AAW Fair Isle Socks No8

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.