I would've liked to start this with "due to popular demand...", but as that would be a stretch even for my high thoughts of self, I'll settle with "Welcome, my foreign friends" and wait for some of the L and the S and the G to find me, among others of course.
When I started this blog I had no clear direction with what I wanted to do with it, and it has pretty much stayed that way. My headline still says this is mostly a knitting blog, but I've started to wonder if that's all I have to say (well, of course it isn't), especially as I don't feel like getting into taking pictures of unfinished projects even as often as I do now. Maybe I've found the stride for ranting again somewhere?
When I started this blog I had no clear direction with what I wanted to do with it, and it has pretty much stayed that way. My headline still says this is mostly a knitting blog, but I've started to wonder if that's all I have to say (well, of course it isn't), especially as I don't feel like getting into taking pictures of unfinished projects even as often as I do now. Maybe I've found the stride for ranting again somewhere?
Edellisen postauksen jälkeen olen käynyt pokkaamassa itsestäni maisterin ja ihastellut ällötykseen asti pientä "eligible for doctoral studies" -pränttiä todistuksen alalaidassa. Olen aloittanut hävyttömän paljon projekteja ja varmasti saanut valmiiksikin, kun vain muistaisin että mitä. Wings of Horusin ainakin, mutta se on edellen pingoitusta vailla, joten on jäänyt kuvaamatta.
I have spent these past weeks oggling the fine print on the bottom of my Master's degree. I never thought "eligible for doctoral studies" could look better than the simple "Master of Arts", but it kind of does. Like a little flag saying I didn't just scrape through but managed well enough to continue with my academic achievements some day. I've also started way more projects than I have finished, or at least I can't really remember what I've finished. There's the Wings of Horus, but I haven't blocked it yet so it isn't really worth photographing.
Jonkinlaiseksi ikuisuusprojektiksi muodostunee Kotiväestä aloittamani torkkupeitto, jonka kanssa painin lähinnä sisäistä perfektionistiani vastaan. Olen virkannut ensimmäisen rivillisen paloja, enkä vieläkään tiedä kestäisinkö ajatusta peitosta, joka ei ole takapuolelta samannäköinen kuin etu-, joten olen toistaiseksi katkaissut langan jokaisen värin jälkeen ja joko virkannut sen seuraavan kerroksen alle tai päätellyt neulalla. Olisi kuitenkin niin paljon helpompaa kuljettaa lankaa kerrosten mukana, päättelemisen määrä vähentyisi ainakin 80 % ja lankaa kuluisi koko peiton mittakaavassa paljon vähemmän. Suosituksia?
I don't know if I'll finish it before kicking the bucket, but I started crocheting a blanket with some light fingering cotton. The biggest struggle seems to be against my inner perfectionist. I've finished the first row of blocks but still haven't decided if I can handle the backside looking different than the front. So far I've cut the yarn after each colour, but it's so much work it's getting to piss me off. A lot. It would be so much easier to hold the yarn in the back all the time plus the project would take less yarn. Suggestions, anyone?
Tilkut ovat Jan Eatonin kirjasta 200 crochet blocks for blankets, throws and afghans.
Nyt sitten vakavaa asiaa. Kaiken maailman listojen ja syötteiden mukaan joku täällä käy, mutta mitä lukemassa? Jos nyt ajatellaan, että minulla ainakin teoriassa olisi aikaa ja jopa mielenkiintoakin kirjoitella enemmän, olisi myös mielenkiintoista tietää, miksi tätä luetaan ja voisiko olla jotain, mistä kiinnostaisi lukea enemmän? Onko kielisyydellä jotakin väliä? En tietenkään ilkeyttäni lupaa mitään, mutta saa kai sitä kysellä (utelias paskiainen).
And now for some serious business. I'm not stupid enough to think that anyone non-Finnish has bothered to follow my pictures only, but if you have an opinion as to wheter I should a) continue with this multilingual experiment (that is Finnish, English and complete nonsense) and b) expand my ramblings to other things that crafts & occational cursing and ranting, let me know. I'm not promising anything, but I'm a nosy bastard.
Niin, että vieläkö siellä on joku, vai eivätkö ihmiset vain muista poistaa itseään blogilistalta kiinnostuksen lopahdettua?