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Lankaa! Elämäni ensimmäiset Lornat, Shepherd Sockia lila-pinkkinä.

Yarn! My first Lorna's Laces, Shepherd Sock in pink-violet.
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Ja huivilankaa, Alpaca with a Twist, Fino, alpakkaa ja silkkiä, unelmanpehmeää. Kyllä nyt kelpaa.

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About knitting, mostly. And naming my blog thus I hope never to be struck by such condition.
What supplies (besides yarn & needles) make the setting perfect for knitting?
See? So I have to remember to start measuring somewhere else than at the beginning of the tape. Maybe I should retire this already but then does it mean that I won't have any when I need?
And of course stitch markers. I use them mostly with lace (and not very often even then), when knitting in the round and sometimes to mark the increases/decreases. I have tons of them for I got nearly all that are on the purple thingy from a Nordic secret pal swap. Then I have some silver ones with pretty semi-precious stones (the lonely one in the middle, they're my favourite) and I got some rings with pearls just recently, which I'm planning to use with lace.
Oh, and tea, naturally. Or it could be something alcoholic too like a glass of good wine but not too much, otherwise I start making mistakes.
What is your favorite type of project to take along on holiday/vacation?
I prefer something small and portable, so no sweaters for me. Though wonder of all wonders, I rarely take my knitting with me on holidays, only if I know for certain I will have time to knit. Mostly I just take my knitting with me when I visit my parents, some friends and knit-meets. Though with these new more relaxed air regulations it might be possible to knit at the airport at least.
But, if I do I prefer socks or scarves. I've been dragging the scarf I'm making from my Alaskan cashmere (Skeleton Scarf from Arctic Knitting) with me to my parent's and it's on its way of becoming finished (I'm on the second ball already) and I have to find a replacement for it. I prefer something simple so I don't have to concentrate too much on it. Maybe start some new socks?
If you’d like to share a story…Tell us about a time that you packed too much knitting or were stranded without knitting.
I've never packed too much knitting...yet. But I have been stranded without knitting many times. It would have been nice to have a knit at hand those times when you have to wait at some airport for a plane that's late (but then they banned the dangerous knitting needles from hand luggage). And once I packed the wrong needles with me and couldn't do a thing! That was shocking for I had prepared myself for some serious knitting that weekend.
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