I visited post office today; I voted (European Parlament elections) and I received some wool from Villa Laurila. My cat enjoys wool.
maanantai 1. kesäkuuta 2009
Kuitua kerrakseen More fiber
lauantai 30. toukokuuta 2009
Kesä ja sukkalankaa Summer and Sock yarn
My workmate gave me some rhubarbs and yesterday I finally made something with them. This isn't a pie but there is some crunch over rhubarbs and tasted good with icecream.
Istuin telkkarin ääressä kehräämässä kun ulkoa alkoi kuulua outoa ääntä, meni ihmettelemään parvekkelle ja ehdin juuri saada kuvan kuumailmapallosta. Rukilla on tällä hetkellä Iltasadun toinen säie, josko tuo lanka kohta valmistuisi. Kaunis viikonloppu voi kyllä rajoittaa kehräämistä.
I spun a little yesterday evening when I noticed odd noice outside and I managed to get photo of hot air balloon before it disappeared. I'm still spinning same wool than last week but I have finished first ply. I might not spin so much this weekend because weather is so nice.
Viikon aikana olen käynyt postissa useampaan kertaan hakemassa paketteja, kaikkia en tässä esittele, mutta nämä kaksi pinkkiä voin näyttää. Vasemmalla on Yarn Lustin Pink Diamond-lankaa, jossa on villan, silkin ja nailonin lisäksi aitoa hopeaa. Langan tilasin salaista kesäprojektiani varten, esittelen tuotokset vasta elokuussa. Oikealla on Ilun totisen sukkakerhon toinen lanka, ihanaa pinkkiä merino-tenceliä.
I have received many packets this week but I'm not going to show all of them here. I got two pink sock yarns. On the left is Yarn Lust's Pink Diamond yarn which has some silver in it. It sparkles beautifully. I ordered yarn for my summer secret summer project I'll show pictures of FOs on August. On the right is second yarn from Ilu's semisolid sock club it's pink and merino tencel blend.
Yritin saada hopean näkyville, mutta se ei suostunut kimaltamaan kuvissa. Katsotaan sitten myöhemmin kimalteleeko valmis työ enemmän.
I tried to get a good picture of this yarn but silver didn't show up well. I hope yarn sparkles more when it's knitted.
keskiviikko 25. maaliskuuta 2009
Hyvä postipäivä Good post day
Postimies oli eilen jättänyt kaksi pakettikorttia, joten tänään töiden jälkeen oli postireissun aika.
Postman had left two packet notices yesterday so I visited post office today on the to home.
There was some lovely handdyed cashmere in first packet, I bought it to myself as a birthday present from Ilu's shop.

Sitten se toinen paketti, suomalaisneulojien ravelry-vaihtopaketti. En vielä tiedä kuka sen oli minulle lähettänyt, mutta sisältö oli ihana ja kissa nautti laatikosta.
Then another packet, Finnish Knitter's Ravelry swap packet. I don't know who send it but it was wonderful and my cat loved box a lot.






Many packets with pear pictures.

Lorna's Laces in Safari shade and some handdyed yarn dyed by my secret swap partner.


Utuna's silk wool blend, some gummi bears and shopping bag.

keskiviikko 18. maaliskuuta 2009
Neuleonnettomuus Knitting accident
Sain eilen valmiiksi helmisukkien varret.
I finished legs to my new socks yesterday.
Neuloessani mietin monesti ovatko varret sopivat. Kokeilu paljasti ikävän totuuden.
I wonderede how they are going fit while I was knitting. Fitting showed not so happy truth.
Mokomat eivät mahdu jalkaani. Käteen ne sopivat loistavasti.
They don't fit to my feet. But they are perfect for my hands.
Nyt minulla on kaksi vaihtoehtoa:
- teen näistä sittenkin kämmekkäät, en kyllä tiedä tulisiko niitä pidettyä
- puran varret, lisään silmukoita, neulon ne uudestaan ja saan sopivat sukat
Now I have two options:or I knit them as children sized, I just needed to know to whom I could give them and how big feet I should knit.
- I made them fingerless mittens, I'm not sure if I use them or not
- I frog them, add some stitches, knit them again and I get beautiful socks
I got a packet today, two more Jitterbug creative packs. Should I knit these yarns too.
I received a post card from my Finnish Ravelry swap pair on Monday which was my birhtday. I also got some Haavisto mitten books from Juju book club.
perjantai 6. maaliskuuta 2009
Sukkia ja kirkkaita värejä Socks anf Bright Colors
Varoitus: lopussa on kuva Ilun kuitukerhon viimeisestä paketista
Keskiviikkona sain valmiiksi mysteerisukkien varret (leg), ohjeen seuraava osa julkaistaan ensi sunnuntaina. En vielä tiedä onko se varren reunus (cuff) vai kantapää.
I finished legs to my mystery socks on Wednesday and next clue will be published on Sunday. I don't know if next part is cuff or heel.

Torstaina jatkoin helmisukkia, niitä tein eilen tapaamisessakin.
I continued knitting socks with bead on Thursday and I knitted these socks at meeting too.

Helmikuun Ilun sukkakerhon lanka ja siihen valitsemani malli vaativat pientä pohdintaa, kun en ole varma onko yhdistelmä mieleinen. Pitänee neuloa vielä jonkin matkaa.
I'm not sure if this combination of yarn and pattern is like it should be. I have to knit few more rounds to make a decision.

Kävin tänään lankakaupassa ostamassa lahjakortin ja mukaan tarttui keltaista lankaa, tällaista minulla ei vielä ollutkaan.
I visited yarn store today and bought some bright yarn to myself.

Kun tulin eilen tapaamisesta kotiin, löysin ovelta (sisäpuolelta) pehmeän paketin. Sen sisältö on aivan ihana pehmeää ja värikästä angoraa. Kissa on aivan myyty ja minäkin nautin silittelystä.
I found a soft bag at my postbox when I came home yesterday. It's so soft and colorful angora. My cat loves it and I like it too.

perjantai 16. tammikuuta 2009
Postia, lisää postia Post, more post
Tällä viikolla olen käynyt noutamassa paketteja postista useampaan kertaan.
I have visited post office four times this week.
On Monday I picked up my fiber club packet, lovely alpaca dyed by Ilu. Today I (or should I say the Cat) received new "brush" called Furminator. I'm going to brush him as soon as he comes to the sofa with me.
On Tuesday I got some Eucalan I ordered from Socktopus. Now I have wool wash for quite many washes.
First yarn purchases on 2009 from Cherry Tree Hill Sale arrived today. Small skeins are Possum sock yarn and big one is Sockittome.
I received goodie bag with my sale yarns; some patterns, short circulars and some yarns I didn't know. Colourful yarns have quite much acrylic.
I got some Burt's Bees lip balm from my former SP and really liked it unfortunately it's missing. I made some searching to find a shop to buy more of that and I decided to try some other products too. Now I have enough lip balm.
Ja aivan kuten Ostoskanavalla, tässä ei ollut kaikki. Postimies on kantanut suoraan kotiin kaksi neulekirjaa Bookdepositorysta ja Vogue Knitting on myös tilattu.
And just like TV shop this isn't all. Postman have carried two books to my home I ordered them from Bookdepository and I have made Vogue Knitting subscription too.
Ps. Don't worry about delay, I hope I'm invited to post office next week too.
tiistai 2. joulukuuta 2008
Uusi kirja New book
Yesterday it finally arrived, lacebook I ordered from Bookdepository. I was lucky to have this book with my first attempt, some people have made several orders and not received the book. Now I'm going to bed to read my book.
sunnuntai 19. lokakuuta 2008
Valmista tuli Finally finished
Torstai-iltana sain viimeinkin pääteltyä viisiottelusukkani. Myöhään illalla pesin vielä vastavalmistuneet sukat ja muutaman muunkin sukkaparin. Lauantaiaamuna sitten pääsin ottamaan kuvia. Kirjoneule on hidasta tehtävää, vaikka tässä mallissa kuvion oppikin ulkoa. Hitaudestani huolimatta mahduin 40 nopeimman joukkoon ja onnistuin saamaan sukat valmiiksi ennen lokakuun loppua, hyvä minä. Enää yksi pari jäljellä, saa nähdä millainen se on. Lanka näissä sukissa on samaa kuin toukokuun kirjoneulesukissa. Kovasti tässä mietin kenelle nämä sopisivat lahjaksi.
I managed to bind off these Pentathlon socks on Thursday evening. I washed them with other socks before bedtime. On Saturday morning I managed to take some photos. I'm very slow fair-isle knitter eventhough this pattern was easy to learn. I managed to finish my socks within 40 first knitters and before October ends. There is only one pair left in pentathlon, quite soon I know the pattern. Yarn is leftovers from fair-isle socks I knitted on May.
I bought two Surina crocheting hooks and some soap on Friday. I have already tested my new hook and it's nice to crochet. I'm making blocks to my blanket.
Yesterday I met my friends from polytechnic; first we visited Museum of Natural History and then we ate at Coma. Food was good, restaurant is very small (only 30 seats) so we had made reservaton nearly two weeks ago.
Today I'm going to cook Sautéed reindeer and mashed potatoes, I'm going to bake lingonberry pie to dessert. I'm crafting in short periods because my shoulder is still hurting nad finding a new position for my left hand and shoulder takes time and effort. I have been doing some exercises every day and next Friday I'm going to get more exercises.
torstai 25. syyskuuta 2008
Outoja harrastuksia Odd hobbies
My shoulders have been sore for sometime so when my left hand started to went numb and tingled I decided to see a doctor. I was expecting to have prescription and referral to physio therapy but I ended up having some extra test. Next week I'm heading to the enmg exam to find out if my wrist, elbow or shoulder is causing problems. I'm bit worried if I have to give up knitting forever, I hope not to. Because knitting is painful I bought myself a crochet hook, I would have like to have a beautiful Surina hook but there wasn't any small sizes available today. Pink scissors are charity version of basic model, limited edition for Pink Ribbon project I bought them today to make me happy.

Does this look like a Granny square?
perjantai 12. syyskuuta 2008
Huonomuistinen langanostaja Yarn buyer with poor memory

Last week I did some online shopping at five o'clock in the morning from two different shops few days later I couldn't remember what I had bought. So I promised to myself not to buy yarn (or anything else) in the morning. Pink yarns are my first Cascade 220 skeins I'm planning to knit a bag and felt it to my sister and I couldn't remember buying these yarns. I can remember buying more Noro Sock yarn and two sale skeins of Panda Cotton. I bought my first Noro sock yarn in winter and I haven't use it yet. Green yarn is Titan Wool's Merino yarn, I bought three skeins of it from Tallinn few days ago. I'd like to have a circular shawl some day.
Few days ago I joined block exchage group in Ravelry. I have promised to knit 12 (12*12" ) blankt blocks and send 11 of them to other knitters/crocheters, who will send their blocks to me. At Christmas I should have 12 blocks for my blanket.
keskiviikko 3. syyskuuta 2008
Kolmet sukat puikoilla Three pairs of socks on needles
Yesterday I worked longer than usual. When I came home I noticed two big letters from US; I ordered a project bag (green with pink) from Etsy and Ravelympic pin, some other buttons and t shirt from Ravelry. Luckily packets were flat enough to get through my letter box.
Because I had an extra project bag available I casted on third sock pair.

I casted on my Sock Knitter's Pentathlon socks on first of September, pattern is called Ziggy and it's designed for Noro Sock yarn. I have one skein available but I wanted use left overs from my May's fair isle socks. I'm very slow fair isle knitter but I like the result. With two socks on the same needle you have to be careful with your yarns.
One of Sockdowns challenges on September is to knit orange socks. I ordered some orange yarn when I was on holiday and yesterday I casted them on. You can see my new project bag in a picture too; it's practical there is a pocket inside and row counter is attached to bag.
July's RSC socks are still in progress; I like the pattern and colors in yarn are ok if they were solid but combination is not looking nice. I think I have a participant for Miss Ugly Sock 2008 competition in this picture.

I'm going to start a new baby set today because I had earlier promised to knit a baby sweater for my mother who is going to give it to one of her patients. Somehow I didn't finish on time ( I hadn't even started it yet). So I left early from work today, visited button shop to buy buttons for already finished set then I walked to the yarn shop to buy some yarn for another baby set (for my collague's baby). I posted finished set (with buttons) to my mother and bought a box for my Secret Pals last packet. Now I wonder why didn't I buy any yarn to my Secret Pal when I was at yarn store.
Now I'm heading to the sofa with small sweater.
perjantai 22. elokuuta 2008
Valmista tuli Finally finished
I finished my Ravelympics knitting yesterday. I knitted more than half of the border on Wednesday and bind off yestedrday. Shawl is bigger than I expected, I was thinking to knit one pattern repeat more but I was too lazy. Yesterday I blocked it and realized that it is quite huge; about 7 ft. wide and 4 ft. high.

Blocking was challenging because shawl was so huge. I decided to buy a better blocking place before next shawl. I have seen wonderful alternatives for blocking but it was too expensive and I should have ordered it from abroad. So I went to the toy store and bought a floor puzzle. There was only one packet available but I'm going to buy four packets of these puzzles so I can have bigger works blocked well. I have been planning to knit a circular shawl so I need good blocking "board" in a future.
I have been knitting socks too, yarn is Mokkasukka (Finnish hand dyed sock yarn). Socks are having little bit difference in shade one is darker and other one is lighter. Camera didn't catch the difference but I can see it quite clearly.
tiistai 12. elokuuta 2008
Postia kaksinverroin Double post packets
In the morning I watched TV and waited my hair dresser appointment when postman dropped my posts and pushed a small packet through post slot. There was my Knitting Zone order in a packet, some new circulars and sock yarn. Next Sockdown calls for orange socks so I have to buy some orange yarn. My choice was Panda Silk (52% bamboo, 43 % wool and 5 % combed silk). Yarn feels smooth and it have some shine in it.

When I made my order (less than week ago) I decided to buy a pair for my Koigu yarn. I can't tell how it happen but I managed to get violet yarn. I was ordering dark brown yarn to contrast nicely with my older Koigu and I got some violet. I'm quite sure that it's my own mistake, I have watched color in poor light or made mistake in my order. Now I need more Koigu to make two pairs of socks.
When my packet was opened I ran to the hair dresser to have my hair dyed and cut, now I have my hair ready for working. I came hope via food store and just waited for my Kinesis lesson when I remembered to check other mails too and I've got a notice for packet (and some bills and magazine). After Kinesis I walked to the post office to pick my packet and I got new spindle. I ordered it last week and it has been posted on 9th August (First Class Mail) and now it's already here. It's so small and beautiful; and it spins well. I'm a lucky girl. I have to spindle something tonight.
It's quite much smaller than my old Louet.