There's something to be said for sitting in a dark hot room in order to get yourself back in place, so to speak. I'm talking about having a sauna. At the very least it's a moment or more away from any smart device (hooray!) and at most it can be a bit of an inner journ...

I just filled in an inquiry the New York Times posted intended for people living in the Arctic region, more specifically concerning our experience of the dark period of the winter, the Polar Night. 

I always though I hated the dark and that it made me gloomy and de...

 Being a Mom is great, but so is being able to take a little time for yourself as well.

It's been cloudy and snowy for weeks again, but check out this Sunday's weather conditions! Yeah baby!
A pleasant -10C with hardly any wind ;)

I drove over to Kuninkaanlaavu on the ea...

One of this year's absolute highlights which I haven't even had the chance to tell you about yet was a collaboration I did this autumn with Costo, a sustainable hats and accessories brand from Helsinki. I have been a fan since they started in 2006 producing hats from i...

This year's getting ready for Christmas is so drastically different from last year words can't do this justice. Hubby dearest and I feel so truly thankful. Last year I miscarried right around the beginning of December and this year, well; this picture says it all.

 I ha...

Vuoden viimeisessä TAITO-lehdessä ilmaantui minulta huiviohje ihanalle Suomenlampaanvillalle suunnitellulle huivimallille. Ohjeessa esittelin samalla hieman erilaisen huivin päättelyn kuin mitä normaalisti teen.

Tässäpä vielä askel askeleelta huivin reunan siisti päätte...

Yesterday I had my first chance for this winter to get out into the woods for a bit to enjoy the snow by myself.As I drove up the parking lot at Vaattunkiköngäs there were no cars there and I thought this looks promising!

The trail was ok to walk without snowshoes as pe...

Are you in a hurry to make a sweater? I have an idea, make an Icelandic sweater!! 

Never did a sweater knit up this fast before! Apart from big needles and chunky yarn I just became obsessed with the beautiful texture of this Istex Alafoss Lopi and yoke pattern, YUM!

Acc...

Along with first snow arrived our baby boy Otso!

While the landscape turned from autumny browns and greens to the bright white of fresh snow, we had to stay for an extra week in the hospital as it seemed our lil one wasn't quite ready to come out yet but might have like...

Holy moly, I have been a knitter for a little over a decade now, but never have I stumbled upon anything even as remotely addictive as the two-color brioche stitch! Wow!

I have of course been following the story of Stephen West & co making the stitch famous but to be ho...

Have you heard of the famous Finnish Baby Box yet?

If you haven't, it's a tradition that dates back to 1937 when the Maternity Grant Act was passed as a result of concern over infant mortality. In the beginning it was intended for low-income mothers, but later it was se...

I was born in the 80s and the number of internet acronyms I know ( is that even what they're called, acronyms?) can be counted on one hand. One I stumbled upon recently is OOTD, Outfit of the Day. And I dismissed this social media phenomenon as something that is defini...

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No niin! Tämä on ohje jota aloin suunnittelemaan jo helmikuussa 2017 ja mielessäni sillä oli aina työnimi "Plussaa!!" koska silloisessa elämän vaiheessani tein elämäni ensimmäisiä positiivisia raskaustestejä, ja hurahdin hetkeksi itsekin netistä...

Hubby dearest texted me from work on Friday if I wanted to go eat out tonight. Of course I did! I've been feeling more or less scruffy now towards the end of the pregnancy and I knew he didn't mean I needed to get all done up for a restaurant; eating out where we're fr...

Winter for a Finnish person means a lot of talk of light... or more like lack there of.

We are said to be one of the most introverted peoples around, and I have given this a lot of thought. Are we? And if so, why?After reading Paula Havaste's trilogy about how peop...