Copy&Paste

In August we had to let go our old dear cat Kukka. After that YoungLady had two kittens. They are siblings. Their breed is the most common one in Finland and that's "maatiaiskissa". That means mix bred country cat or house cat, which ever you want to call it. Mr.W called them as "copy & paste" when seeing the first proper pic of them. 

They do have real names too. She is Kusmi. When ever she visits, she needs to check out my loom. Every kid love the looms and playing and climbing on them!

She is Kirke. Usually the wilder one. They both are chipped and will be sterilized when old and heavy enough. They need to gain 2 kg and 6 months before that.

SmallTableLoom

I recently visited south Finland and a recycling center there. I made a bargain and found old table loom. I already have one but could not leave this there. The one I bought 1½ years ago is Swedish. This one is from USSR (made in 70's or 80's). I suspect it is made in Estonia region, which later had its independence, but am not sure.  

It is children loom but very functional for band-weaving and other small projects where you don't need to use so much power. I paid just 10€ of it.

It all looks very interesting but also made in the way the parts are easy to replace. It had old warp and unfinished project on. It looked messy and complicated but easy to take off. It was not dusty or dirty at all.

SeaStories

In October 2023 I encourage you to read a book that tells about sea. For the challenge I planned to introduce something else but ended up to share this. It is Seashore Sounds by Sam Taplin, illustrated by Federica Iossa. I bought its Finnish translation to my grandchild and been reading it together. It is beautiful book with many details to investigate. We both love the illustration and the colors. We didn't like the audio part of it because it is too noisy and loud for our audio world here in Finland where the silence was born. That's why we took the batteries off; to avoid accidentally turn on sounds. It includes few illustrated scientific mistakes but we can forgive that, because it is so beautiful and not marked as an educative material.

MorePlantHangers

I needed to design and make two more plant hangers for my two more Schlumbergeras. Also for these I used Lankava's Paulina eco-friendly chunky twine yarn (80% recycled cotton, 20 % polyester) (1 kg = 170-180 g) (diameter 5 mm). The wooden round decorations are old recycled wooden curtain hangers. The wooden beads are from the old plant hangers I replaced by these new ones. 

Crystals

Since last May I have wanted to do this micro-macrame crystal hanger. I designed it already in last March, bought the crystals at outdoor & hunting expo Oulu May 2023 and been waiting for the final action because it needs a bit quiet concentration. The yarn is DMC perlé no 8 so it is very fine and thin, perfect even for bobbin lace!

The 2023 Reading Challenge No 10

The Reading Challenge 2023 is here!

On 2023 I encourage you to read books from different places. No other rules but geographical location. You can choose the genre! 

October 2023 theme is Sea!

Seas, those mysterious places that humans still have not investigated all. They mean a lot but still nothing to some ones. There are so many shores and stories and aspects how to handle it. What does "a sea" mean to you? Let's dive in! It is Octobers theme!