Moving into this century. My inspiration to knit has varied over the years. Knitted some when in uni, but the years when the kids were babies and toddlers were not productive in knitting field. I knitted a few pairs of baby-size socks, and some mittens. But knitting when you couldn’t leave needles out in the [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
Oldies, part 2: ancient knitting and crochet
Now introducing some cotton.
This pink sweater is very pink, piggish color, I’d say. I’ve taken it into heavy use lately, though it’s nowhere near my favourite shade of pink. Also I’ve not any nice things to say about the shape of this sweater. I definitely do not like the neckline (small O’s not my [...]
Oldies, part 1: ancient knitting history
Since I have been practising handicraft since childhood, there are numerous handicrafted entities from the previous years. First I’ll give you a showcase of my ancient history: some knitted items from last century (literally).
Item #1, a thick white sweater from 80’s. Knitted with size 7 or 8 needles, so made quickly. First version of raglans [...]
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 [...]
Fabric, yarn, beads and sequins
I have been into handicraft of all sorts since my childhood. As a kid knitting and crochet became familiar, as well as embroidery and cross-stitching. Later on I took up sewing, and at some point I sewed a huge portion of my clothes.
In university, oriental dance entered my life, and along with it came the [...]
Prewords
I have a few blogs to start with. What’s with having yet one more?
My first blog, Sormiharjoituksia, is a personal blog in Finnish, covering all aspects of life.
Mood Crimson is it’s counterpart, in English. Yet it’s not the same blog in a different language.
Out of my own website, I also have a blog of oriental [...]