Kässäkerho Pom Pom organized the second SUPERweekend in Kuopio on October 27-29, 2017. The weekend was filled with knitting, yarn shopping, workshops, and hanging out with old and new knitting friends. There were yarns by Lanitium ex Machina, KVG Woolworks, Petrichor Yarns and Lystig Yarn. KVG Woolworks had even dyed a new colorway called Kuopio, inspired by lake Kallavesi, Puijo forest and the...
The last weekend of October might mean Halloween for some people, but for me and several other Finnish knitters it's the Kässäkerho Pom Pom SUPERviikonloppu, a knit festival in Kuopio. This year, my contribution to the festival is this Liinu Shawl. It's a collaboration with Kässäkerho Pom Pom, knitted in Merino Singles dyed by the lovely Liinu Kekäläinen who also gave her name...
My new brioche design, Tiger Flower shawl is now live! Published by Quince & co in their Tern yarn, a lovely mix of wool and silk (75/25 %). This crescent-shaped shawl is completely reversible, starting with two-color stripes at the top and continuing with a two-color brioche edging. The brioche pattern has Tiger Flowers in a row, so once you have finished knitting...
Oslo Strikkefestival was arranged for the third time on October 20-22, 2017. This was my first time at the festival, and I have to say that it was definitely worth the trip! I hadn't planned for attending the festival, but then I noticed that I have some SAS bonus points that are expiring soon and remembered the festival. At that point, most of...
Friday the 13th was Knitmare night in Helsinki. Knitmare Fest by ILO brought yarn shop Silmukka from Tampere and designer Susanne Sommer from Austria to Helsinki, in addition to ILO yarn shop from Salo. A nice group of knitters welcomed them to Helsinki by attending a lovely knit night, buying gorgeous yarn and knitting together. My contribution for the party was the Flying...
Flying Jib Shawl is my contribution to Knitmare Fest by ILO, a knit night in Helsinki on Oct 13. The shawl has an asymmetric shape that is similar to a jib sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. This is a collaboration with ILO, and if you buy the yarn for this shawl from them (2 skeins of fingering weight yarn...
