Handun Kotimainen Klubi

Finnish Fibre Club... finnish yarns, finnish dyer, finnish magazine pages to make the envelopes... LOVE! Thank you Ilu

Lime and Chocolate: HarmIlu   Handdyed 100 % Kainuu Gray wool
MellowYellow: Kainuu Grey
Poison Purple: Handu HOIVA (alpaca, angora, silk, babylamb)

At the pool

Pruning...

They've pruned the bushes and trees on our street... I feel naked!

Lucio Dalla

                                           Lucio Dalla 
                                     4.3.1943 - 1.3.2012

My kids knew the words of these songs before they could talk properly... 

You will be sorely missed

A Princess is born!

This morning the phone rang at 07.00 o'clock and my heart jumped... my mother was crying on the phone...

tears of joy luckily. Princess Victoria of Sweden gave birth to a little princess this morning!

Socks

Sock yarn: Vuorelman Veto

for supercomfy and warm socks to wear at home!

The softest yummiest skein of Cascade Yarns called Eco Duo in a lovely oatmealy colour from a lovely friend... this will g around my neck, for sure... 

Spring or what?

Italy is under loads of snow...

And I found this on the terrace...

I'm so lucky!

Yesterday was an excellent mail day... I received a package from my mother, and then a lovely package from a lovely person who offered to order me a kit from The Plucky Knitter for the absolutely incredible Color Affection shawl by Veera Välimäki

(the colourway is Hippie Hippie Chic)

  
      As you can see it's not all that Heliraj sent me!!!


Today I received some consolation yarn (no hugs for me because          I'm going through a therapy for hyperthyroidism and must stay apart from the kids) from Handu dyed by Ilu... 

 
accompanied by the usual super cute buttons!

And then I got to see the cave-man, who is in hospital recovering from an operation... (He's all recovered if you ask me, and has lost weight... too much skin under his chin.) =) Glad he's okay again!

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Suomalaisen käsityötaidon puolestapuhuja, 105-vuotias klassikko elää tätä päivää jalat tukevasti juurissa ja tukka tuulessa tuivertaen. Kuusi kertaa vuodessa asiaa käsityön ilmiöistä, tekijöistä ja tekniikoista. Tule mukaan värikkäiden tekijöiden matkaan!

Good Luck!

    Good Luck needed in many ways... 

Bulevardi

Santa Claus gave me a curtain... by Vallila interior ... It's called Bulevardi and I LOVE IT!!!

Storms and smiles!

Life is a bit stormy right now, but the elections went as they should have gone and now there is the second round... Number 2 rules!!!


And then there are little things that make one smile and feel happy inside... like this flash mob dance performed once again by Finnair personnel! GO FINNAIR! YOU ROCK!!

Election Day

2 - PEKKA HAAVISTO (vihr)

3 - TIMO SOINI (ps)

4 - PAAVO VÄYRYNEN (kesk)

5 - PAAVO LIPPONEN (sdp)

6 - SAULI NIINISTÖ (kok)

7 - SARI ESSAYAH (kd)

8 - EVA BIAUDET (r)

9 - PAAVO ARHINMÄKI (vas)


Today Finland votes for a new President... an election that was pretty obvious from the start has becme more interesting as days have gone by... I didn't have a chance to vote this time, it's just too far to travel right now, but I sure know who I would have voted! Hoping to see him on round 2... 


The funny thing is that if all the people I call friends were the only ones voting there would be no doubt on who would win... I think atleast 95% voted Number 2!

BIRDS

Couldn't help thinking of Hitchcock's Birds... a little scary...

      Half an hour later there were no birds anywhere anymore... 

From a Friend

             From a Friend... the kind with a capital F... 


           Brings good feelings to these 'not so great' days.


Next week the waiting will end and the action will begin, so it'll be better for sure!

Hats

 I love this hat... and the button that  tikru gave me for Christmas a few years ago... and I had attached a lovely flower that Mevrouw Walvis had given me as well... and then I lost the whole bunch at Christmas and I'm so mad at myself... =(

Then there's the Rikke Hat made in Manos Del Uruguay Silk Blend... a perfect hat.

Then there is Quynn by Woolly Wormhead knit in lovely yarn spun by Zeska ... 
















                                               
And last but not least there is 
Muikkuset Hat by Mari Muinonen made for Matteo in 
Filatura di Crosa yarn called Pampas... lovely soft yarn and a really warm and fitting hat!

BACK TO ... NORMAL

We are back from Finland, Christmas, vacation... Luca is back in Florence and right now it feels like a long long way to ... vacation!
Will blog soon...

MY CAT

I just told someone that after ten months I still miss Oliver but the pain is gone... and then today I happened to look at my kids photos of Oliver in Facebook... it brought a shower of tears...

                                   My dear dear cat...

Cowls

 Finally got someone to pose a 
few cowls...

Bandana Cowl in lovely bluish yarn spun by Zeska from Tuulia's gorgeous fibre

and Setzer Cowl in a beautiful grey from Ilu's Luxury Club... this is a Jared Flood pattern ... simple but genius!