700m and 3 weeks

Ostin upean sinisen vyyhdin Grignascon MerinoSilk-pitsilankaa joskus aikana ennen nykyistä huiviobsessiota. Raukkaparka joutui odottamaan puikoille pääsyä hävyttömän kauan, ja nytkin langasta on käytetty vaan hitusen yli 700 metriä (vyyhdissä on kokonaisuudessaan 1400m/100g).

I bought a skein of lovely royal blue MerinoSilk (a very fine laceweight yarn manufactured by Grignasco) a good while before my current obsession with shawls. The poor yarn lingered in my stash for far longer than it should have had to, and even now I've only used a touch over 700m, out of the 1400m total.




Neuloin ensimmäisen Citronini noin 1½ vuotta sitten, mutta siitä tuli minulle liian pieni, joten se muutti ystävän luoksen. Toivottavasti tästä pingottuu riittävän suuri huivi minulle. Valmiin työn kuvaaminen joutuu odottamaan hetken, sillä tässä köhässä en jaksa ruveta pingottamaan huivia.

I knit my first Citron about 18 months ago, but as it turned out too small, it went to live with a friend. I hope that once blocked, this will be big enough for me. It might be a while until I manage to snap a pic of the blocked shawl, as I don't fancy blocking stuff, what with this cough I caught.

Kolmannen neljänneksen osavuosikatsaus - 3rd quarter analysis

Ravelryn mukaan olen aloittanut 13 projektia kuluvan vuoden aikana. Niistä kolme on tähän mennessä valmistunut, ja loput ovat enemmän tai vähemmän kesken. Ilmankos puikkoja ei ole koskaan liikaa ;)

According to project list on Ravelry, I've actually started 13 projects this year. I've completed 3 and the rest of them are in progress. No wonder I can never have too many circular needles ;)

Completed in 2011, so far:


Testineulottu huivi korkkasi hääkauden Espoossa, 1.7.
This was a test knit for the designer and worn to the first wedding of the year in Espoo on July 1st.
Ravel me.


Tämä valmistui lopulta työn ja tuskan jälkeen kesähelteillä elokuun alussa.
After a fair bit of sweat and elbow grease, I finally finished this in early August.

Ravel me.


Tämä silkkinen ihanuus pääsi häähuivikaverinsa kanssa elokuussa ulkomaille Puolaan, jossa molemmat edustivat kunnialla.
This silken confection, as well as its fellow wedding shawl, got to go abroad to Poland in August, where both were admired by all.
Ravel me.

Eli vaikka täällä olisi hiljaistakin, kyllä sitä joskus aina jotain valmistuu :)
So even when things seem deathly quiet here, the occasional project will end up finished :)

Goodbye 2010, hello 2011!

2010 was, in several ways, a fairly tumultuous year for me. In some ways both the highs, and the lows, were more extreme than in previous years, yet, now that the year has changed, I feel like very little actually happened. I started and finished 7 shawls, 2 hats and a few other bits and bobs (including a few works in progress that had been left languishing in their unfinished states since before 2010).

The weather turned chilly early this year, and I had to make myself a beret that could accomodate my mop of hair under it. I'm really quite pleased with it, despite the gauge relaxing a touch more than I had foreseen.


My last completed shawl of the year was a fairly simple, but very cozy triangular shawl. It's yummy and schnuggly and worth the seemingly endless final rows.


I didn't complete the 10 shawls in 2010 challenge, and my first finished object of the year is actually a shawl I planned on finishing last year. I received the pattern as a random act of kindness and the navy yarn was a gift from my Beloved, so it was a real group effort.


And to end this strange post, I'd like to wish you all a peaceful, joyful and contented 2011. May it be a better year than the last one :)

Victims of the heat

I tend to suffer when the weather gets really hot. I suffer even more if the weather turns hot and muggy, and the weather was both hot and muggy for most of July (and a few days in August as well). My knitting mojo has been MIA for a while, as is usually the case when the heat starts to get to the upper limit of what I can comfortably handle. Luckily my Citron was finished during a cooler spell in June, but I still haven't used it, and the poor shawl has been left unworn. It's a lovely bright little thing, and I hope it'll be the perfect thing to wear once the weather cools down a little more, as the green is an almost perfect shade.


I also received two amazing swap parcels in July, and now have even more lovely yarn for making shawls :D My Ravelry-queue is almost overwhelmed with shawls I'd like to do, as is my list of favourites.

Here's to hoping that my knitting mojo returns in full force once the weather cools, and the idea of handling non-superwash wool is no longer sufficient to make me break into a sweat. I wore a cardigan to work today, which I take as a promising sign ;)