Tavaratalo shawl was inspired by woven shawls with contrast colour edgings I had been admiring. The edging is a good way to use brightly coloured skeins as an accent.

Art deco and peacock patterned mittens.

Turenki socks are modeled after a beautiful building at the railway station in the small town of Turenki. The wooden building has decorations forming a net of rhombus shapes that were perfect for colourwork.

Tyyni mittens were inspired by an ornamental pattern on a tea mug. The shapes remind me of nice, calm moments with a cup of coffee (or tea) and just being still with no hurries or need to be anywhere else.

Ruusuisa mitts are an all-over patterned version of my previous Ruusuke mitts. The rosy colourwork pattern works best in solid colours or slowly-changing gradients.

These rosy mitts were born out of my stash busting efforts and a couple of rose sketches. Leftover bits of petrol, pink and green yarns from my stash complimented the sketches perfectly.

Kallaveden aallot is inspired by traditional Finnish rugs, woven with recycled fabric scraps. My favourite rug pattern has always been Äänisen aallot, (“Waves of Lake Oniegu”), which reminds me of waves but also Italian paper marbling. Instead of Oniegu, these socks are named after Lake Kallavesi, one of the best places in the world.

After seeing a beautiful shade of orange at a LYS I suddenly needed to have a pair of fox mittens.

Three variations of a swirly mitten chart I’ve used over the years. I’ve knit several pairs of these mittens and wanted to share the charts as an inspiration for others. Hopefully they can serve as a starting point for your own project.

Tursas mittens are a part of my series of swirly mittens. I drew swirl patterns initially inspired by hair but some of the swirls ended up resembling other things. In this case, tentacles. And so the squid pattern was born. With this pattern, I wanted to share my charts and notes with other knitters.

These summery bracelets are a quick project to use up some yarn scraps. The pattern utilises the curling of stockinette stitch to create a convex cuff. The cuff is then decorated by weaving in yarn scraps.

This mitten pattern was inspired by freely floating and cascading horse manes. I wanted to knit curvy lines resembling the almost tangled locks of hair.

Mykerö mittens are inspired by the Woolly Burdock (Arctium tomentosum) plants. They feature a Bavarian style cable with bead accents.

These jellyfish mittens happened when I was working on a colourwork design with some swirls and swatch after swatch looked like a jellyfish. Eventually I gave up and decided to knit one up.

Sironta is a cowl / infinity scarf designed to showcase a handdyed or handspun yarn. It combines a simple slip stitch pattern with a traditional chevron stitch. The main colour is a semi-solid colourway that sets a calm background to the colourful slipped stitches.

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