Lingonberry jam

I took a break from the knitting yesterday, and made some lingonberry jam. I had to make some room in the freezer, but there's still a lot of berries left.



Finnish people (and Nordic people in general, I think) have this obsession with berries. When the days are getting shorter in August, everyone starts talking about if it's a good "berry year" or not. We pick blueberries and lingonberries and other kinds of wild berries, and it doesn't stop there. If you live in your own house, it's very likely that you have some kind of berries growing in your back yard. And when berry season is over, mushroom season starts, as well as the discussions about whether it has rained enough, or if it's too dry. If you know a good place to pick mushrooms (especially chanterelles) you only share that secret with family members and a select few. The same goes for really good blueberry spots.

So you see, I have to start making room in the freezer for more goodies! :)

I also made some progress on the border for my fair isle pillow, but I'll wait until it's finished before I post a picture...

Yarnoholic

Help! I had trouble sleeping last night so I turned on the computer. And lo and behold, all kinds of yarnselling websites appeared on my screen! Nothing wrong with that, you might think. Just browse around and enjoy the beautiful colors. Well... it cost me almost 70 euro to look at the colors, because I have no self control! I just had to have, have, have! I bought a few skeins of Noro, and a whole bunch of other stuff that I don't know what to knit of. I'll post pictures when the packages arrive.

Introduction

And yet another knitting blog is born. I hereby join the community of knitting addicts. It's nice to know that there are other people with the same disorder out there. This blog is nothing fancy, just a place where I will share my finished knitbits with whoever might be interested.