OOW WoollenSocks

I designed and knit a pair of woollen sock by using OOW yarn (25% arctic dog wool and 75% Finnsheep wool). We have also hand dyed it by plants so I could include few stripes to decorate them. 

KnitThroughAutumn

I designed this pair of woollen socks for SantaClausFactory. With the grey I used loose end yarn from the long woollen socks I knit for myself January 2019 and January 2016. I used only Novita's 7 veljestä yarn (75 % wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m) with different shades.

AnotherLittleLeaf

 I made another little silver leaf. I used the same technique as before. You can see how different they both look. So many things influence on the result; even the leaf you use.

I love Art Clay Silver; especially the paste type. Did you know that it is made of recycled silver? They get it from computer waste for example.

WarmYouUp

It is autumn; time to warm up your love ones. I am creating a warm gift pack for Him. I already knit SnuggleUp SnagGrey socks. I designed and knit this pair with the same idea. With AAW snag grey yarn (40% our own ethic produced arctic angora wool, 40% FinnSheep wool, 10% arctic dog wool and 10% nylon) I used Novita's 7 veljestä Pohjola (45% wool, 30 % Finnish wool, 25% polyamide). This pair is one size smaller than the previous one so He can wear one over the other. (Yes, sometimes that's the only reasonable way and needed up here in the north; especially if you hunt and outdoor a lot.)

LittleLeaf

I made a silver leaf by using a rose leaf from MyGarden and art clay silver (paste type).  I made BerryLeaves and SliverLeaves also last year. I sew a cute little felt case for this leaf and sent it away to a friend for her birthday.

Each leaf is always a special and individual character. When you start you may have an idea how it will turn out but you never can be sure what kind of trace the leaf leaves behind when it is burnt away.

AppleTime

We all have our dreams. One of mine was -since I was a child- to have a garden of my own. Ten years ago at spring that dream finally came true. Slowly, year by year, with low budget, we've been creating it to be an excellent kitchen garden. Today we can -again- enjoy the harvest with honest & great gratitude. Despite it has been quite bad harvest this year we are very much self-contained with our garden. Unfortunately bad harvest means we can't share it with friends which we usually do.

Why we have a bad harvest? May was warm but at the very end of it we were hit by a bad storm. The forest behind us looked like the trolls had a war in there. After that the summer has been pretty chilly -even to us- and we even had frost at early August. Also, the summer has been the driest in 70 years. Climate change causes the extreme weather conditions. Storms don't belong to our May. We still see the results all around the nature. The bird hunting season has started but in May the winds and floods washed away the nests and our vulnerable arctic nature could not cover the damage in these few months to arrange the birds to nest again.

Now we are knocking at autumn's door. It is -with the winter- my favorite season.