LunaKnit

This bolero/shrug (or what should one call it?) is one of the most simple and minimalistic pieces I have made after really learning to Knit (with a capital K). I wrote earlier about not necessarily always knitting things that are wearable and this piece was one of the starting points for that thought process. It might not be the most innovative or exciting thing to knit but the end product looks really professional and understatedly chic. Something I really feel like I'm going to wear often and a lot. I really actually "found" Carrie Bostick Hoge when I saw the Madder Anthology 2 a short while ago. She has the innate ability to create simple and minimalistic knit wear that still doesn't look boring or "too easy". And I admire her skill of transforming her pieces to have a whole new feel just by chancing the yarn weight from "summery" to "wintery" and vice versa. Who thought plain stockinette stitch accompanied only by some g...

The baby is doing fine and growing every day - or at least my belly is! He has started to kick and I'm a bit terrified how active he seems to be, I sure hope he calms down when he gets bigger, because I don't want to turn into a human punching bag. If there's any truth in the old wives' tales about predicting the baby's sex by the heart rate  he might actually be a she - but for now I'm just trying to think of him as a baby without any gender and knit unisex baby clothes in gender-neutral colors. Starting to knit stuff for the baby has been like opening the Pandora's box for me: once I started I can't seem to stop! The funny thing is that I used to be a notoriously selfish knitter but now I don't seem to have time or inspiration to make anything for myself. I'm just so overwhelmed by all the great patterns to knit, all the lovely shades of yarn to use and how fast the tiny socks and hats knit up - and how super cute the little baby clothes ...

It's a while since the last time I posted  a recipe on this blog! It's not like I haven't baked anything, but it's usually been so late at night that taking decent photos has been impossible and by the time it has been light again everything has been, well if not gone, at least half eaten... This recipe started out as a classic French Tarte Tatin but it has been modified quite a few times, first by my grandmother and then by me. The recipe is copied from some old cook book with handwritten notes by my grandma so it's very precious to me. Today I will share it with you. Tarte Tatin is originally an upside down apple tart, but I've noticed it's hard to get the crust right with gluten and wheat free flour. It just doesn't want to stay in one piece so that you could neatly lift it on top of the filling without it crumbling to pieces. So I've modified the cake to be baked right-side up, i.e. the crust is in the bottom and the filling comes in t...

Lately I’ve written about trying to get rid of all the unnecessary stuff filling our closet (read about it here and here ). I ended up recycling about half my clothes and for the first time I could actually even part with pieces that I knitted myself. They have held a sentimental value to me – there’s something about spending hours and hours creating something that makes the pieces more than just mere clothes – that has stopped me from throwing them away, even if I never used them and all they did was take up space in my closet. Why some pieces become instant favorites and others are left unused is a bit of a mystery to me. When you buy a piece of clothing in the store you see immediately how it fits, how the fabric drapes and how it really looks like. But when you choose a pattern to knit, all of this is left to be seen. Sometimes I have picked a beautiful pattern and carefully chosen the yarn and the color to match, but the end result is nothing like I imagined in my head. Even...

Walnut Pattern: Walnut Snoo d by  Kyoko Nakayoshi Yarn: Garnstudio Drops Andes #9015 gray Needles: 6.0mm