Working through the steps for this tatted lace edging from my previous post 🙂 This is the pattern: Ring 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3, chain 5-5-5-5-5-5-5, turn work, join to the 4th picot of the ring, chain 5-5. Repeat, joining the first picot of the longer chain to the last picot of the previous long chain. Finish with a… Continue reading Tatted edging tutorial, käpyilty reunapitsiohje
Here are some of the beautiful old lace borders I "inherited" from my godmother (see previous post), all made with one shuttle. Tässä on osa yhdellä sukkulalla tehdyistä vanhoista käpypitseistä, jotka sain kummitädiltäni lahjaksi (katso edellinen postaus). Rakenteeltaan ne ovat hyvin yksinkertaisia, mutta aivan hurmaavia! Alimmainen on ohuinta pitsiä, josta näkyy kuvassa kaksi kerrosta. Se… Continue reading Old tatted lace remade, vanhoja käpypitsejä
As a result of my tatting experimentations my godmother remembered having some old things that might interest me. I was thrilled to receive some lovely old memorabilia. Among them was this german book, which belonged to her husband's grandmother. The book doesn't have a date of any kind but it must be from some hundred years back.… Continue reading Old tatted treasures, vanhoja käpypitsiaarteita
A heart shape I found on Le Blog de Frivole. It's a free pattern designed by Susan Fuller. This one is slightly modified to get a more elongated shape. But still not quite symmetrical 
It will do to decorate a wedding gift or something. Happy Valentine's! A pretty little border from Pinterest (doesn't say… Continue reading Tatted Valentine’s heart, käpypitsisydän ystävänpäiväksi
Runeberg is the national poet of Finland whose birthday, the 5th February has been celebrated nationwide since the 1850´s. We fly the flags in his honour and for finnish bakers it´s a really prosperous day too: they sell thousands and thousands of these Runeberg´s cakes at this time of the year! This scrumptious treat flavoured… Continue reading Herkullinen Runebergin torttu, Runeberg cake
This real eatable cake I made for my darling sister-in-law's wedding last weekend. A much tougher task than making the fake one pictured in my previous post! The kids' favourites were of course the cakepops. * Sain kunnian tehdä oikean hääkakun viime viikonlopun tunnelmallisiin häihin. Kakku on mitoitettu vajaalle neljällekymmenelle hengelle, isompi pohja on tehty 27 cm… Continue reading Real wedding cake, oikea hääkakku!
This is a showpiece cake I made for the Wonder Cakes stand at a Wedding fair this weekend - in one of my favourite colours of course! * Tällainen komistus lähti Unelmakakkujen osastolle Love me do -Häätapahtumaan. Kakkupohja on styroxia mutta koristeet kaikki syötävää sokerikuorrutetta. Alimmassa pohjassa on valkoisia hortensian kukkia, keskimmäinen hennon violetti kerros… Continue reading Wedding cake, hääkakku
Knitting socks is one favourite pass time of mine. I have sent some woolly socks to Australia at least once for Christmas, but in our arctic conditions they´re much more use at this time of year (-18°C at the moment!) Here are some of last year´s output that were gift wrapped for Xmas. The two… Continue reading Woollen socks, villasukkia
My mother-in-law is born on Christmas day. This time we celebrated round numbers and were told not to bring gifts if they were not hand made. I scouted for a pretty shawl pattern and found this on Ravelry. It´s the Twig and Leaf design by Anne Hanson. A thank you gift to a very inspirational… Continue reading Woollen Twig and Leaf shawl, pitsihuivi
My first year of blogging nearly over. Many thanks to all my active readers and all you lovely followers that I've managed to gather along the way from far and wide!! It´s been fun, exciting and encouraging, but also quite time consuming. There was a bit more excitement in my life than usual over Christmas… Continue reading Thank you to all my readers!
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