28.4.12

Inspiration

Frozen berries





I was wandering around in the net and, once again, found some great inspiration. Some new blogs I have never visited that were full of gorgeous crocheting and bright ideas.

A few inspiring examples here:

This beautifully colored blanket from Cozy made things with the red edging and the last granny round in pale blue was just stunning. Immediately started to think about something similar...

Then there was this amazing bag "Almond blossom bag" from Colour in a simple life. Isn't it just great. I love the "puffiness" of the lily pad hexagons. There is also a great tutorial here. These I have to try!



Apples and Pears


This was also one reason why I started this blog, not only writing and documenting about what I am doing but also to have a place to store all the great ideas and places that I find in the net. Yes there is Pinterest but still this blog seems like a better way.


For my own yarn inspiration, the pictures are Drops Muscat which I used in my Hexagon blanket (that will most likely get an own blog post one day)

Löysin taas uusia inspiroivia blogeja ja ohjeita. Näitä tekisi mieli kokeilla. Lankakuvat Drops Muscatin jäämiä Hexagon peittoprojektista (josta mitä luultavimmin lisää jonain toisena kertana).







22.4.12

Official Opening of the Gardening Season


Spring has been terribly late this year up here in North. But finally it is arriving and this weekend has definitely been the official opening of the gardening stuff. There is not so much green yet and in fact there are still some patches of snow in the garden. But the first brave soldiers are already here and giving the promise of new summer behind the corner. First flowers, some green sprouts here and there, so things are getting better...!


So I started to get the garden into some shape after the winter. The ground is still too wet for any serious work, but I cut down some big shrubs and then cut all the branches into small pieces. Not a small task.


Kevät on edennyt piinallisen hitaasti tänä vuonna. Viimein kuitenkin näyttää siltä, että tänäkin vuonna kevät tulee ja tänä viikonloppuna oli sitten aika aloittaa puutarhahommat. Vielä näyttää aika ruskealta ja paljaalta, muutama lumikasakin löytyy pihalta. Mutta ensimmäiset urhoolliset kevään tuojat ovat jo saapuneet ja kukkivat ja puskevat uutta vihreää versoa. Kyllä se tästä.

First signs of Peonies

Aloitin puutarhatyöt leikkaamalla muutaman ison pensaan matalaksi, maa on vielä liian märkää mihinkään varsinaiseen haravoimiseen mutta eiköhän senkin aika pian koita.


An early Clematis







18.4.12

Crocheting Summer feelings



This blanket is almost finished now but first a couple of pictures from earlier stages of this project. The colors give me a summer feeling...flowers...bright sun...clear sky...green grass...

The pattern is otherwise the same as in the Green moss blanket, but I did a fourth color round with clusters of 3 dc's. Then just one round with white making the circle into a square with hd's and dc's in the corners.




16.4.12

The Green Moss blanket

I've been working on this blanket for some time now. It started with some green left over yarns from previous projects and then the whole thing just grew into a blanket project. Somehow the different greens and the grey-brown edging remind me of moss on a grey rock.

The pattern is slightly modified from Solstrikke and Crochet with Raymond, except I am making two rounds with the joining color. Yarns are Karisma from Drops and Smart from Sandnäs, with some additional skeins of other yarns.

I have made 110 circles (yes!), the last round is made with the join-as-you go. Still some more rows to go... But I like the way this is turning out.



Sammalmättäällä... Tai ainakin sammaleen ja kallion värit tulevat minulle tästä mieleen. Tämä alkoi pienenä sormiharjoituksena muista projekteista jääneiden vihreiden lankojen kanssa, mutta jotenkin huomaamatta peittoprojektiksihan tämä sitten kasvoi. Muutama lappurivi vielä liittämättä, mutta hyvä tästä on tulossa.





15.4.12

The Beginning



 This is the Beginning.

I have been reading a lot of blogs lately and thought maybe I should also give it a try and start writing my own. About things that inspire me, little things in life that make me happy or that are just interesting for some reason.  Mostly they will be about crocheting, food,  gardening and other everyday life stuff.

Let's see what happens and where this will go.


Alku

Olen lukenut paljon hienoja blogeja viime aikoina, ja ajattelin että ehkä olisi kiva kokeilla myös itse blogin kirjoittamista. Asioista jotka inspiroivat, pienistä jutuista jotka ilahduttavat tai ovat muuten vaan kiinnostavia. Aiheet käsitöiden ja virkkauksen maailmasta, ruuasta, vähän puutarhasta ja muusta jokapäiväisestä.

Katsotaan mitä tapahtuu ja mihin tämä johtaa.