Saami and spring

Whoah, the sun is shining and we have +0.9 degrees celsius. Definitely very spring-y weather. Energizing.

Soon it'll be warm enough to be outside with these. My goal was to achieve something that resembles wood bark and I feel I did. Way cool! I made them for my man but he couldnät see himself using pulse warmers and I got to keep them myself :D Double yippee!

Also for myself - the Saami accessories:

Sneakers.

Mitts.

A cowl.

The yarn is Wollmeise superwash sockyarn in Saami. 150 grams was sufficient for all these and I was left with two metres or so. All of the patterns are pretty much improvized, but I wrote down some notes about the sneakers on their Ravelry project page.

I love them!

Heels of fire

I definitely love Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock. I've knit two pairs of socks with it and it is so soft. Also - the colors are really vibrant. Can you say you disagree?

 

That's me standing on our kitchen table, which, by the way, was made by my grandfather before my dad was born. The table and the benches were up for grabs when my Granny moved to an old folks' house. I was prepared for some competition but no-one else wanted them. Weird.

The table could do with a new paint job, but I need to find the same greyish white for it. It was painted with that color before I was born and I've had my share of Granny coffee and peach cobbler looking at that color. I can't part with it.

Maelstroms and a change in weather

While I was sipping chili cocoa with other knitters a white blanket dropped on the ground.

It's not cold anymore and the snow is already melting. Helsinki winters... Two days of low temperature, one day of snow.

I finished a pair of Maelstroms. I received the pattern and yarn from my Finnish Secret Pal in the autumn and the actual socks are traveling to my (hopefully) future mother-in-law.

Brr!

It was really cold this morning, - 18 degrees Celsius. Still one could easily see that the spring is coming - I was on my way to work at 9.25 am and actually saw the sun! Well, only at the horizon, but still, I was outside at the same time as the sun! I usually only see it through the office window.

Had to take a picture - I saw the sun! It is nearly spring!

It was beautiful, sniff.

I have finished a bunch of things, but here is the next project:

It was on sale too, only € 3.50 per skein.

Salad is healthy - eat your greens

...and your pinks, yellows and purples. I got a new salad bowl for Christmas. Look at it now: