Where Happy Lives

So here's the final knit work of the winter. Maybe I should do something spring themed so I could persuade the winter to retreat after these long months :D

The wooly cap was inspired by a bag that I got from my friend. And also I had chance to use some left over yarns to it.
I made it long so I could turn it a bit twofold for my cold fearing ears :D

Winter is nearly over here. Snowpiles are melting fast and you just might buds of a leaf in the trees beginning to grow. So soon there is no need for wooly accessories but i began this scarf at last fall and it was my neverending project thourgh winter. And now, hurray! It's finally done and of course it needed a matching hat.

The scarf is knitted in 1. row:1 knit 1 purl and 2. row knit all. The pattern has its own name, but i don't know how to translate it to english (in finnish: kohoneule). I used about 300 grams of yarn to this scarf and it it about 2 meters long.

And the hat is knitted in twisted style: purl 1 knit 4, repeat row. Then move the purl one stitch forward. Here's the instruction found through Raverly.

Hello! I'm totally bad at blogging these days. My only excuse is that I have started my final thesis project at school and need to finish it at this spring. But I will try to balance my life between school and crafts and be more active at blogland :)

So these brooches are made of felt. One of my favorite materials ever :D they have simple safety pin fastening because I don't want to use actual brooch bases to these sort of accessories. I sewed a piece of felt behind the booch and but the pin through it.

Little owl ^^ I love owl's so much!

And little round thingy with button :)

I got this playstation gamepad from trash. The cord had cuts in few spots so I though I tried to take it into parts. Maybe I can make some fun jewelrys from them.


So here's what I got from it. Not sure if i can make anything with the actual gamepad but the inner parts may have some use :)


These went straight to the trashbin. Rubbercord (had to cut it into pieces to get the powercords out of it) the connecting piece and the coppernet which was in the cord.

Nowdays I seem to be very fond of matryoshkas. So I did little googling and found this pattern, thank you very much Rebecca!

I left out two rows from neck and one (if I remember correctly) from the head. And added one back loop row three rows after the first one. I was going to add more, but forgot :D I was watching James Bond, From Russia With Love during the time (quite suited for the theme XD) Then face from felt and scarf decorations from two ribbons and apron from rosefabric. The doll is about 20 cm high.


I chose the colours because they were close to one we had at home (still is at my mothers) It doesn't have all it parts anymore and the biggest has a huge crack on it, but maybe it will have a new life someday. The doll is like the one in this pick at topleft corner. Pick from here.

I'm a person who has cold hands way too often. So I like wrist/hand warmers. Here's a pair that have a lacy look. I'm going to make a second pair with more sleeve.

I'm a huge steampunk fan, but I don't really know how to show it in everyday life. Maybe these are suitable for that mission :D