Death comes in small packages

A beanie for a friend of mine. Riku is a musician with tattoos and such and he started studying nature, fishing and hunting.. Made this design for him.. and him only. Named it Hirvivaara (Warning: elks.. or Moose danger..?!?) because the skull has moose antlers and a warning sign behind it. This should keep his head warm but the man himself pretty cool. ;)

Here is the package I sent to my Secret Valentine 2010, Kirsikka . The beanie has 14 hearts because the Valentine's day is on February 14th. Her blog has that certain type of old country romance vibe to it, so I got my colours from there. She also had some beautiful pictures of pillows with lace on them, so at the last minute I added those three laces to the package when walked by Eurokangas. Can you imagine, I made something without skulls.. ;) HAPPY VALENTINE!! Tällasen paketin lähetin Salaiselle Sydänystävälleni Kirsikalle. Pipossa on 14 sydäntä, koskapa ystävänpäivä on 14. helmikuuta. Kirsikan blogissa on tietynlainen vanhahtava, maalaisromantiikkaa huokuva tunnelma, joten valitsin paketin värit sen mukaan. Blogista löytyy myös kauniita kuvia hänen tekemistään tyynyistä, joissa on koristeena pitsiä ja niinpä lisäsin viime hetkellä pakettiin nuo pitsit, kun kävelin Eurokankaan ohi. Voitteko kuvitella, tein jotain ilman pääkalloja.. ;) HYVÄÄ YSTÄVÄNPÄIVÄÄ!!

I got post from my Secret Valentine 2010. The package revealed self-made card with lace and red hearts on it, a felted heart with magnet (my personal favourite), key chain with two crocheted hearts and some turquise beads, a white crocheted flower-brooch with a red heart in the middle and a crocheted cover for camera or mobile phone. From the card I found out who was my Secret Valentine.. Villikissa ..oli mun Salainen Sydänystävä 2010. Paketti saapui hyvissä ajoin ja paljasti vaikka mitä mielenkiintoista. Paketissa oli postikortti jossa oli pitsiä ja punaisia sydämiä, huovutettu sydän magneetilla (henkilökohtainen suosikkini), avaimenperä, jossa oli kaksi virkattua sydäntä ja turkoosin värisiä helmiä, virkattu kukka-rintakoru, jonka keskellä punainen sydän ja virkattu suojapussi kameralle tai kännykälle. I'll make a post of the package for my valentine as soon as she's revealed what was inside of it.. Omalle sydänystävälleni lähetetystä paketista laitan postausta heti, kun hän...

Something for me. By me.

These socks I made for my cousin and her husband. I was a little excited if the socks for him are the right size. Luckily they fit him very well. Rarely have to do such big socks, usually 42-43 is enough for men. :) (Picture taken by my cousin)

Reija won my in my Christmas lottery and she asked for a hat or a beanie and this is the end result, this is what she won. The big flowers are removable, attached to the beanie with safety-pin.. Reija already had a picture in her blog where she had those two flowers moved to her jacket.

I've started January with several projects. So every time I get tired with one I'll just take another one and continue with that. The other reason for doing several project at the same time is the lack of time. I want to do something for myself. My nephew needs woolen pants. My cousin ordered socks for her and her husband and I promised to start with their socks right after Christmas. I got an idea for two of my friend's socks. And all the time I have is January. I've been already asked if I'll take new orders for socks and I've said that first new orders I take will be in February.. And the time flies by. Anyway, here is a quick look of what I'm working with at the moment. The first picture is of my old pullover. I haven't used it for many years and finally I desided to felt it but then I came up with the idea that before felting I'll take off arms of the pullover and use them to my nephew's woolen pants. If I now start knitting them from scrat...