Only finnish today!

Ravelry vihdoinkin esillä Suomessa!

Ravelry Exchange!!!!

I took part in an exchange among finnish Ravelers and received a beautiful red package in the mail yesterday from Thuja!

The box was red, and this was what I found as I opened it:

RED!!! The best milk chocolate, salty licorice and a lovely little box from Marimekko...

             A skein of sockyarn from The Sanguine Gryphon,

                                    Spinning fibre from Skein,

     A lovely red pouch with a rooster embroidered in cross stitch,

             And a card with Jan Van Eyck's 'Man with a Turban'

This is the photo of everything together!

A lovely package, thank you Thuja!!

KNITTING!

There has been knitting, but mostly the brainless kind...

This is all I knit during the vacation, and I didn't even finish it because the braid was a bit too much... so I finished it in those first days back in Italy.

The pattern is Molly (on Ravelry)
and the yarn is Manos Del Uruguay Silk Blend.


































This is a fun neckwarmer/turtleneck thingy... very warm... Ihmepötkylä on Ravelry, yarn is Colinette Jitterbug in colourway Velvet.

This blanket is actually still in progress... have to finish the I cord around two sides still... Ten Stitch Blanket in Noro Silk Garden...  This one is for the Cave-man...

 Then I made this cowl, more or less like the Gap-tastic Cowl on Ravelry, from Noro Silk Garden and I absolutely LOVE it... it's warm and soft and comfortable...

And now that my brain is slowly coming back and I can concentrate again, I managed to finish my mother's Semele shawl in Rowan Felted Tweed which I has started in January... I love this yarn and this shawl  pattern by Åsa                                                                                 

There are wonderful friends in my computer!

It's been a rough year so far, and I think I would have gone nuts without internet and all the lovely and dear friends, old and new, that it keeps in my life. Yesterday was Valentine's day, and my family gave me some wonderful handmade chocolates (no photos), and then I received a package in the mail!!! A little package that cheered me up SO much... from a fellow-knitter and Raveler... Thank you Pampula!

                     Chocolate, licorice, a nice note and an awesome John Wayne kitchen towel!!!

Shawl for breast cancer

A dear friend was diagnosed with breast cancer at the end of September, and operated on October the sixth... on that same day her pattern for this Beautiful shawl was released.

                           Alina by Merja Korhonen  knit in Posh Yarn Sophia 2ply...

We are having a Knit ALong in various groups on Ravelry ,since  part of the proceeds of the pattern sale will go to cancer research in Finland, AND October is the month of prevention!

The shawl is a cloud of cashmere softness,  and I gave it to Tiina, my finnish friend in Italy, for her birthday! (which is in December! =))

KAHELIVAIHTO PAKETTI... ♥

This colourful box was waiting for me when I came home today! The mailman had left it on the porch because he knows that I'd hate to wait until tomorrow!

I opened the box immediatly (no patience whatsoever!) and pulled out this lovely postcard... Helsinki in the summer♥♥♥

Look at all the stuff that was inside!!!!! The theme of the exchange was even numbers and 27 euros (yeah, right) and the sender was not to reveal her identity in the package...

First I pulled out a beautiful skein of Finnish eco wool, a skein of lace weight ...

And look at all the goodies!!! All finnish and all YUMMY!!!! I'll never be able to hide these from the kids! And all were in pairs!

Then two little envelopes from Succaplokki... four stitchmarkers and a WIP, which I didn't have!

Then I pulled out two tin boxes... one is a hand-cream and the other a candybox cover... both will end up in my bag... ♥ and a lemon-oat soap as well that smells SO good! (I love lemons)

And last, but not least, under all these incredible things, there lay ten (yes, TEN) little skeins of Finnish fibre to spin in a wonderful natural colour. I think I'll sleep with these... =)

So... guess who's really really happy today???

I immediatly went to the computer on Ravelry and to the Kahelit group and tiik a little look around... and guessed right on the first go! Thank you to Hanna for THE PERFECT PACKAGE!!!

I don't really know how I guessed, more intuition than braincells...=)

PACKAGE!!!

My package arrived!!! I participated in an exchange on Ravelry, among the Kahelit group, and today the postman brought me a lovely pink package from Turku!!! All this wonderful stuff was inside:

250 grams of Cascade Eco wool in a bright fuchsia, my first Cascade! A lovely little skein of lace weight yern by Ornaghi lane, fazer chocolate, salmiakki, LOTS of buttons (wooden ones and some that seem vintage), a package of Hello Kitty paper handkerchiefs and a nice card!!! Thank you Tui, lovely package! =)

Lost my mojo - Found my mojo!

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Originally uploaded by teakkk

After two days of casting on and frogging I was about to lose my knitting mojo... so I took two skeins of Noro Silk Garden Sock. and cast on a Baktus scarf http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baktus-scarf... Got my mojo back immediately!
More on my Ravelry page: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/teacosy/baktus-scarf-2

Look at the lovely package my swap partner Pirjo sent me! (Finnish knitters group on Ravelry)

A comic book assembled by her, the best milk choclate in the world (Fazer), a finnish knitting magazine, a beautiful scarf made by her, and last but not least... Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend in a wonderful colourway! Thank you so much!