Knitting projects ( fall 2021 to winter 2022)

 As winter has sent in here in Jyväskylä, my knitting needles have been very busy. I started knitting last fall to make Christmas gifts, and continued all January and now that it is February I feel that I am running out of things to make, and I am ready to move onto some other kind of craft. 

Here are some of the projects that I have done this fall\winter.

This sweater I knit for a family member. It was fun and very easy to make. Just plain knitting.

The sweater is now done. I added a extra hem on the bottom of the sweater, to balance off the beige in the top and bottom. I really like the way it turned out. 

I had some wool left over from the knitted sweater that I decided to make a pair of mittens to match the sweater.

My next project was to knit a lacy summer dress for another family member. 

Here I have started knitting the skirt part of the dress. I have 230 sts in the round. 

Here you can see the pattern of the lace dress developing .

I have completed the skirt part and am now starting to knit the bodice of the dress. It was a really fun and easy pattern to knit. 

Here I am hand stitching the sleeves to the dress bodice. 

The dress is finally finished. It did not take me to long to make, only a few weeks. I spent more time waiting for the measurements of the recipient of the dress. 

I am very happy of the way the dress came out. I really hope it will fit. 

Once again I had enough wool left over that I decided to make a little lacy hat to go with the dress.

Every year I make the children of our apartment building something for christmas. This christmas I decided to knit the two little sisters who live above us pink socks. These ones are meant for the older sister. 

This pair of pink socks are meant for the younger sister. Hopefully they like the socks.

For my daughter in law I knit a pair of Marimekko design socks. She loves finnish designs. I was really happy on how these socks turned out. the flower pattern was a challenging one. 

These socks are for our son. He loves my knitted socks and apparently wears them all year long. I think I may have to knit him some more after christmas. 

These socks I knit for a good friends grandsons. She has three age 1,2 and 3. I made them all just a wee bit different from each other. Apparently the little boys loved the socks. 

This Tonttu sweater and socks I knit for my granddaughter . I had so much fun designing and making the sweater. I even learned a new knitting technique in the process.

Here I not only knit my granddaughter socks but I knit my son and his wife a pair of christmas socks as well. 

Here is a closeup of the family wearing the christmas socks I knit for them. 

Its now after christmas... and I decided to get around to knitting those extra socks for my middle son. Here is one of the pair I knit. 

Here are the other pair I knit for him.  I really like the colour combination of these socks.

Felt Art ( done at the Kansalaisopisto in Jyväskylä)

I have to admit that I have not done any felting for over a year. With the Textile Artisan school I had been attending for the past two years, it was very hard to do the very thing you went back to school for. So, now that school was finally over I took the summer off of ALL crafts. I was both physically and mentally exhausted for them.. But, last fall I finally was ready to start learning again.... I decided to take some extra felting courses at the local Kansalaisopisto here in Jyväskylä.

 Here are the pieces that I made there.

This was one of the first pieces that I made... I was really struggling with getting back in the groove of my felt art.

This particular picture I was extremely proud of. I love the way the birch tree comes out of the picture.

This piece turned out quite well too. I learned a new trick to make the picture pop more. I have outlined the trees by sewing the edges in black thread. 

In this picture I have added more blue than I usually. I also was trying to portray the snow covered fallen trees. I think it worked out fine. 

In this particular piece I really focused on the blue colours in it. As I have written before, I am not a huge blue fan, so I really have to force myself to add it to my pictures, but I am quite satified with this picture.

This particular piece was one of my favorite ones. It was also my classmates favorite one, so guess what she got for her christmas gift.

In this particular birch picture. I really wanted to keep it the picture in its natural colours, and how it looks often in the winter. 

I did a few pictures of birches in a more Christmas setting. A little Tonttu is bringing home his christmas tree.

Here is another birch Christmas scene. A Tonttu is on his " pulkka".