The Rising Sun

I have not been taking any photos lately... luckily my husband has...

We live on the coast that faces east, towards the sunrise... I wonder if it makes us be more Sunrise-people than sunset? My friend who lives 40km from me, on the other side of the heel of Italy, is definitely a sunset-person...
Anyway... the first photo was taken at 6am at the beginning of September... the second just the other day at about 8am...

I have been knitting too!

Gorgeous hand spun from a dear friend... turned into a hat and cowl... LOVED knitting with this yarn!

I was asked to test-knit... This was absolutely lovely and easy to knit, and I finally found a way of using my skein of Handmaiden Casbah that I have had in my stash for ages, waiting for the perfect project!

Four different shawls, all patterns by Martina Behm, used Wollmeise three times and Colinette Jitterbug once... Great shawls!

Vitamin D by Heidi Kirrmaier, in Hopeasäie yarn dyed by Pirre... this might end up as a gift because it's just a bit small, and someone seems to love it! (Caveman's daughter-in-law) =)

Folded, by Veera Välimäki in Wollmeise colourway Moses... 

Both sweaters were logical and I could see myself knitting them again... and the yarns were lovely!

Last Saturday at the pool September 10, 2011

Around and around...

Around and around... in the pool and on the needles... =)

Today

My Daughter

22 years ago, this beautiful baby was born making me a mother and us a family! Happy Birthday Anna Aurora Linnea, my little girl!

When kids are bored

Sometimes I wonder, with all the activities kids have nowadays, if they really need all that organization.

When kids are 'bored' they usually come up with some really fun things... even kids that are already 18!

Matteo sat in the garden with some pine cones and made these:

They are somehow woven together so that they don't fall apart and             I think they are lovely!

Earth and Sky?

When Stephen West announced a KAL (Knit-along) on Ravelry, I immediatly signed up... I'm not so good at KALs, but I love Stephen's patterns...

SO... when we were yarn shop crawling with my girl-friend in Helsinki, I bought six skeins of Drop's Alpaca in three beautiful shades of grey... urged on by my friend who knows exactly how easily I'm hooked with greys!

The first clue was published on August 1st, but I didn't start until when we came back to Italy... The first two clues were quickly knit:

... then we were hit by a heat-wave, AND my rows got awfully loooooong (size 3mm needles and a million stitches) so I slowed down a bit and finished it yesterday!

It's grey (love) it's BIG and it's gorgeous! It's also 100% alpaca and very warm... taking these photos was... painful in 30° weather, not to speak of the looks I got when the other day I was knitting this at the pool-side... =) but  I'm going to love this this winter!