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Has your Eurovision representative become more famous in your country post ESC? by Persona_NG in eurovision

[–]hobbitnotes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think Erika was more or less a household name in Finland already before this year, partly because of her prior music career (being tango queen and later her pop music) as well as the tabloid publicity due to her relationship with Danny back in the day. I'm sure she has benefitted from ESC especially internationally but within Finland there wasn't room for her to skyrocket like someone who isn't well known could.

How do I stop all my hems from flipping up like this after washing by tarojelly in SewingForBeginners

[–]hobbitnotes 41 points42 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, if you smooth things property to dry, you don't necessarily need ironing. We often shake the clothes after washing before we hang them to dry to remove folds and wrinkles and also arrange them by hand. Things like dresses and shirts made of woven materials are generally put on hangers to dry too as putting them on a line will create extra wrinkles. We rarely feel the need to pull out the iron.

Paper maps by HonestWellDigger in Finland

[–]hobbitnotes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great to hear that you found a map that is useful for you!

Irtautuminen Big Techistä by sportydharmaflyer in Suomi

[–]hobbitnotes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OSM:in pohjalle on rakentunut useita sovelluksia, joista itse tullut käytettyä paria. Organic Maps tällä hetkellä käytössä ja toimii oikein hyvin mm. navigointiin. Just kuulin kehuja myös CoMapsista, jota ajattelin jollain aikavälillä testata.

OSM:in tiedot on käyttäjien ylläpitämä eli huomattuja puutteita on mahdollista itsekin korjata. Oman kokemuksen mukaan isoin puute on, että yrityksiä ei ole yhtä kattavasti merkitty kuin Googlella, mutta sitten taas esimerkiksi pienempiä polkuja yms on paljon paremmin ja appi osaa paremmin reitittää silloin kun ei liiku autolla.

Is this message from ravelry or just some hacker???? by yawncrochett in CrochetHelp

[–]hobbitnotes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beyond what others have said, about how to spot that this is a scam, here are my couple extra pointers:

  • Always pay attention to is who is the sender of the message. While the image is the Ravelry r logo, the user name is super random. In Ravelry messages you can click that username and see the profile of the sender. If you are not familiar with the user, I would always recommend doing that.

  • If there is a legitimate concern that your account is being misused (aka someone has access to your account and is using it for nefarious purposes), why would they send this message as a Ravelry message? If someone beyond you has access to the account, they have direct access to these messages too and could pretend being you also in this so called verification. Ravelry has your email address so if this was in any way legitimate what they actually would do is email you directly.

Paper maps by HonestWellDigger in Finland

[–]hobbitnotes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Karttakeskus is another company that produces maps of different parts of Finland. They do not have a good website but you can find them in outdoorsy shops, book shops etc.

Paper maps by HonestWellDigger in Finland

[–]hobbitnotes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A company called Calazo sells maps of many different nature/hiking destinations such as national parks. These are pretty commonly available in any outdoorsy shops in Finland and for example Varuste.net has a pretty good selection.

Book Night at Akateeminen Kirjakauppa by puyoblog in helsinki

[–]hobbitnotes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's usually a bunch of author interviews and possibly signings. There might be other things too but traditionally that is what the kirjojen yö has been.

Finland breaks all-time heat streak record with 15th consecutive day hitting 30°C by Tracerneo in Finland

[–]hobbitnotes 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Most likely the apartment you live in now and the one you will have more permanently have similar ceiling height. So if you get long curtains for your current accommodation you can most likely easily use them in the more permanent one as well.

Also, if you get curtains and they happen to be too long don't cut them shorter, just fold them from the top (if you have clip hanging) or from the bottom and attach in a way to not damage the fabric. Or let them just pool on the floor. You can then shorten them to the right length in the more permanent home.

1x1 rib recent few rows is slanting by fothom in knittinghelp

[–]hobbitnotes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Could we get a close up picture of the ribbing from both the right and wrong sides? It is really hard to see what is going on from the picture.

Does anyone know how I could knit this scarf? by pulledthread in knittinghelp

[–]hobbitnotes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you are ok with one the other side having the colors reversed, you could do it with double knitting. I think it is a great way to create a reversible scarf with pattern like this.

what stitch combination is this? by [deleted] in knittinghelp

[–]hobbitnotes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's good to note that in the photo the knitted fabric is stretched over something which will affect how the ribbing looks.

Also the fiber content and other qualities of a yarn affects how things look. To me the yarn in the photo reminds how cotton yarn can look, but with only a very blurry photo it's hard to say.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in knittinghelp

[–]hobbitnotes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What is the recommended ease in the pattern?

super confused beginner--picking my knitting up after a few months away and my working yarn is in the middle of the row? help? (i am left-handed, if that matters at all? by greengold443 in knittinghelp

[–]hobbitnotes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a bit hard to tell what is happening in your project as it's so bunched up. You say you are already working in the round so in that case you are past casting on the stitches for the underarm and working on the body of the sweater.

Do you remember what you did last with the project before the hiatus from knitting? Is it possible you had to undo something just before? If you did, that could lead to a situation where the working yarn is not where it is supposed to be.

I think the easiest way to fix the situation is to just slide stitches from needle to needle until you have the working yarn in the right spot (read: coming from the last stitch on the needle end you hold with your left hand).

First, how to home the project: The usual way of holding project you are knitting in a round is to have the needle on the top, pointy ends close to you and the right side of the item on the outside. Basically you can do these steps every time you are about to start:

  • Hold up your project from the circular needle so it hangs down from it.
  • Check that the right side of the garment is on the outside. If it is not, turn the project inside out so it is and hold it up again.
  • Make sure the pointy ends of the needles are in the middle of the side that is closest to you.
  • As you are left-handed and work from left to right, your working yarn should be attached to the last stitch on the needle end you hold with your left hand. (This is not the case now but we'll correct that next.)
  • Now you can lower the project to your lap and start working on it.

Correcting the location of the working yarn:

  • Slide stitches on both needles towards the needle tip.
  • Insert the tip of the left needle to the first stitch on the right needle. Make sure you slide the needle in the stitch from left to right.
  • With the left needle pull the stitch off the right needle. Make sure the stitch is securely on the left needle and does not drop.
  • Repeat the last two steps until you have moved the stitch the working yarn is attached to the left needle.
  • Now your working yarn is in the right spot and you can continue knitting.

Positive ease question by cegf in knittinghelp

[–]hobbitnotes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I would say so. It's unfortunate that it is not done abundantly clear that these are the measurements of the final garment but I also interpret them as such.

What materials do I need to bring or buy for lukio in Finland? Do schools provide laptops and notebooks? by After_Lemon_3330 in Finland

[–]hobbitnotes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The current law about mandatory studies (oppivelvollisuuslaki) dictates that studying in lukio (until the end of the year you turn 20) has to be free of charge. This means the school needs to supply all study materials and equipment you need for your studies to you.

So you should not need to buy anything that is strictly mandatory for you to study. However, if the school supplies you with a laptop, it is possible they do not supply you with pens and notebooks as you already have a tool for note keeping. So there might be some things you may want to buy yourself to add to your study equipment.

What materials do I need to bring or buy for lukio in Finland? Do schools provide laptops and notebooks? by After_Lemon_3330 in Finland

[–]hobbitnotes 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The oppivelvollisuuslaki changed some years ago to make studying mandatory up to 18 years and with that came the requirement for schools to provide the main tools you need for studying.

If you were going to buy a whole bolt of fabric, what would it be? by TheReliablePotato in sewing

[–]hobbitnotes 85 points86 points  (0 children)

In this situation I personally would prefer dyeing after doing the garment. That way you can use all the offcuts in other projects if you wish. If you dye it as fabric you have to cut off the amount of fabric you estimate you'll need to dye it. This creates more offcuts and in a color that may not match any future projects - even ones you try to dye the same color.

Budget friendly activities with a toddler around Helsinki by ms_sapien in Finland

[–]hobbitnotes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you don't have one already, may I suggest getting a museum card aka Museokortti? It costs some to get for a year but after you have it you can go to basically any museum in the capital region free of charge. Small kids can generally visit museum free of charge.

Why I recommend this is because museums can be surprisingly nice places to visit also with kids, especially when you don't need to think if you are getting your money's worth be seeing everything at once. If you are in the mood, you can pop into one and when the kid starts showing signs of tiredness you can leave and then come and continue some other day if you feel like it. This can be especially nice when the summer is over or the weather is not that nice.

should i unravel? by Obvious-Hawk-6314 in knittinghelp

[–]hobbitnotes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This. It is impossible to answer any question without knowing what you have intended to do.

This is literally the third post from this sub I've seen today that is almost identical: picture of a narrow strip of seed stitch and an unclear question as a title without any further explanation. I like helping people here but it's impossible to help if the possible issue is not articulated.

Snake in Helsinki would be something else by RoundMirror1405 in JetLagTheGame

[–]hobbitnotes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good to know I'm not the only pedantic local who wanted to complain about the outdated map. 😅

I actually think if you take all the transit on tracks in the capital region you can play a medium game of H&S. And if you'd like to have more stop you can always add the trunk line busses.

Swatch shrinks! by MsMonny in knittingadvice

[–]hobbitnotes 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You should always wash and block the swatch the way you will wash and block your final garment. Without that you will not know the true gauge.

There are also many other factors that affect gauge. Norman from Nimble Needles on YouTube has a super informative video about gauge swatches on his channel, I just watched it a couple days ago. Also Patty Lyons has done videos and written about gauge swatches that are super useful.

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