Friday, October 31, 2008

New look for my blog


I am going to do some changes on this blog soon. I am getting tired of this current look of my blog, it looks really boring at the moment and doesn't inspire me to write very much. I would like to make it look a bit different. I have some ideas, but my skills are not enough to make it as I wanted, but I am going to try.

I want to wish Happy Halloween to everybody!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Holiday knitting

On my visit to Finland I had also some time knit. I didn't have to buy any new yarn though. I had some stash back there in my parents house and I used also some of my mam's yarn (of course asking first).

Stripy poncho-kind-of-thing

This poncho was just kind of knitting what I just started doing from top to bottom without measuring and checking any other patterns. I also did some crocheting for the top and bottom parts of the thing. It is not very wide, but not as tight as it looks in this picture. Maybe I actually could have made it a bit shorter. Everybody was laughing at my silly projects. Hmm, maybe I won't find very much use for it, or maybe wearing it on cold winter nights when watching telly. We'll see. The other projects were actually a bit more practical.


Purple-grey-black Mittens





Pattern: my own.
Yarn: some old left-over Novita Nalle.

Grey-white Mittens





Pattern: my own.
Yarn: some old left-over Novita Nalle.


Fingerless Mittens


Pattern: my own.
Yarn: Novita Nalle and something unknown.


Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Some silly cat etc.


Back to Ireland now, but I have still got loads of pictures from Finland in my camera.



Some beanie I made many years ago. I think I took my inspiration from some Finnish knitting magazine, but did lot of changes to the original pattern. Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of some other old projects, so I'll add some photos of Milli instead. Milli loves warm places and sunshine.









PS. I seem not to be able to change the font now. Sometimes I really love Blogger...

Monday, October 6, 2008

Old school works

As I am now in Finland and visiting my parent's home, it is good time to make a post about my old works I made at school. I am going to make another post of some other old stuff later.




I made this hand towel when I was about 11 years old. Every girl in my class had to make similar one. This crocheted part has suffered a bit in washing machine. I really have used this towel.




My first pair of socks I ever knit. I was 12 years old. They were too small for me, but my sister and brother used to wear them, when they were small. So they don't look that nice any more. I think they are pure wool, but I am not 100% sure.




This jumper was one of those school works we could choose voluntarily. I was 14-15 years old. This is not my first jumper, but the very first one is gone, disappeared. I think the pattern for this jumper was from the German Burda magazine or something. I used alpaca and wool yarns. This was for my little sister, who used to wear it quite often.


A bit closer look to that previous jumper.


This cable jumper was made about the same time as the previous one. It has been used by two of my little sisters. So it has strechted a lot. The yarn is cotton. I think the arm holes look a bit strange, but otherwise not too bad for a teenager.

I think I am much lazier these days knitting mostly socks or mittens. I really should start making something bigger again.


Thursday, October 2, 2008

Valokuvatorstai 104.

Valokuvatorstai "Kiltti". (kiltti=kind, good etc.) He is a good boy at least once a year...