Time to start making Christmas presents!

Instructions for knitted and crocheted dishcloths were published in the Finnish Moda-magazine 8/2012. Pretty, quick to make and useful presents for anyone you need to give a small gift. Also hand-made by yourself, what could be better? Thank you to Pukkila for tiles, Arabia for the table wear, Verso Design for felt products and Taito-shop Helsky for that lovely basket, made out of birch bark. The yarn used is from Finnish company called Kierti, and it is recycled hemp-cotton mix, made out of fashion industry's left-over material. I'm totally in love with it! Way softer than other recycled yarns I've tried, also good for making example nappy-pants, because it absorbs moisture so well, and hemp is naturally anti-bacterial. Though I've been dreaming of making a cardigan or tunic with it, just for me...

Once upon a time...

...there was these two cutie-pies who wanted to build their own house. Luckily for them, the Pattern Bakery-studio had just made these instructions for the Finnish Moda-magazine for a DIY-kids soft play house! Girl's clothing made of Pattern Bakery fabrics from Spoonflower.

Embroidery patterns

If you liked to make your own Pattern Bakery -embroidery, hurry to the shops to buy the latest Moda-magazine. With instructions for three different linen cushions, this style would be perfect for the summer house.

Knit wear for your laptop

The new Moda-magazine is out! Amongst instructions for warm winter knits, there are also these two models, designed at the Pattern Bakery-studio. They work as laptop cases, with enlarged computer pixels as inspiration for the patterns.

New home for cushions

kuvat Pekka Holmström

Surely there is room for more cushions on your sofa? These lovely and warm cushions with interesting surface textures you can knit yourself, the instructions can be found in the latest Finnish Moda-magazine and they were born at the Pattern Bakery -studio. The yarn used for these cushions is from a Finnish spinnery called Pirtin Kehräämö, they have lovely qualities of Finnish wool and also beautiful colours.