Death comes in small packages

Earrings for myself by myself.

Something little to put in front of the balcony door, a crocheted carpet.

Necklace key chains for Valentine. Felted hearts made of Hahtuvainen. Pearly white fake leather is old left-over from leather pants I made years ago. Black cotton ribbon and heart lock from helmikauppa Blingi.

Some reinforcements to my handicraft book collection. Crocheting with the help of omA KOPPA , both book and blog. And seamless knitting from Saumatonta neulontaa. Already got so inspired by omA KOPPA that I started to crochet a carpet. Pictures of that later.

I was watching Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Collateral Damage last night and while watching it I made this. Just an ordinary cotton ribbon, black-silver pearls (bigger ones), black-clear pearls with infraction-look (smaller ones), metal heart and a lock. As easy as one-two-three, although my original idea was to make a rosary. I didn't have enough pearls for that so it became a necklace. Pearls and ribbon are bought from helmikauppa Blingi , metal heart I found from a street few years ago and the lock was given to me as a part of a birthday or Christmas present.

So far the best knitting work I've done this year. Mittens from Novita Puro, color named Rusko. I got the yarn from Reija , my sister-in-law. I used knitting needles size 5,5mm. After knitting I threw these in to the washing machine. And the end result is really warm felted mittens. First time I felted anything and the end result is pretty much what I hoped for, although they could have been a bit bigger so I could fit gloves inside them. Oh well, maybe next time.

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.