Cowls galore

As Christmas is now over, I can finally share what I spent a fair while knitting in the run-up to Christmas.

My sister found this in her parcel on Christmas Eve.



Pattern: Katie White's Hide & Seek
Yarn: ONline's Linie 33 Cosmo

The yarn is wonderful, and I'd definitely like to knit with it again. The pattern was also genius, but the next time I knit it, I'll definitely use an extra circular for the provisional cast on, as unpicking the crochet chain from the provisional CO I used was a true pain ;)

I also cast on a cowl for myself too. I'm knitting Veera Välimäki's cabled cowl and using Pohjan Akka dyed by Tuulia of Knitlob's Lair, yet another genius dyer I've been lucky enough to meet.

Isin tyttö - Daddy's girl

Olen aina ollut isäni tyttö, niin luonteeltani, kuin kasvoiltanikin.

Viime viikonloppuna Hopeasäikeen Pirrellä oli myynnissä vyyhti Hopeasäie Sukkaa, jonka väri oli nimetty isäni kaimaksi. Pakkohan se oli ostaa, kun satuin muistamaan, että olen jo muutama vuosi sitten sanonut neulovani isälle sormettomat hanskat. Vaikka neulonkin useimmiten itselleni, neulon aina välillä rakkaillenikin ;)


I've always been a daddy's girl, both in temperment and in outward appearence.

Last weekend, Pirre from Hopeasäie had a skeing of her Sukka-sockyarn for sale, which had been dyed in a colourway that was my father's namesake. I had to buy it, as I also happened to remember, that I'd told him I'd make him a pair of fingerless gloves a few years ago. So while I knit for myself most of the time, I do knit for the people I love on occasion ;)

Hush hush

On taas se aika vuodesta, jolloin käsityöblogia on jokseenkin hankala pitää. Valmistuneet työt kun rupeavat kuiskuttelemaan haluavansa sen ja sen ystävän joulupakettiin.

It's that time of year again, when finished projects start to whisper into one's ear, telling one that they want to be wrapped up and gifted to such and such for Christmas.

Sen tähden päivän kuva onkin pitkään keskenolleesta projektista. Malli on Arroyo ja lanka on Silk Aran.

That's why today's photo is from a project I started months ago. The pattern is Arroyo and I'm knitting it with Silk Aran.