Celtic inspirations

I am going to Finland for a month in two weeks time. I can't wait since I have been a bit homesick lately. It is so nice to go home and see everybody and see all the changes that happened there when I was away. Last time I was there at Christmas time. In last 4 years have spent about 6 months altogether in Finland. Sometimes I really feel like a foreigner there. I keep saying "sorry" to everybody I push accidentally or who push me and use it too much altogether for the Finns. I keep door open for the next one coming after me. Nobody says anything and other people slam it to my face. I forget to weight all the fruits and vegetables and tag them before going to the till. Anyway it is nice to go there after so many months.

My biggest knitting project (I have to say) this summer has been these brown socks, which are made of Wollmeise yarn I ordered last year. They have taken forever to make with small needles, but some weeks I didn't actually do anything for them. Actually I am making the other one again, because I wasn't very happy with it. I have never made that short socks before. I thought some cable things would look nice with these sock. As I am in Ireland Celtic Cable stitch was my choice. :) I have made them just by measuring on my foot. That's the way I seem to be doing most of my small knitting projects. I think I call them Brick socks because of the color. Other name could have been in something Irish, if I knew it a bit more. I think they definitely look celtic.

Brick socks



Pattern: my own.
Yarn: Wollmeise Sockenwolle (sock yarn) 80/20, Spice market.

Summer

This summer has been quite busy actually. I haven't had any holidays, what is not too bad because of the weather. I am actually planning to leave my job soon and go traveling for a couple of months. I am planning to visit my family and then go somewhere really hot. I want to have some real summer without constant rain. There have been a lot of things to do. I haven't done very much knitting and other crafts lately, just some socks and curtains. However there are lot of projects waiting to be done, knitting and sewing ones. Many little babies are waiting something cute. I was also asked to make a jumper for a man. No shortage of the ideas anyway.

The white net I made for our living room window using my new sewing machine.



My boyfriend's little nieces were visiting Ireland in July.



Where is the sun gone? We don't want any more rain...