Death comes in small packages

Veljenpojalla oli joulun alla ainoastaan yksi lahjatoive tädilleen: musta-valkoiset pääkallosukat koossa 38. Pakkohan se oli tädin moista toivetta kuunnella ja tehdä toivotunlaiset sukat. Lankana Nalle, kolmosen puikoilla. Socks my nephew asked for Christmas present and I fulfilled that wish.

Pinkit pääkallot valmistui ennen joulua lahjaksi kaverin tytölle ylijäämälangoista. Harmaa lanka on tullut avomiehen isoäidin varastoista, ei mitään hajua mikä lanka kyseessä. Pinkki on jostain omasta projektista ylijäänyttä. Kaveri muutti omakotitaloon, joissa yleensä kaikissa hiukan vetää nurkissa, joten käyttöä on ollut. :) Pink skulls were a Christmas present for friend´s daughter.

Made these socks for a friend as a Christmas gift. The yarn is from Novita, I think it´s Nalle. Once again, just normal socks, nothing really special about them.

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

    Original idea for the mittens: Jorik Linvik - Let's Rock.

A friend of mine got a little girl.. here are the socks I knit for that little future rock'n'roll star. :)

Woollen socks for a friend. Skulls from the book Son of a Stitch ´n Bitch.

Something I made ages ago. At least it seems like that. The name 'heather skull' comes from the colour which is 'kanerva' in Finnish. Kanerva/Heather  is also known as calluna vulgaris. So that's why.

Something I knit for myself.. Jotain itselle tehtyä.. Original idea from Art Fiend - Deathflake chart .

Sytyck-päivitykset kuten muutkin blogipäivitykset ovat olleet osaltani varsin vähissä. Joulu aiheutti kiireitä villasukka-rintamalla ja muutenkin elämä on ollut yhtä matalalentoa. Nyt on kuitenkin Sytyck-tiivistelmän aika. Haasteena oli siis popping ja locking. Jo alusta asti suunnitelma oli osaltani selvä. Vaan kuinkas sitten kävikään.. se muuttui matkan aikana. Tavoitteenani oli opetella ja yhdistää kaksi itselleni uutta tekniikkaa, joista toinen liittyi tuohon varsinaiseen haasteeseen ja toista olen jo ajatellut pitkään. Sukkia kun on tullut tehtyä enemmän tai vähemmän (Nyt jo melkein kyllästymiseen asti) niin päätin pysyä sukissa tässäkin haasteessa. Ensimmäinen osani haasteen osalta oli opetella tekemään sukat kärjestä aloittaen. Tavoitteena oli myöhemmässä vaiheessa yhdistää toinen tekniikka siihen. Vaan ongelmia tuli jo heti alussa. Ei muuten, mutta kun en tykästynyt kärjestä aloitettaviin sukkiin sitten yhtään. Ihan toimiva tekniikka sinällään ja yhden parin sukkia sainki...

Traditional christmas cards suck, right?! Here's what I made tonight.. ;)

Slowly getting ready for the SYTYCK challenge. Bought myself yarn already, going to stick with the usual, 7 veljestä (=7 brothers) but the other colour isn't what I would call as a normal choise for me. Of course the other colour is black as expected but the other one is lime green. Can't wait to start knitting... but need to wait still for awhile. Tonight at 6pm it starts.. Spending my waiting time knitting woollen socks, friends have woken up again as the weather is getting colder.. just wonder when will I finnish those pullovers I started at least a year ago..?!? Pikkuhiljaa valmistautumassa SYTYCK haasteeseen. Langat on jo ostettu, pysyttelen tutussa ja turvallisessa Seiskaveikassa mutta väri ei olekaan ihan normaali valinta meikäläiselle. Toinen väri on tietysti musta kuten tavallista, mutta se toinen on limenvihreä. Tuskin maltan odottaa, että pääsen kutomaan.. mutta vielä täytyy odottaa hetki.  Tänään klo 18 se alkaa.. Kulutan aikaa kutomalla villasukkia, kaverit...

Birthday present to a friend.

1.  2.  3. 4.  5. Have finished several projects but been just too tired to write about them and load up the pictures. But here comes finally some I've worked with lately. 1. Perfect Ten - the name comes from the fact that each sock have ten skulls on them. 2. Greenz2 - for obvious reasons 3. Woollen pants for my nephew, made from the sleeves of my old pullover. 4. Beanies for my brother and his wife from Puro. Made even one for myself. 5. Space Invaders & Teddybear gone fishing - shirts I made as a birthday present to my nephew about a month ago. I actually fell in love with the fabric on Space Invaders and would've wanted a shirt of it to myself as well but unfortunately there isn't any more of it so far I know..

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. ;)

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)

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...

These pink socks I made for a friend by request. Pink flower brooch I sent to that same friend in addition that she waited so patiently for the socks. The black flower ring I made for myself and wore it at my cousin's wedding. These black socks with skulls and no crossbones went for the same address as the the pink socks but for her husband. The original model is "We call them pirates" but my friend's husband didn't want the cross bones with the skull so I took off everything but the skull itself.

These woollen socks I gave to my father as a Father's Day's present.

Something for myself. Black sock with skulls, yellow socks with skull butterflies and a mobile phone holder with silver dragon. Red socks were a christmas present to my sister and the purple socks to my cousin, a couple of years ago. Black socks done by request of my brothers friend.