Happy 1st!

Today is the birthday of my blog, so Happy Birthday, dear blog!

What?!? Socks?!?! Here?!?!?

Yes, sirree! I knit socks. I knit socks from a multi-colored yarn. I knit socks from a multi-colored yarn and like them!


These are "Spiral Boot Socks" by Véronik Avery (IK, summer '07), made from Araucanía 'Ranco' yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide), colorway Multy (obviously..), which I bought from here on my trip to the Old Hometown a month ago.

This little piggy went to market....

..and bought some very pink linen...

and then she stayed at home and sewed herself a nice summer tunic...

And tuned it up a bit with a discount necklace..

..and she was very happy because she cannot remember when was the last time she had sewed a piece of clothing that she could actually wear in public.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hyvää juhannusta!

Miscellaneous

Some small things have been made here, at chez Kudos:

These cards I made to my youngest sibling and mother include origami in a girly way from Cindy Ng's "Girligami", combines with pretty stamps with branch motives. Fun to make!

As everybody else, I'm getting acquainted with Yoshiko Tsukiori's book on dresses and tunics

It's lovely. Me like. I also like Betz White's "Sewing Green", and the latest Burda magazine, in case you are interested.... :)

the sea, the sea

Well folks, after almost 20 years of being a total landlubber, yours truly ventured out to sea finally last week, for a total of 5 days.
The weather could've been better (I think I'm still freezing), but it was great to see some new places and enjoy the sea air. Our route started in Helsinki, and then we headed towards Viipuri and through the Saimaa canal - the boat which we sailed will be spending the summer in Saimaa area.








Here are some pics from the trip - old fishermen's tools, for example..

The first (of June)

Hi there, I bet you can see more clearly now, right? With my new laptop, everything looks great :)

The first of June, the official first of My New Life. Brace yourselves!