crafted
by 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.
Tags: children, craft, history, housing, postcard: Estonia, recreation, souvenir, tradition
rayres
Gasp. THANKS for those pics…those sweet birds are adorable and there were shrieks of delight all round at the teeny Tomtens;-) And YOU! Sock knitting factory – I’m truely in awe! Who would believe you only learned to knit in the round a few years ago!
ooo might have to copy those birds! as sharon said – adorable! lol i knew she’d like the tomtens too 😉 and glass blowing is so fascinating to watch isn’t it?!
that is a *lot* of socks for such a (relatively!) short time! very impressed 😀
I would have emptied my wallet easily in that glass shop and then had to figure out how to get it all home. Beautiful.
Kboy11’s room is the stuff of childhood dreams.
wonderful socks! is it just mama bear that knits? That is a great skill to pass on.
Tere Kiwifamily,
I’m the reporter with the sidekick, reporting back again!
I hope you enjoy our neighboring Latvia these days!!! And here is the link for a little but warm piece I wrote about your world discovering trip: http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/467299
Needless to say, all seven comments are both amazed and supportive.
Buena suerte to everybody!!!
Grandma knits. Some of the children do too.
The article looks great! The words look interesting 🙂
Like Allie, I would have bought lots of glasses and wondered how to get them home!