Birkenwasser knits

During my short online presence in the knitting world I have already discovered quite a few things that I've never tried, but that seem to be pretty popular. As a note to self - try these: 1. Top down knitting. You know what, I honestly had never heard of knitting pullovers top down, and I'm still not quite sure why that would be...

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Is there a limit to how much you can knit for yourself? Well, about two years ago I thought that it might be time to knit something for someone else. If that someone else is not a knitter or a designer, it is easier to pick a pattern from a magazine than to design something yourself. In this case, it was even difficult...

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It never occured to me to do an inventory of my unfinished projects, until I started documenting them on Instagram. Excluding those whose status is "discontinued", the list is still quite long. The first one is only a sketch with an idea for the yarn, but let's exclude that for now. Starting from the latest additions, Peippo cardigan for Troll Princess is so...

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Thursday night at the library. Two librarians take turns in reading short stories for an audience of knitters. Now how cool is that! This is just one of the awesome services by Helsinki City Library. Monthly knitting events, called "Novellikoukku" are organized in 17 libraries around the city and its surroundings. Tonight we heard the first chapter of Pirkko Saisio's "Signaali" and two...

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After 30 something years of knitting I thought it would be time to share some of my designs. Just write what I did and post it on Ravelry, right? Oh, little I knew of the business. There's a reason why some people get paid to write patterns! Naturally, I wish I did, but let's try to learn how to do this first. (And...

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I have always been knitting. At school, while others were learning how to knit mittens, I dyed my own yarns to knit a multicolour pattern sweater. But. To start from the beginning, my very first self made sweater was an easy pattern for beginners: basic garter stich all the way. In lovely 80's colors and design: Wearing my first pullover at my 10-year-old...

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