AutmnColors

Earlier this month I dyed by Natural Indigo these 700g of our own snag grey AAW yarn (50% our own ethic produced arctic angora wool, 40% ethic produced FinnSheep wool, 10% nylon)  (100g = 238m). Today I brought them to my mother-in-law. She wants to knit me a long wool dress. I can't wait it to be ready!

Today we took Nuka...

...and Pii for a break out walk from hunting.

We went for a walk around the bay.

It is very beautiful out there!

This week I also received a souvenir from the woods. He brought me an abandoned wasp nest which He had noticed while hunting for the food for us.

Lately

What special I've done lately? Well, you know how my summer went with Poor Pii. That's why our garden has been left mostly on its own. With arriving autumn and the fact that so far Poor Pii has not needed another surgery, we have had time to gardening and harvesting. Also, I have accepted the fact that everything planned for this summer can't be finished because we really don't have long summer. Today I woke up with +2 Celsius degrees. I am not fighting against it what I can't change. Also, I have chosen to look after Poor Pii instead of paying attention on something else. Some things have been done and one of them was to put the winter lights on. No solar ones because there is no enough daylight to load the batteries. That's why we use the led lights and electricity.  

I have received few special gifts that are meant to be taken to a seita. They were handed to me so I brought them to my home seita. It means it locates on my property and is in my family private use. That white stone in the pic is Milky Quartz. We call it literally Snow Quartz or rather Ukonkivi which means something like Thunder God's Stone. Our home seita is very important to me and provides me a great place to thank about something. 

I've also had some gluten free sweets. If you are visiting Finland and seek some safe & gluten free sweets there are not many choices. My favorite are Pirteät Kirpeät Aakkoset or Choco Aakkoset. aakkoset means alphabets and the name comes from it that each sweet has an alphabet on it. When we were kids we tried to share the sweets by words. 😃 The glass bowl is very traditional Finnish design and it really has been my favorite since childhood. It is Finnish design by Iittala and it is called Ultima Thule. I love it in bright glass shade because it really reminds melting ice on a long but warm spring time. Ultima Thule is something you inherit. Ice is very interesting element, lika human nature. It can be sharp, soft, cold and warm... even all at the same time.

I've learnt also a new method. We'll, not a new one, I've done cupping therapy before. But I have learnt to use glass cups instead of silicone. I had to because I found these glass cups at a charity shop. It was the whole pack and cost only 15 €. You can't pass by such a bargain, especially if you have only 4 silicone cups and they are all different size! So, now I am practicing to use glass cups for the cupping therapy. I am also learning not to break them. So far no damages!

We can have many opinions about cupping. I take it as a physiological relief for the muscles, muscular relaxation and as a bonus you may have also your mind a bit more relaxed. I never use the puncture in cupping. There is no need to that. You get the benefits anyway. 

OMG

My colleague at work faced a horrible disaster last spring. She had put her French cardigan to hang outside to make the air to clean the wool. That is how you clean woolen garments. You put them outside to air and they get clean! This time she noticed someone had ate her beautiful cardigan! At the end she found out it was birds who had started nesting and needed something warm to build their nest. We both agree there must be very romantic baby girl tits in the world now! Princess like. She asked if I could do anything with the holes.

Well, I can always patch them. For the patching I used DMC stranded cotton embroidery thread. To make it more firm and not stretching. I wanted to create a base for something. See...

The cardigan had hang from the hanger on which the tits hand been sitting and peck fibers out from the garment. That's why both shoulders had faced the disaster but no other parts. 

To hide the patching I did some freehand embroidery over the shoulders.

It is mohair cardigan so I used mohair yarn for the embroidery. In this way she could at least wear it at home and cottage. But she liked it and is going to use it at work again.

This is FashionNOW. And also preserving memories. It was a gift she had received from a very important person in her life.

Notice: I have made a small Patching Wool -tutorial in 2014!

TubeScarf

I made a 100 % merino wool tube scarf for myself. I had one last winter. I visited at Oulu Theater and lost it there. It was with my jacket when I left it at the secured jacket service but it never returned. Merino wool tube scarves are pretty expensive: 25-30 €. That's why I started to find out how much it would cost to sew one.

I ordered some merino wool fabric from Germany because in Finland it is so creepy expensive. I was not quite sure which I liked and how it would turn out. At the end I made many merino wool tube scarves. These will be gifts for the family. 

You must be curious to read how much the home made merino wool tube scarf cost. 7€ for one!!! It doesn't take many minutes to cut and sew it. If you can sew, it is easy to save 20€ per one merino wool tube scarf. It really is the beginner level project!

YellowAutumnSet

I designed YellowAutumn mittens and headband. For the decoration I used two Single Cable chains. The yarn is Drops Air mix yarn (65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% merino wool) ( 50g = 150m).

The mittens and twisted cross headband make a perfect match together. They are for the Yule 2026. My mother-in-law will have these then. 

YellowAutumnMittens

I designed and knit these beautiful Yellow Autumn mittens. They are decorated by single cables. I used Drops Air mix yarn (65% alpaca, 28% polyamide, 7% merino wool) ( 50g = 150m). I kind of like it. It has a special structure and it feels very soft. These are not for me.

SingleCable Headband No1

I designed and made this Aran Single Cable headband from the real true begin to the final end. It is a real FashionNOW product. Inspired by my Dublin journeys with very fashionable stripes in Aran knitiwear.

My friend used to have an arctic mix bred dog. She used to collect its loose hair for us to be used in our project where we collect arctic dog and Finn Sheep wool to get our own wool yarn OOW.

It has been a long term project because I have hand spun the last remaining wool of her dog whose last wool she gave me. She has no idea I have been making hand spun yarn for her made of 100% of her dear dog friend's wool. At the end, after finishing the spinning, I have plant dyed the yarn by mushrooms.

Then I figured out what on earth to do with it. I wanted to make something she can wear/use but something that will last. That's how I ended up making her SingleCable Headband No1. It is really thick because I made it double layered. It will warm her head and heart. She will receive this very soon as a birthday gift. 💝

TheBooks6

In this year ReadingChallenge I decided to show you what on Earth I read. In August I've read Jane Austen's Persuasion (in Finnish, mine). The original novel is from 1817 but this new translation is from 2024. Today Jane Austen brings into my mind all those covid-19 teenagers and young adults who supposed to learn to socialize at that time but all the restrictions failed those normal western style possibilities for it. Jane Austen would be something today's young adults could find quite close. Even there's 200 years between the time she lived and wrote and the world teenagers and young adults live today!

Wedge Heel No2

I designed and knit another wedge heel knitted woollen sock. For the leg of the sock I used plant dyed AAW yarn (50% our own ethic produced arctic angora wool, 40% ethic produced FinnSheep wool, 10% nylon)  (100g = 238m). The shades are from Surprise Webcap (Cortinarius semisanguineus), tea and fire weed. For the foot part I used dark brown Nako yarn (75 % wool, 25 % polyamide) (100g = 200m).

This differs from Wedge Heel No1 because this one has similar style heel knitting and stitches compared to Dutch Heel No1 (trad.). That's why this heel is stronger than the Wedge Heel No1. It also stays on better and perhaps creates a small healing compression on aching angles. But it is not -in my opinion- pretty at all in any way. It would look better if the rib stitch (knit 2 - purl 2) would reach all the way to the toes.