Om Lyngfjell

Hei, jeg er Emily! La meg fortelle deg historien om hvordan Lyngfjell ble til.

Alt startet i 2019 da jeg og mamma skulle sy en sommerkjole sammen - mitt første syprosjekt! Dessverre fikk vi ikke fullført planene våre sammen. Mamma ble diagnostisert med kreft og gikk bort bare 10 uker senere. 

For å føle meg nærmere mamma, begynte jeg å sy. Da jeg ventet mitt andre barn i 2021, sydde jeg noen klær til storesøsteren - inkludert supersøte juleantrekk som jentene elsket! Men livet med små barn, trening og sykling tok det meste av tiden, så symaskinene fikk hvile en stund.

I 2024 ventet vi tvillinger, og svangerskapet ble utrolig utfordrende. I uke 17 utviklet de tvilling-til-tvilling-transfusjonssyndrom (TTTS). Vi måtte til Sverige for en komplisert operasjon der de delte morkaken og fikset blodårene med laser. Vi var så heldige at begge de små kjemperne overlevde! Komplikasjonene fortsatte, og jeg var full av bekymring. Jeg bestemte meg da for å sy et lite teppe til hver av dem, slik at de hadde noe som var deres, uansett hva som skulle skje.

Tvillingene kom 4,5 uker for tidlig. Lille Tobias måtte dessverre amputere armen etter komplikasjoner fra operasjonen. Dette betydde at han trengte spesialtilpassede klær - og mamma var klar for oppgaven! 

Da mannen min foreslo at jeg kunne sy matchende 17. mai-antrekk til barna, var jeg helt med! Og da vi trengte en dåpskjole til nummer to (den første var heklet av svigermor, som også kjemper mot kreft nå), lagde jeg en nydelig kopi. Deretter ble det klær til tvillingene, min nyfødte niese og kommende nevø!

Og vet du hva? Jeg bare fortsatte å sy! Ideene strømmet på, og plutselig var det venner og familie som også ville ha klær til sine små.

Nå driver jeg Lyngfjell, der jeg syr spesialtilpassede antrekk på bestilling, unike minibunader og lanserer nye kolleksjoner gjennom året. 

Håper du blir like glad i klærne som jeg er!

Klem fra Emily 

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Hi, I'm Emily! My journey to Lyngfjell began in 2019 when I wanted to sew a summer dress to learn with my Mum. Shortly thereafter she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and passed away 10 short weeks later. 

As a way to feel close to her, I started sewing clothes for myself and when I was expecting my second daughter in 2021 I made my eldest some clothes, which she loved and later Christmas outfits for both girls.

However, training, racing and cycling took priority and the machines stood mostly dormant until 2024 when I was in the middle of an incredibly challenging twin pregnancy. Our twins developed twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) in week 17 and they required an operation in Sweden to divide the shared placenta and faulty connecting blood vessels with a laser and intrauterine surgery. Not all babies survive, and we were incredibly lucky to return home with two hearts beating. 

The complications didn't end there and I was so afraid to lose them that I made them a small baby blanket each so that they always had something that was made just for them. 

The twins arrived 4.5 weeks early and little Tobias had his arm amputated shortly after being born due to it having become entangled in the intertwin membrane which was ruptured during the surgery. He would of course need clothes sewn in!

It was suggested by my husband that 'it would be so cute if you made matching outfits for the 17th May (Norwegian national day)', and I had the time to be able to do just that. Thereafter we realised we only had one christening gown which was crocheted by my mother-in-law (also now going through her own cancer journey) and it felt appropriate to create a replica of the original so the twins matched. 2 months later and that work was complete, and I could embark on sewing clothes for the twins, my newborn niece, and future nephew. 

Once I started, I didn't stop. The ideas rolled in, and suddenly there was interest from friends and family to sew for their little ones. 

And now, here I am, with Lyngfjell sewing custom outfits to order, one-of-a-kind mini bunads, and launching several themed collections throughout the year.

I hope you enjoy the clothes I make!

Emily x