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I finished something! My Crumbet Beret is blocked and I do love it.

Pattern: Crumble beret
Yarn: Novita Wool, 50 grams, self-dyed with Dylon
Needles: Drops bamboo, 3.5 mm

Easy and clear pattern. I believe I will make these as presents too. Christmas is only 4 months away! :)

Oh my goodness!

I got in! I got in in the first ever Wollmeise sock club! 10 months from now I have received 8 skeins of Wollmeise *drops jaw*

Please leave me a note if you are in too! At least I won't spoil the surprise for you by posting photos straight away.

On Ravelry

After having spent a couple of months in Ravelry I start to learn things about myself. In what order do I do things there, what do I prioritize if I'm busy (never too busy to go there at all :)) an so on.

What I find totally intriguing is how much people use the Friend Activity tab. Have you noticed, how fast a thing you mark as a favorite is favorited by half of your friends?

I am making a Jacques Cousteau hat (scroll down for the English pattern) in brown for my lovely boyfriend, who ordered pizza yesterday when I was napping. Perfect! Pictures later

Did you apply to the Wollmeise sock club? I did and I am panicking. This week we'll know who got in.

The smallest garment and other stuff

Iih, I've got some new yarn!

This is what I got from the Secret Wool sock club (It's a Finnish yarn store, so I won't link it here). It is Indie Dyer yarn! If you don't know Indie Dyer, she is Jenna, the daughter of the Cherry Tree Hill yarns' Cheryl. The yarn I got is basically the same as CTH Supersock Merino, but of course dyed by Jenna. And I love CHT yarns!



I finished a cloth I'll take to the shower with me. It is linen stitch, a new pal of mine. Looks nice, on both sides. Basic cotton, crocheted edges.



And what's this? The yarn is super cheap but ok Finnish 50/50% blend of cotton and acryl. But... it doesn't look like anything...



Ok, now I get it - it's a baby hoodie for my cousin's baby, who is due in March. I think I'll have to make it a bit longer, though. I have no idea how big babies are and I am aiming for a size that fits a baby 2 to 3 months old.



And just a glimpse from our home. Here's how I store my favorite sock yarns:

Positivity - finally

Usually I am not a big fan on Hydrangeas. This one I like - it blooms now, when the trees are about to turn yellow and almost every other flowering plant is nursing its seeds already.

After quitting the Ravelympics I was a bit scared I had broken something in my motivation. But already it is coming back. I told myself to take it easy and knit 'a dish cloth or something' - so I did!

And here's the phone cozy. It is missing a button to hold the crocheted strap in place, but almost done! :)

There is a light at the end of the tunnel

And to New Yorkers, no, the light is not New Jersey.

I feel soooo much better after giving up the olympics! I've knit the phone cozy and am working on a dish cloth. Very simple, very therapeutic. No goals, no dead lines, nothing. Just me, the yarn and the beautiful ebony circulars.

My perfectly lovely Finnish Secret Pal sent her first package. I was, and still am, thrilled! Now I don't have to buy neither yarn nor beads for the Da Vinci Mystery Shawl KAL in october. Quite a sherlock, she is. And the color is very beautiful, rich and vivid.

Needless to say, but the chocolate was also very welcome :D

I am a quitter...

...but not a loser!
I want to quit. I quit.
I feel such hate. I hate everything. Mittens, yarn, needles (even my favorite ones!) - the whole craft. I am almost half-way there, but I won't go on.

Life is too short for knitting something you hate. Four pairs of similar mittens witout being inspired? Within two weeks? Yeah, you just go ahead if it sounds good to you. I won't. I'll rather cast on something that makes my heart beat with joy.

I will finish the pairs I have worked on, but not now. I'll put them aside to wait for me to like them again.
So, that was my Ravelympics. Thanks, everyone. :)

Blahblahblah and a question

I've got the worst ravelympics blah. I've done about 40 % of my projects and I would so want to give up. BLAH!

I am making four pairs of mittens. The pattern is my own and before I have loved it. But BLAH!

I've got a new phone and now I need a cozy for it. It needs to be an adult type of a cozy (I've got an adult type of job) but it needs to be kinda fun too. I should be able to watch it gazillion times a day. What would you do? Help me out here. Thanks!

Welcome!

Welcome, friends :)
I am very happy that you stopped by.

I have blogged about my life for years and about my knitting projects for some months now. As the world keeps shrinking and the ravolution lets us befriend people from all over with such ease, I thought it would only be polite to do this in English, too.

So who am I? My name is Sanna and I live in Helsinki, Finland, with my boyfriend and our rattie boys. I am 27 and work as a consultant in a smallish Finnish software company.

I love wool, beer, coffee and chocolate. I enjoy the summer, beautiful colors and funky details. I hate the darkness of the long Finnish winter and cold.
You can find me in Ravelry by the name Ganeshas. I am also being loud in the groups such as Traveling Scarves, Bring in Your Top5 etc.