Death comes in small packages

 Pikkusiskoni toivoi joululahjaksi Maria Lärkängin suunnittelemia Gudrun -lapasia. Jouluksi en näitä ehtinyt tekemään, mutta lähetin valmiit lapaset siskolle syntymäpäivälahjaksi. Ohjeen ostin Ravelrystä ja lankoina näissä käytin kotoa löytyneitä Sock 4 ja ikivanhaa Novitan Tico ticoa. Ohje löytyy ruotsin ja englannin kielisenä, joskaan en paljoa ohjetta lukenut, kun ohjeen kaaviokuvat olivat sen verran hyvin tehty. Malli on suhteellisen helppo ja nopea tehdä, harmillisen pitkiä langan juoksuja näissä on, mutta viime vuoden ystävänpäiväsukista oppineena sidoin ne seuraavalla kierroksella. Puikot 2,5mm, olisi voinut olla pienemmätkin, mutta nyt ainakin mahtuu toiset lapaset tai sormikkaat alle sillä ohuet langat eivät hirveästi lämmitä. Näistä tuli niin kivat, että suunnitteilla on sukat samalla kuviolla (ja ehkä pipo ja kaulaliina) ja sinisävyisestä Ticoticon jämistä ajattelin tehdä itselleni Taru sormusten herrasta -aiheiset lapaset (niistä lisää, kun valmistuvat).  Ja...

Tässä on saldoa joulun tienoilta. Yritin kovasti pienentää lankavarastojani ja olla ostamatta uusia. Lankavarasto on sen sijaan kasvanut isommaksi.. eli ei mennyt niin kuin siellä kuuluisassa Strömsössä.. Lahja- ja ylijäämälankoja tuli kuitenkin kulutettua joulun aikaan ja lankavarasto on nyt hieman enemmän omaan makuun. Sinivalkoiset ruutu-sukat on tehty 7 veljestä ja Impivaara -langasta (vyötteissä luki siis nuo molemmat nimet). Se on tullut avomiehen edesmenneen isoäidin varastoista, en osaa sanoa miten vanhaa tuo lanka on.. vanhaa! Ensimmäisellä yrityksellä kävi kuitenkin niin, että sininen loppui kesken miesten sukissa ja piti tehdä ensimmäisen sukan kärki uusiksi. Nämä matkustivat siskon miehelle Ruotsiin. Seuraavana vuorossa siskolle tekemäni lapaset. Lanka on jotain vanhaa Nallea, jota olin pantannut muka johonkin omaan projektiin, jota en kuitenkaan koskaan ole toteuttanut. Samasta langasta tuli vielä sukat isän vaimon synttäripakettiin. Lapaset on tehty Novi...

T-shirt I made for my sister´s son. The original t-shirt was bought for my spouse and was way too small for him. And even thought the shirt would have been ok for me size-wise, I can't stand the artist it presented. T-paita siskonpojalle. Ostin alkuperäisen paidan alunperin avomiehelle, mutta hänelle se oli liian pieni. Itselleni paita olisi koon puolesta ollut sopiva, vaan kun en voi sietää Topi Sorsakoskea, niin paita lojui pitkään projektilaatikossa, kunnes joulun aikoihin kaivoin sen esiin ja leikkelin pienen miehen paidaksi.

Niina Laitinen design:in Ystävänpäiväsukat. Ensimmäinen knit-along, johon osallistuin, omavalintaisilla väreillä. Sukat valmistuivat hieman myöhässä ja matkustivat siskolle myöhästyneenä syntymäpäivälahjana. Valentine´s day socks designed by Niina Laitinen. First knit-along I took part to. I sent these to my sister as a birthday present.

Found this viscose (?) from Eurokangas. It was in their leftover bins and there was approximately 3 meters of it. I liked the color (sort of dark violet-blue) and the picture so I bought it. First idea was a dress and dress it became. The picture on the fabric was a bit challenging but after all I think I nailed it. The dress is a bit longer than knee-length and it has a zipper on the back. I think I'll wear this in the naming party for my nephew.. IF ONLY I'll come up with shoes that compliment the dress properly.

When I sent the package of baby clothes to my sister I absolutely had to attach something to my niece as well. So I knitted a beanie for her of Blend Bamboo (which I used in her Panda pullover of which I don't unfortunately have any picture). It needed something more so I sewed a button taken from my old cardigan. I also made her a necklace of plastic pearls which continue the pink and light blue set of clothes I made her last year.

These diaper pants I knitted before my sister gave birth. Also made matching socks and mittens. Yarn is from Viking Garn and it is named Baby ull (colour 329) that I bought from Lankamaailma. Pattern for the diaper pants is from Moda 6/2012. Here is a picture of the whole baby package I sent to my sister. Hopefully they fit and will be used.

 I absolutely fell in love with this fabric. It's named Pupuset (=bunnies) and I bought it from Kui Design 's Local shop. They sell similar clothes made of this fabric but I wanted to do these myself. It came cheaper and is more personal. The fabric is organic cotton so even that should work with the baby skin.  I made these clothes in size 62 (cm) and all the patterns are from Ottobre 6/2009. These were in the package I sent to my sister's son. There was some black star fleece left from the fleece hoodie/shirt I made to my nephew Weeti. I made pants of the leftovers. The only sad thing about these clothes is the fact that these are so cute I wish I had a kid of my own who could wear these..

Made a blanket for a new family member. My sister gave a birth to a son in April so I made a whole package: blanket and baby clothes. The baby blue star fleece I bought from Jättirätti and the panda is ordered from Spoonflower. Didn't think about at all and I just fell in love with a couple of fabrics and ordered quite a lot of them. Paid my dues when I got info from the customs.. I had to pay a bit extra for the fabrics because of that. Next time I order every fabric separately and in smaller pieces.. One thing that I didn't get in to the pictures is a "secret" message on the blanket. To attach the fabrics to each others I sewed all sort of hearts to the blanket as well as the word "Love". The word is upside down on the left hand side when panda side up.

Made some dresses to my niece. Bought a book 'Mekkotehdas' (translates to 'Dress factory') a while ago and had to make some dresses immediately. Material is cotton and size 122/128 (EU) which unfortunately is the biggest size in the book (except that one adult sized dress). Also made a shoulder bag from the left-overs. And got a message yesterday that she absolutely LOVEs the shoulder bag.

I've forgot to download some pictures of projects that I've finished. Here's just few of them.  A crocheted owl for my niece.     Some woolen socks. The lower blue socks I gave to my sister when I visited her family in Sweden. One more pair of woolen socks. These got some crocheted "converse stars" after I took this picture and gave them to my friend. Overall for my niece.

Original idea for the guitar socks: Jorik Linvik - Let's rock

Blanket I made for my niece. Yarns Cottonella and 7 Veljestä.

Book cover I designed for my NaNoWriMo project. Took a picture of my own necklace, added some colour and softened the picture a little with focus on the star. Added text and voila!! Thanks to my sister for helping to choose. :)