Pieniä liinoja - Tiny doilies

Molemmat isoäitini olivat taitavia virkkaajia. Itse opin koulussa perustaidot mutta virkkaus on alkanut vasta nyt kiinnostaa enenevässä määrin. Kaikenlainen virkkaaminen on rentouttavaa ja hyvää vastapainoa päätetyöskentelylle.

Both my grandmothers were experts in crocheting and I learned the basics at school. It's only now that crocheting has started to interest me much more than ever before. Any kind of crocheting is relaxing, especially after spending eight hours a day working on a computer.

Minivaatteita - Mini clothing

Reppu ja matto - Backpack and a rag rug

Sininen reppu on virkattu samalla ohjeella kuin tämä. Ainoa ero on alaosaan virkattu kuja nauhalle. Vaikka ohje on sama, sininen reppu näyttää jotenkin erilaiselta eikä se johdu väristä.
"Räsymattoon" on käytetty samaa lankaa.

I crocheted the blue packbag using the same instructions as for this bag, the only exception being the casing for the ribbon. Although the instructions are the same, the blue bag looks somehow different from the brown one, and it's not because of the color.
I've used the same yarn to crochet the "rag rug".

Tikkataulu - Finnish dart board

Syksyn ensimmäinen kerhokerta pidettiin netin välityksellä ja teimme tikkataulun. Omastani tuli aika inhorealistinen, sellainen tikkataulu, mikä on surutta jätetty sään armoille kesät talvet ja vielä lokitkin ovat jättäneet käyntikorttinsa taustalevyyn.

Kiinnitin tikkataulun Meribiologin mökin ulkoseinälle, minne se sopii mainiosti. Mökki on muutenkin huonossa kunnossa (tarkoituksella), joten elämää nähnyt tikkataulu ei paljon haittaa. Lisäkuvia postauksen lopussa.

The first miniature club meeting took off this week, still online, but it's lovely to have the opportunity to meet other mini enthusiasts at least over the Internet rather than not at all. And it's really amazing what you can do "together" although you're not in the same location with everyone else.

This time we made a Finnish dart board. It differs slightly from the British one. The Finnish one comes in white-green or white-black color with numbers in each color and usually with five darts. It's a popular pastime at summer houses but also a more serious sport for others with competitions.

What we did was cut thin strips of green and white paper and rolled them into a dart board. The darts were made from very thin pins, adding some red paper at the end of the "dart". Mine turned out to be a very weathered piece, like the one that has been left outdoors all through summer and winter, in rain, shine, and even snow. I can spot a few marks left by seagulls on the backboard, too. Perhaps this dart board became starkly too realistic!?! If I want to make a nicer version, I need a lot more practice. Anyway, I hung the board on the outside wall of the Marine biologist's cottage which is already quite delapidated (on purpose).

To see what a real-life sized, Finnish dart board looks like, here's one example. (Note that I'm not getting any benefit from showing the dart board in this site.)

More photos below.

Värikyniä - Coloring pencils

Koulut ovat taas alkaneet. On tarvetta värikynille. Ei kai kaikkea tehdä tietokoneella nykykoulussakaan? Nämä oli helppoja tehdä. Lisäsin näitä kyniä Työhuone-pienoishuoneen pöydälle ja kirjahyllykköön.

The fall school term has began here and coloring pencils are needed. These were really easy to make. I added them to the pen holder on the table of the Study-roombox and also at the bottom of the bookshelf there.

Virkattu peitto - Crocheted blanket

Minipiknikillä käytössä olevan peiton lisäksi virkkasin pienemmistä isoäidin neliöistä vielä toisen peiton. Alla peito kokonaisuudessaan.

In addition to the (mini)picnic blanket, I crocheted another one using smaller granny squares.