crafted
Thursday, April 30th, 2009by a crafter
Tallinn, Estonia
What a wonderful array of handcrafted items – and what’s more, you can even watch the masters at work.
For you wool-workers out there, you would have loved this shop. Just look at all those hand-knit socks and mittens….and needle-felted bits and bobs…..and there were intricate lace scarves and wooden toys and handmade wooden spoons in all manner of shapes and sizes, and wrought iron handles and candlesticks, all jumbled together in the same shop.
If knitting isn’t your thing, maybe you’d have preferred watching the glass-blower:
And by special request, here’s a sampling of what’s been coming off *my* needles, just for you Karen:
Dadda-sized “Cast on karst”
Two for Mama (Slouch Socks and Trans-Siberian Lace)
And lots of kiddly-sizes (not all are in photo as many are on feet!):
All named of course: Lick-A-Lollipop, Judder Bars (not only in memory of the stripes, but of the Chinese road they were knit on), Mekong Mountains, Made In China, Leftover Lace, Muddy River, Totally China (even the wool was bought there).
Right now I’m knitting “Snow Melts”.
Not that I’m the only one creating stuff. Look at what Kboy11 got up to for a couple of days, helping a half-Finnish Australian girl create a new room under a side roof – together they cut a door hole in the wall, laid floorboards, made a door and furnished it with second-hand finesse.
rayres