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    • The pleated skirt calculator
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withmyhandsdream

Katja Kuitunen
I have been planning to learn nålbinding for ages I have been planning to learn nålbinding for ages. My father tells that the nålbound mittens his mom (and my grandma) made were the best. I remember my grandmother once trying to teach me but I found her teaching confusing. No wonder! Compared to many other crafts I have taught myself nålbinding has a steep learning curve. However, now I master one stitch and basic techniques so that I can make my first pair of mittens! #nålbinding #bålbinding ##nalboundmittens #mittens #oldcrafts #vikingcrafts #traditionalcrafts #neulakinnas #kinnasneula #kintaat #lapaset
My herb gardern is full of herbs and we do not hav My herb gardern is full of herbs and we do not have time to eat them all. So, I decided to dry some of them for winter. As a bonus, we have some new kitchen decor! I used curtain hooks to hang the herbs from the curtain rail. #dryingherbs #herbs #gardening #citygarden #cottagecorelife #kitchen #kirchendecor #hangingherbs #yrtit #yrttienkuivatus #keittiö #kotipuutarha #puutarha #puutarhaelämää #kaupunkipuutarha
Today’s shopping. I have been going through pict Today’s shopping. I have been going through pictures of Victorian needlework purses and decided that I need my own. I don’t know how long it will take. The last crossstitch work near this scale took me years but that was decades ago when I was a teenager. Etsy was a good source for Victorian patterns that have been restored and modified to modern embroidery floss. I appreciate that someone has already done the boring work and I can just concentrate on stitching. #embroidery #embroideryfloss #crossstitch #crossstitchersofinstagram #victorianneedlepoint #historybounding #ompelu #koruompelu #kirjonta #ristipisto #muliinilangat
I new post and a new video is online! It's about t I new post and a new video is online! It's about this cute cottagecore pinafore dress that I made. I also made the blouse using the free pattern by @happiestcamperh. #sewing #sewfun #cottagecore #pinafore #pinaforedress #sewcialists #sewistsofinstagram #summeroutfit #linendress #sew #historybounding #peasantblouse #imnottoooldforthis #ompelu #ompeluelämää #essumekko #pellavamekko #pellava #kesämekko #kesäasu
One cooler day and I start thinking about autumn. One cooler day and I start thinking about autumn. Now it’s a good time to fix my old umbrella. It will look so nice in green. #umbrella #repair #sateenvarjo #ompelu #korjausompelu #käsityö #korjaaäläheitäpois
I completely unnecessary project inspired by the v I completely unnecessary project inspired by the video by @darling_desi_ about transforming ugly book covers. This book had a hideous and faded cover the only redeeming feauture being the portrait of the author. (The Finnish edition was printed in the 1980s, so I wasn’t destroying an antique book!) The book itself was interesting describing an upper society English woman’s travels in Finland in the 1890s. I painted the covers white and covered them with handmade paper. I then used decoupage varnish to add the photo and some dried and pressed violets. Finally I painted the title and the author’s name with gold paint. In the back, the white paint left the outline of the original text showing, so I just filled it in with the paint. #bookcrafts #bookdecoration #aestheticbooks #askartelu #kirjanpäällystäminen #bookcover
My first home-grown cucumbers are ready to eat! Th My first home-grown cucumbers are ready to eat! They are quite thorny so they need to be peeled. #cucumbers #homegardening #miniaturegreenhouse #citygarden #citygardening #growingcucumbers #vegetables #gardening #cottagecore #puutarha #kurkut #minikasvihuone #kotipuutarha #kaupunkipuutarha #omastapuutarhasta #kotoilu
I carry a bag of small craft projects whereever I I carry a bag of small craft projects whereever I go. Today I have been switching between #nalbinding and #karelianembroidery. The latter is easy but I am only a beginner at nalbinding. My work is full of mistakes but at least I’m now progressing and not starting from the beginning at every 10 minutes or so! This would be so much easier if I still had my grandmother to teach me. She used to make mittens with this method. #nalbinding #nålbinding #nålbindning #kinnasneula #karjalankirjonta #käsityö #embroidery #redwork
Roman women used to sew their hair into elaborate Roman women used to sew their hair into elaborate hairdos using wool thread. During renaissance, women’s braids were attached in a similar way but they preferred silk ribbon. So, I was nalbinding with a huge wooden needle when my daughter came to complain about her hair not staying in a bun due to lack of hairpins. I just happened to have the perfect tools in hand. A couple of stitches later my daughter had a bun that lasted all the way to the evening! #hairstyle #updo #historybounding #historicalhair #historiallinenkampaus #ommeltunuttura #hätäkeinotkeksii #necessityisthemotherofinvention #nuttura #kampaus #nutturakampaus #kesätukka
I visited Tuusniemi museum and saw many old everyd I visited Tuusniemi museum and saw many old everyday items. The museum itself is located in an old granary that used to store and hand out grain during crop failures. The walls were made super thick to deter thieving. The exact date when the granary was built is unknown but the front door lock has a date 1860. The second pic has birchbark bottles for salt storage. The third one has a collection of old skates. Fourth picture shows a commonly used backpack made out of birchbark. Birchbark was used to make almost anything from bowls ans bags to hats and shoes! The little sleigh was a cute one. The last picture shows a wooden headrest that was used instead of a pillow before regular beds were common. Although one might have had a pillow or something soft over the wood as well. #museum #history #19thcentury #Finland #tuusniemi #maalaiselämää #ennenvanhaan #olddays #historia #museo #tuusniemenkotiseutumuseo
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