitting and love.
I've really enjoyed watching your Advent Sunday podcasts. Next year I'm going to make the cookies you've generously shared with us.
During the summer I like to make sugar cookie dough and freeze it in a tube shape. In December all I need to do is defrost, cut, and bake. You might be able to freeze the dough for some of your recipes. The "down side" is the temptation to bake cookies year round. 🙂
This was a fabulous advent series full of all the important things in life: creating beautiful knitting sweaters and balls, stories, sharing expressions of love through gift giving, remembering special moments through viewers comments and facing the challenges of baking. Your episodes bring joy, laughter and educational moments. Thank you both for everything you do to teach us and entertain us throughout the year. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.🇨🇦🎄
Today's color combination for the jumper is one of my favorites! I really like the jewel tones.
That beater brought back memories! For years it was the only way.
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It's so fun watching you bake. Your warmth and caring comes across in every episode. Times are stressful and you give an escape from the daily worries. Thanks. You're not bad bakers just doing what you can. It's fun. I would try rolling Arne's cookies on the baking paper. Score your shapes and then break them apart after baking. Some things are frustrating. But the more you roll them the tougher they get. Love to Norway, you and your Freya and Helmer.
I think family is manageable chaos. Watching you bake, either successfully or not, is real life and such a joy to watch. I enjoy every second! 💜
The cookies from today all look delicious! It's so much fun watching you guys cook. Thanks for sharing.
As usual, Arne is incredibly gracious and very fun. Carlos… dude you gotta lighten up - please be nice to Arne. Love your podcasts and look forward to hearing your news. Very disappointed that you are thinking about cutting back on your sit and knit podcasts.
Thank you both for another wonderful Advent series.
Just finished make pumpkin cookies w/cream cheese icing and lemon wafer cookies. When I finished, I had more flour on me than in cookies. Tomorrow I will be making a chocolate pound cake, date and walnut candie and fudge. I love watching you both in the kitchen. Your cookies are not horrible.
What a treat! I bet you are both relieved no more cookies for a while. Arne, I love how calm you are when things don't go exactly as planned. I like how you make a solution when things get sticky. Your cookies are amazing and the cookies made are not the easiest to bake.
It's always fun to watch you two regardless of your cooking skills!I'm sure the cookies will be good!
Im enjoying your kitchen chaos...and that's exactly how it is when I try to get two recipes going at the same time. Thanks so much for sharing your traditions. Your cookie recipes have become my new tradition for Christmas baking. My family now ask if new cookie recipes come "from those Norwegian guys?"
I’ve enjoyed your Advent baking so much! Love hearing about traditions, which to me, is what makes Christmas so special!
I will Miss Sit and Knit for a Bit. 😢
But whatever you do will be Wonderful.
❤️🧶👵🧶❤️
🤗 OMG, I’ve laughed so much my cheeks hurt!!! You guys are the best!
I hate to think of less Sit & Knit For A Bit, I enjoy hearing you visit back & forth and always learn something interesting.
Take care guys.🎄
Love these cooking episodes so much fun. Arne you have come a long way with your baking.
Thanks for another laugh- and cookie-filled session. I am in awe of your multitasking skills! Working so well as a team in your profession endeavors pays off in the kitchen -and seemingly in many if not all aspects of your life partnership.
Another fun baking day... thank you, Arne and Carlos❤️❤️
Thanks for my daily fix of Arne and Carlos. Always so much fun. I don’t know how you manage 2 cookies on that small table. Amazing ~ you are both so much fun.
Arne and Carlos,,,,, you guys make me laugh! You were so funny with the way you were talking to each other! I think your cookies looked great! All of them… I hope you will have all your cookies when you need them, at Christmas!! Love watching you both in the kitchen. I find myself talking to you during your podcast knowing you can’t hear me! 😂😂 I think you are both good bakers! I can’t wait to make some of those cookies myself 😃
It is a joy to watch your Christmas series and to have recently discovered your yt channel. Heartfelt thanks for all the wonderful, well intentioned and educational content you provide. There is so much to enjoy and to learn from. God jul xx
Yes, it’s always chaos on the kitchen when there is more than 1 baker. Your cookies looked delicious! Thank you for all you’ve done this year, it’s been so much fun watching your videos and learning from, and with, you!
Absence makes the heart grow fonder… seeing less will just increase the appreciation more….btw Arne…we all have our strengths…..you are just a knife that belongs in another drawer! Enjoy your holiday!
I have enjoyed the baking programs a great deal. And you are right, it's always about how they taste.
I just adore these episodes of you both cooking up the cookies last Christmas!
They are evergreen!
We are in a total lockdown again in the Netherlands, my local yarn shop closed..hope to see a lot of you two the next weeks (months?) to brighten up my days😘
Mind those candles Carlos! 😯 You're not lousy, they look great! 😀