Friday 28 November 2014

I am N O T

...a shopaholic...

... but I may be a yarnaholic...

I found these very needed yarns at MyFavouriteYarnShop
I so love it that they 
A L W A Y S 
have something on sale. 
Just 1€ / ball. 
Fair indeed!

I was introduced also these because I might need them in my VerySecretProject.

There is always such a good service at that shop. This time I bothered the ladies by one demanding need (oops, again). I wanted white -rather with bling bling or glitter- yarn; but as long as they can offer me yarn that has approximately 300 - 330m / 100g and it is - W H I T E - I am SuperHyperHappy.

It is always as amazing as it would be the 1st time; they really remember the features of their yarns. It lasted for few seconds and this Sidar Snuggly was given to me! WOW! Unfortunately there was no any kind of bling bling but then they discovered (another few seconds) that I could try to mix it with the embroidery yarn!

And this was not all. Because they know that I really do my own design no one knows how much I need which -because I never count it with knitting or crocheting- because "we'll see how it comes out" is much more fun with these fast to make projects compaired to my stitching passion where I do not -reallyreallyreally- want to make mistakes with the adequancy of the materials.

So, this yarn is something they need to order if they want more so they suggested they could save them for me and I will tell them immediately when I have finished my very secret project. I bought 5 balls and the rest will wait at the back stage of their YarnHeaven if I will need more.

It was really nice to go there again; especially because I had just been in a stupid local shop where they have no idea about it what means good service. So this little yarn shop I warmly recommend to everyone. If you are a tourist, just peek in and ask Finnish yarns to shop if you can't have them at home.

Wednesday 26 November 2014

Advent Calendar -tutorial

This tutorial is for easy Advent Calendar. It is my own design and here I show how to make bags into which you can hide small treasures. These bags you can hang on your stitched or sewed calendar. Or just where ever you desire to; the stairs, bed, curtains... set imagination free!

For these bags you need felt, ribbons and buttons... and some sewing skills. :)

But you need to decide the size of the bags you want to make. Mine are 5 x 10cm. Which means I need 1 + 1 = 2cm seam allowances for the width. That's why I drew the pattern sized 7 x 20cm. (Later on I will fold the felt to form out the bag.)

I drew the pattern on the felt and cut it off. Then I measured and marked the place for the button.

By using painted number buttons I avoided a lot of work because I didn't need to sew or stitch the numbers.

I used this yarn to fasten the buttons but any other will do just fine.

I folded the bags (remember this when measuring the place for the button), sew the right edge and measured the place for the loop made of ribbon (these ribbons are cut approximately to 6½cm long, according to the figure on the ribbon). Notice the seam allowances come on the right side of the bags to decorate the edges. Because here is used felt, the edges will stay neat.

Sew also the left edge with the loop. So simple is that. It might be easier just pin the place for the loop instead of trying to pin the loop there too (it might get dislocated). It is easy (be careful not to sew your fingers) to put it on its place while sewing if the right place is pinned.

If you want you can use another ribbon to close up the mouth of the bag.



Tuesday 25 November 2014

Swapping wee and other activities

Last weekend I had my latest CarryOn project with me in Rovaniemi. Still not finished but you can guess what it is going to be for Me&MySelf. (My own design.) :)

Today morning when I went to clean up the BunnyHotel this cute sight was waiting for me there.

Thanks to Villa Laurila I can make the difference between bunny boys and girls. I tried to peek which one is which but they really have so tiny places that with a good imagination I can say it for sure at this state when they are 4 weeks old. :)

As I told earlier Mr Rasputin HimSelf has been a bit naughty. We have been nagging at him that despite he is living in his BachelorBox there is no reason to poo and pee all around his VeryOwnWorld. At the SummerCottage he was almost as tidy as Gynter (on the picture above) but after moving into the BunnyHotel he seemed to think there is a life time long party going on. Of course Gynter on his other side and the PrettyBunnyGirls on the other side encourages his marking around. But he has 3 litter boxes so that would definately be enough.

But on one morning I got a genious idea.

After cleaning the boxes we put a bit of Mr Gynters pee into Rasputin's litter boxes and TA-DAH!!!! Mr Rasputin got worried and since that his behaviour has been excellent what comes to poo&pee-case. For sure Rasputin still gets his litter boxes scent by Gynter's adorable BuckPerfume but just few drops anymore.

If this solves the problem of marking bucks I should start to sell Gynter's pee in home delivery packages! :)

Monday 24 November 2014

Weekend Adventure

Last weekend I was in Rovaniemi. We stayed in City Hotel. The location was perfect, right in the  middle of the city centre. The breakfast was good and enjoyable also for persons like me who need to follow strict gluten free diet.

In the past I have lived in Rovaniemi for 6 years so it was interesting to be there as a tourist. :)

My dear River Kemijoki is also there.

Lumberjack's Candle bridge is one of the things Rovaniemi is known.

Here begins the main street. Life happens elsewhere too but the street Rovakatu is the traditional central street of Rovaniemi.

Zoning of the city can be a bit weird if driving. It was originally designed to the form of the reindeer horn so what else it can be than confusing...

We went to see the musical at Rovaniemi theater which bases on the book Angela's Ashes written by Frank McCourt. It was really good and interesting direction.

The autumn views were white-blue and shady.

This photo is taken at 2pm...







Friday 21 November 2014

Marshmallow Bunnies

 
Here is Viola and her two little kits.

Viola's nose is messy all the time because she keeps on cleaning the BunnyBottoms. Well, Aunt Lulu helps a lot so her nose is not much tidier...

All seven and mom in the same picture.

Here's blue and black cuties at front...

...and back side.

Three REWs and one more blue.

Most adorable in these REW BunnyBabies is the mashmallow shade ears!






Wednesday 19 November 2014

Hot Chocolate and Bunny Love

During the autumn season I have been in the need of hot chocolate because of bunny love.


I am not a breeder. I don't aim to breed angora rabbits. We have 2 does and 2 males with the idea to increase the number of rabbits for our own purposes. That's why we separated the boys and girls already when they arrived and youngests were just 8 weeks old. We succeed in this for several months but on September the 26th 2014 happened the accident. Mr Rasputin himself was found in the girls box very tired but relaxed and extremely happy after having a wild party all night long. Ooops!

It meant two teenage pregnancies. Lulu and Viola were just 6 months and 4 days old when it happened. Their growth is not finished. They should be adult size before breeding. I actually consulted 4 vets to find out is there anything we can do and is it safe to go on with them and pregnancies. Each vet told it includes risks because they are not 100% mature yet but they told it is possible when the does are taken good care of.

Lulu had miscarriage. She did just fine and she is very healthy and has grew a lot since that. Viola has had harder times because of the pregnancy and having the litter. She too seems to deserve mugs of hot chocolate like every mom! Lulu is helping her a lot and she likes to be helped; like every mom.

But we had few worries because of the weather. As I told we are not breeders, we don't have factory made nesting boxes or nice things like that. We were in the middle of arctic autumn and are now stepping into the winter. 

That is why we did what country girls do. We offered them the possibilities to follow their natural instics.

We took the old dog box, opened it and had two nests like this. These are not best possible sollutions because we got just one doorway in each. There should be at least two doorways in the nest to make sure the doe can fool the predator and save the kits. And if you have two does there should be two doorways also because it offers another way out to avoid fights.

We offered them a lot of extra straw pellets, hay and raw sheep wool. Does pluck their own wool to build the nest. I wanted to avoid that and was thinking they do it for two resons; to get their own smell there and warm up the kits. For warming up I offered the sheep wool. We started to give them the materials for nest building two weeks after the accident and slowly but very fussy they both were building the nests. Also Lulu; who seemed to do what Viola did. She seemed not to have much clue about the whole thing but she was learning from Viola.

Day by day there started to form out a tunnel which lead to a chamber. The other nest they kept wide open and it started to look like already robbed one; it was a fake nest to fool foxes.

On the morning of October the 28th the nest was closed up and little bit of blood seen outside which they had not managed to clean up. We knew there was a litter inside. Viola was ok after the delivery and not confused at all.

But since that she has had hard days digging in and out two times in a day in the dark to take care of the little bunnies. She has been pampered a lot and had extra grooming because all that digging and cleaning make her so dirty. We have even shorthen her paw and neck hair to keep her tidier.


Only once I digged it a bit open to put my phone in and take a photo to see what is going on because I heard a terrible drumming inside and yes, there was Thumper. Just look at the aerodynamic position of its ears and legs ready for a jump! :)

On the morning of 17th, November, the mouth of the nest was open again.What cuties there were inside!

Today I opened the nests for the 1st time and cleaned them up. See how they have built them up in layers at the bottom. They have been able to keep it tidy and clean. Here I have already took away the hays and wool that formed out the roof of the tunnel and chamber.

A lot of wet hay was there but it all was put in two corners! Viola was extremely happy when she noticed what I was doing and laid down stretching and relaxing and keeping her kits away with Lulu to let me do my job! She really didn't worry at all. Rather she seemed to think "Finally some help from you fool!".


In the video Viola and Lulu are a bit messy but again they were groomed after cleaning the boxes.

In the litter there are 4 REW(Ruby Eyed White), 2 blue and 1 black kits.

Tuesday 18 November 2014

OOW HatNo1


Do you remember the moment when I started to knit a hat for a friend of mine? For it I used OurVeryOwnWool (OOW). Here is the last part for the hat -a pom pom- that is actually a flower.

The hat is my own design.

I knitted the hat and crocheted the decoration flower.

The style is very simple. The point is to knit long enough...

...to get it folded like this...

...and when you wear it the look is a bit romantic.

It is 75% ethic produced Finnsheep wool and 25% ethic produced arctic dog wool.

Very Happy Yarn!
Very Happy Hat!

Saturday 15 November 2014

White Chocolate Autumn


It still is AutumnTime. Two more weeks. This is how my autumn looks like. It has been about -8 Celcius degrees daily past few days.

I had a FridayTreat for Me&MySelf at Ratsuvintti. It is a local shop that sells horse stuff and things connected to HorseHobby. It locates in the attic of an old horse stable which have been renovated for other purposes. Definately a place worth of visiting. Very nostalgic milieu!

I am shoving you my shopping because it is an easy scarf design. Easy to make it by yourself. Easy trick to avoid the edges to roll on in.

Sew a fabric on the back side of the knitted scarf and that will prevent it to get twisted!

You can decorate it also with tassels. Easy!

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