Eating Muffins in an Agitated Manner

Åcon knitting

Posted by Sari

I did not bring my knitting to Åcon, mainly because what I was knitting was a multicoloured mitten-kit (the same one that gave Yarn-harlot such trouble deciphering the Finnish instructions) and I figured counting colours and listening to panels do not really go together. (Un)fortunately, Mariehamn must have the greatest yarn-store to residents ratio in Finland, because there seemed to be yarn and craft stores everywhere one looked.

So I succumbed. I found Drops Alpaca on sale so I, you know, just had to give it a good home. I am thinking Clapotis.  I also bought few balls of Noro Silk Garden (Silk-merino-wool blend) and knitted a hat. Considering the fact that I made up the pattern and technique on the spot, I think it turned out pretty fine. Unfortunately it looked much better on my sister than on me, so I gave it to her. It even goes with her pashmina. She herself found few balls of Austermann’s Step sock yarn with embedded Aloe Vera and Jojoba oils and started knitting socks. By Saturday, both Ylva S and Ninni were also KIPping, so yay for fandom knitting! Nex Åcon, I need a budged both for beer and yarn…

And the mittens (yarn courtesy of Annash, thank you!) are almost finished too: first time I am actually almost satisfied with my colourwork technique. Rougher wool yarns are defenitely the way to go for beginners.

iPodille kotelo

Posted by Sari

Kysymys neuleblogien ystäville: onko kellään tiedossa kivaa ohjetta iPod-kotelolle? Mieluiten virkattuna? Googlettaminen antoi niin paljon hittejä että rupesi ahdistamaan. Hmmm. Jos kokeilisi säätää  jotain virkatun laukun mallia puuvillaiselle pitsivirkkauslangalle... 

Pitäisiköhän muuten ihan vain kirjailija Jääskeläistä kiusatakseen tekemään muffinseihinkin lisää käsityölastuja ;-)

Olympic Knitting roundup

  olympiaprojektit 
  Originally uploaded by ssssari.

Posted by Sari

So, I did pretty good at my knitting projects during the olympics, even though I had to undo my knitting few times because I made mistakes in all the excitement.

I managed two pairs of socks, mittens and about 15 cm of a sweater I am knitting for my dad. All in all, feeling rather pleased :-)

Now If I only had time to learn how to use the photo editing instead of just randomly clicking around...

olympiasukka nro 1

  olympiasukka nro 1 
  Originally uploaded by ssssari.

Tai oikeastaan jo kaksi, ekan kanssa testattiin vähän kokoa ja käsialaa niin että siitä tuli sukka minulle. Tässä kuitenkin virallinen sukka numero yksi. Ei kun eteenpäin.

And as far as skating goes, I am just saying that the new system makes it a whole new ball game, the priorities are totally different. In men's competition it seemed like skaters with gorgeous basic skating and good choreography get benefits even though they fall, while in pairs sloppy basics and bad unison was rewarded with silver. Maybe it is a question of degrees.

Also, can I just say that I so would want not to love Sandhu's skating. Life would be so much easier...

Ready Steady Knit

  Knitting olympics project 
  Originally uploaded by ssssari.

Posted by Sari

In honour of the Winter Olympics I want to share my unofficial knitting olympics project. My project is not that challenging so I have not entered myself officially to the list, but I thought the time table would help me to actually finish what I start. Also, the idea of starting a project at the exactly same time as all sorts of people over the world is kind of cool. So here it is: I am knitting plain ordinary woollen socks. These are for a friend who would not be caught dead in any other colour than black, so no playing around with colours either. These will be manly socks...

More Finnish olympic knitters at Tekele and Tuunaus, which gives me just too many ideas.