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I designed and knit one more mixed methods woollen socks. Also for this pair I used plain and plant dyed AAW (50% our own ethic produced arctic angora wool, 40% ethic produced FinnSheep wool, 10% nylon) (100g = 238m) and Novita's 7 Veljestä (75 % wool, 25% polyamide) (100g = 200m) yarn. Novita's yarn is the brown and grey one in foot part and a bit in the leg part. 

There are three shades of AAW. The light one is the natural shade. Pale yellow I dyed by the fresh nettle roots and the yellow one by the dried hop cones. 

Moon

In December 2023 I encourage you to read a book that tells about Space. For the challenge I chose Taivaanpallo by Olli Jalonen (in Finnish, borrowed by YoungLady). Taivaanpallo means literally "the ball of the sky". This book is not translated into English. It was awarded Finlandia prize on 2018. I must admit I waited too much from it and was quite disappointed to it on the begin. Perhaps I didn't understand the artistic freedom of its literature, especially on the begin. The intentional and purposeful grammar mistakes disturbed me quite a lot especially because they didn't follow exact form and style despite the main character who was telling the story was very exact in all of it he had learnt. But, when I got over that, I was more free to enjoy about the story. It is a story of a boy that ends up from Saint Helena island to London as Edmond Halley's assistant and apprentice. The novel describes the years 1679-1684 in Angus' life. Despite of the difficulties I faced I am going to read the next episode too.

PotHolder/Duster

I crocheted a simple design pot holder. I used Novita's Natural Collection Cotton feel yarn (100% cotton, of which 50% is recycled) (50g = 120m). The pot holder is thin so if wanted you can use it as a duster instead. 

I crocheted it just without any special design but you can find similar type from Tove Fevang's book. I wrap it with matching tea towels in a Christmas gift.

BlueBabyMittens

For the Finnish Train Socks I knit just a basic model baby mittens. For the mittens I used the same StoorStålka áhkko yarn (100% wool) (50g = 225m) than I did for the socks. When you wear the woollen mittens under padded ones you get a set that protects your fingers against any minus degree!

Angel

I designed and made this macramé angel as a sample for my students. It is easy design even for beginners. I used Novita's Natural Collection Cotton feel yarn (100% cotton, of which 50% is recycled) (50g = 120m) in three different shades (pink, pale pink and brown).

You can do the angel hair in many ways. I just left it open and free. I used recycled wooden ring around which I created the angel. 

FinnishTrainSocks -tutorial

TrainSocksDesign is a traditional Finnish woollen sock design for babies but it works with toddlers too. The design has a beautiful war time story and history of volunteering. That´s why you should never charge anything for the instruction or the socks made of this design. In Finland they volunteer knit a lot of this design for hospitals.

For these train socks I used StoorStålka áhkko yarn (100% wool) (50g = 225m). I made the pair for my grandchild so I knit it a bit bigger and different at the foot part. 

There is still plenty of time left to knit a pair for BabyChristmas, just print the instruction behind the 1st link of this post. It is translated by Taito Etelä-Pohjanmaa. Taito is and interesting organization and they have TaitoShops all over Finland. "Taito" means ability/skill of doing something, usually connected to arts and crafts but can be used in many other connections too.

CatBag

I made a cute CatBag. It is made of left over fabric of curtains.

It has a cat on both side. See ShoppingBag -tutorial to know how to make it.

SámiBracelet

It's been a long time since I made tin thread embroidery. I made them for sale over 20 years ago. Now I am back in business and have started new projects. This Sámi tin thread bracelet is just a warm up and very 1st project after years. It is a gift for a very special friend.

It is quite interesting that at basic this is traditional Sámi design but it is actually made by macramé method. That proves something about fashion design and cultural mix via politics, trades, voyages and marriages. But it proves also that when we have 4 threads there is no millions of ways to tie it up together.

OfficeLadyPoncho

I designed and crocheted a poncho. The adjustable dress form is far too big for the poncho's size but lets don't mind about that. I could have changed it smaller to get better pics but in this way you see the structure of the poncho better because it stretches out a bit.

It is very easy design and pattern. In practical you crochet one long rectangle with the same method you crochet BlanketNo1. Then you just fold it and connect the end of the rectangle to the side of the begin part. You can see very easy how it folds out by looking at these pics.

It is shorter from back but could be done opposite. I used House Kuvio yarn (85% acrylic, 10% wool, 5% mohair) (100g = 542m). The yarn has the variegated shades so it makes stripes. From the shawl's stripes you can see how I fold it.

I wanted to make the front longer than the back. It is going to be my sister's Christmas gift. She is an office lady and needs it at work. I don't want her to sit on it or get attached to a chair when standing up. I also wanted to make V-neck. If you want the back part to be longer, just make O-neck.

The 2023 Reading Challenge No 12

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! 

December 2023 theme is Space!

Space is the theme that encloses our 2023 reading challenge. Space, what mysterious known and unknown place full of frightening and delightful phenomenons. 

Space is very important thing in my culture. We need space. A joke born in covid-times describes it well: Covid safety distancing brings us anxiety; instead of restricted 2 meters we prefer 4 meters and we are happy when allowed back to normal.