HandleTheDoor

We live in Kemi, Lapland, Finland. Few are the days every year when we want to keep the doors open to my arctic garden. That's why, when needed, we have always just placed something to keep the door open. During all these years we have found out it is quite unpractical because the wind from the Baltic Sea hits straight to my garden after speeding up all the way from Denmark to here. We often hear the wind to bang the door closed. On that moment, if being in the garden and hearing the bang, you wish you unlocked it just in case.

That's why we have set our brains to active creative mode to figure out an simple and budget way to keep the door open. We wanted the result to be easy to use. Here you can see the result. It matches with the brush sweater. I love these "here lives artisans" signals.💘

I maid the handle band by plaiting 3 different shades of rug weft. This tricot weft is flexible so the plaited handle band stretches gently with the movement of the door the wind causes. Brilliant, isn't it! You can easily plait yours by up-cycling your old T-shirt if you don't have any weft. See how to cut your own weft in Rag -tutorial post.