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It’s Christmas time!

The week before Christmas have been busy, as tradition goes. A number of FO’s – some knitted, some sewn, some jewellery – but no time to present them. Hopefully the holidays will give me a chance to take some photos.
My Christmas card this year says, roughly translated: “Come with haste, Christmas of gold; do arrive, [...]

23 days to go

This year, I’m looking for the Christmas spirit through photos. Some are old, some are new – some are self-explanatory, some might seemingly have no relation to Christmas.
Here you go: Christmas Calendar 2009. A new photo (some even handicraft-related) every day until Boxing Day.

95% syndrome

I have a 95% syndrome. You can see it in my Ravelry account: nothing ever gets finished, they are all stuck at 95%.
I declare the projects 95% ready, when I’ve finished knitting, but I haven’t weaved in the ends. Once the ends are weaved (and preferably also the item has been soaked and dried) I’m [...]

Who’s who?

One more thing before we finally move on to business. Who am I?
If you are into jewellery and master Finnish, you can find me in Helmetti where I go by the flowery nick Cattleya.
If your interests lie in knitting or crochet, there is a chance we might have met in Ravelry. There I answer to [...]