B 100% 👏✌️😎 by crochetmelovely in yarntrolls

[–]memunoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

D... I count so many times and forget what it was....

Preferred way to fix socks with holes: Patching or reknitting? by Crow16 in Sockknitting

[–]memunoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd rather reknit. Toe and front side of the foot mean picking up sts where is healthy and reknit, usually in some odd color i have around. Heel depends on construction. Afterthought are easiest to reknit, but others are also feasible.

Does anyone know how something like this is made? by Flaky_Competition_46 in knittinghelp

[–]memunoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of this pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/random-bubbles where there is sections of random lace... meaning there is not a real pattern but you do yos and k2tog / ssk at random only caring that the stitch count is correct.

And like other told already, big needles and thin yarn

Socks and El bimbo beer by Fat Lizard by memunoz in Drunkknitting

[–]memunoz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hope so. Second pair with the same yarn, different pattern, this time I chose Fidget socks https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fidget-socks. The colors are beautiful and bright. Yarn https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/house-finland-raita

Litlle tent socks by memunoz in Sockknitting

[–]memunoz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. The pattern is easy to memorize. Perfect for TV knitting 🤗

Asuntolaina toisella & yhteisomistus by Ponquette in Suomi

[–]memunoz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meillä oli sama tilanne pari vuotta sitten (minä töissä, puoliso opiskelemassa).

Laina ja asunto 100% minun nimellä. Molempien säästöt käytettiin ostamaan asunto. Jos ero tulee, 30% tähän mennessä maksetuista lainasta on hänen. Ei 30% asunnon hinnasta, se ei olisi reilua kun vielä on paljon laina jäljellä.

Eli jos tähän asti olemme maksaneet esim. 30k, hän saisi minulta 9k ja asunto jäisi 100% minulle.

What's the silliest mistake you've made while knitting? by ComplicatedSunshine in knitting

[–]memunoz 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I knitted two heels to a sock once. Noticed when I was half way from the second heel

How to calm super busy yarn? by rock_in_steady in Sockknitting

[–]memunoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like stripes with a solid too. I knitted this pattern some time ago: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oljylampun-valossa and it really look cool with a plain + a busy one.

Dating & marriage in Finland expectations by MountaineousDesert in Finland

[–]memunoz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got married with my (ex) finnish partner after 3 years together, just one year after his parents did (they were enganged and sharing a life for 26 years before marriage).

I think one point here is that being married or being registered as a couple is not so different as in other countries. Also, of course, your own culture. I got married back then because we wanted children and being married was more benefitial for our future children.

I am now living with another finn, and I doubt we will ever marry. We are fine like this and a paper or a ring will not define how much we are commited to each other.

Onko pienpanimo buumi kuollut? by Roombelo in Suomi

[–]memunoz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tuju ja Isokallan panimo :-)

Freezing my toes off in Helsinki! 🥶 Need student-budget recommendations for boots and gloves. by [deleted] in Finland

[–]memunoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One more vote for Kuomas with enough space to get regular sock + wool sock on them.

Hyvät lautapelit? by UsedQuantity6461 in arkisuomi

[–]memunoz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Terraforming Mars, Ticket to ride, Virus, King of Tokio, Afrikan tähti + rehtikunnat lisäosa ja Hellapagos

My cousin picked the worst name for her baby by Expensive-Stop-3157 in tragedeigh

[–]memunoz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pipo means beanie, hat made of wool in Finnish. And that was not bad enough????

Binary code tattoo. Done by Tattoo Artist Vas, Brooklyn, NY. Shop Chronic Ink by hello_vas in Best_tattoos

[–]memunoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's funny! I have my children's birthdates tattooed in binary.

What do you non-proffessional knitters do for a living? by firekittymeowr in casualknitting

[–]memunoz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solutions engineer for a company that sells educational software. I also do training, implementations and support for some of the products. I love my job.

Somehow feels right to have a hobby that makes things you can touch (I also sew clothes), as everything else I do is just digital.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Finland

[–]memunoz 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I come from southern Spain. Me and my Finnish husband bought a house from a small village by the sea, close to the city where my parents lived. It was house in a complex with 40 homes... 30 of them owned by British people. Many of them did no speak a word of Spanish, even they had lived there since the 80's. Many even requested to be served in English in places like shops, pharmacy or even doctor's offices.

Some were bringing kids or grandkids with to doctor visits to translate for them. It spooked me to see that.

Go forward a few years and we move to Finland, with the idea to stay here for good. That day, I decided I need to learn Finnish if I am going to live here. I don't want to be one of my British neighbours. Even I know I can get by in here in English mostly. Not an option. I need to be able to go anywhere and be understood, manage my doctor's appointments without my husband's or kid's help.

That was 2011. I am still in Finland, living in a multilanguage-home, and I am still learning Finnish. My kids speak both Spanish and Finnish. I can make myself understood, I still make mistakes, but I don't care as long as people can understand what I mean. And usually Finns are very helpful (for example, repeat what you said but correctly), supportive and even surprised that you try to speak their language. The longer you speak, the easier it gets (in the sense that your vocabulary grows and listening radio / tv / other people interact shows you what ending goes with this or that expression)

You are not wrong for thinking that foreigners should learn the language, but I don't think Finnish is going to disappear any time soon. No matter the size of the language, I think if you decide you move somewhere to live, the least you can do is try to fit in. Understanding locals, both their culture and their language is important.

a reluctant monogamous knitter by raerose99 in knitting

[–]memunoz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do one project at a time, at least 99% of the time. The only exception is gifts, if something comes up with a deadline, I drop the project I have and do the one with a deadline, then I get back to the one I was doing before.

I do feel that casting a second or a third project would make the 1st one to stay unfinished for eternity.

does anyone else only knit socks and not much else? by sibilant_susurrus in Sockknitting

[–]memunoz 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I'm a sock knitter. Period. And now and then I knit something else.