My grandma had one that dated to 1890. Thankfully it's still in the family.

The square you use to mark the sheet is beautiful. Where did you get it?

Mikä uskomaton projekti! 👏 Todella hypnoottinen video myös, todella rauhoittava.

This was a really interesting video, and watching the development of the rug with such beautiful motifs was delightful. Thank you for providing a comprehensive background history for this type of rug making, which really added to the video. It certainly provided food for thought regarding the revival and perpetuation of other traditional fabrics in a world of mass production. Thank you for sharing your work on this, which is much appreciated.

Thank you for the needle book tutorial. I don't have sewing machine. Do you have any tips in construction of the book without a machine. Any advice and/or tips to create this. Thank you.

Beautiful work by you and your daughter! And I'm glad you included the mistakes as well. A lot of craft videos show people zipping through projects without any mishaps, which leaves the beginners without any guidance on how to recover from errors. It's also reassuring that someone who is so good at crafting also makes mistakes. 🙂

Your lace is beautiful and I hope you enjoy wearing it and celebrating cultural tradition and skills. What a delight to see your film. My great grandmother was from Bedfordshire in England and made pillow lace + I've never understood the possibilities. Your film builds from basics and shows how you work different areas separately then together. You make me curious to try again.... I last tried when 12years old so nearly 50years ago.

Lovely work!

I've only just found your videos and have started watching through them, and I can't pick which ones I like most! This shawl is stunningly beautiful, and I loved the contrast between the vivid warm red at the end and the bright white snow. You do very beautiful work.

nydelig bunad.

That chain-the-working-thread technique may have just made an Italian needlelace called puncetto infinitely less frustrating for me, and I've got to try it. That's absolutely brilliant -- thanks for sharing it!

That's absolutely beautiful, and I enjoyed the history that you told us as well.

I wish I could hear you, but the music is too loud.

Those are beautiful, I would just set and look at them. I wouldn’t want to wear them out or get them dirty! You are so very talented with all the stuff you do.

Genius but so humble. Admirable lady! Amazing meaningful job, Katja!

Watching this again now, I'm still pretty sure this is pure art..

This is not a rug, this is art, pure art..

I see first time your channel i strongly supported your channel from Sohail pasha Karachi Pakistan

It would be wonderful to see your efforts to clean and restore the antique rug. I'd love to see it side by side with your amazing nee one!

Beautiful rug, and lovely video. Learned a lot, and appreciate the quality of your vids : )

Absolutely stunning! ❤

That is truly a piece of art and history❤ I really appreciate the animations👫🐔🫎

Upea!

Beautiful how you made this and always keep the old Finnish traditions alive❤

What a delightfully instructive video. I appreciate how you explain what your doing. I have to find your jacket now!

Wow, what a beautiful piece you have made❤❤❤❤ looooove it. In Denmark it's hard to get a rya rug kit😔 have to check out the website where you got yours from❤❤

My grandmother gave me all the things I needed for a traditional rya to make for my trouseau. I made it in 1964 for my wedding.

Beautiful outcome of your hard work.

The finished rug is so beautiful! Makes me want to learn to make it myself

J'adore ! Magnifique travail , bravo !

Fantastic work I really appreciate what you have created.

Lovely work! They do look like they have a lot in common with the norwegian rye. (though the most common modern rye here is perhaps the “fille-rye” - woven floor mats made out long strips of fabric scraps. And that is a different story/ technique 😊)

What a wonderful rug!!! It turned out beautiful - as everything you make 💖 And, as usual I learned a lot from you (today especially about what the ruler is for - I have "inherited" 2 of the sort and had no idea what they were 😅). Thank you for showing us your wonderful work!! ❤

Thank you so much for sharing your project with us! I enjoy learning about traditional Finnish crafts and clothing from your channel!

Your work is beautiful as always.

I truly envy anyone with a national costume. I would love to make one for myself but as an Australian I have none.

Your little needle book is so pretty and obviously very handy. I'm just getting started with embroidery, so none of my needles are out of the packaging yet. I expect I'll need my own needle book sooner rather than later. I will most likely model mine after yours with the nice wide spine and covered interfacing. The hardest part for me will be deciding which of my gorgeous fabric scraps to use. I hope to make mine pretty too. Thanks so much for showing how you made yours.

I could watch you restore all day.

WAAAAAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT hold on a second there, missy ...... don't no-one told me there'd be 'weaving in the ends'!!!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?! ! !!!!!!

What an unexpected delight to find your channel and your beautiful work today.

that little bit of child labor brought back a lot of memories for me, as I was, and still am occasionally, the child that has to do the winding and placing of long wood strips (whatever they are called in english). Now I inharited my own massive loom from a friend of my mothers, and want to start weaving my own fabrics as well. Thankfully, since I grew up around looms, I come with a good supply of knowledge and supplies. I still learned something from this video, since I have never seen someone deal with broken threads like you do! I will incorporate that into my own weaving.You did very well, the fabric is looking great with very nice edges! For the 'mistakes' you can see on the back, two things: first, as my mother always says, it's good to have a mistake or two in it, so it is clear that it was handmade, so it actually increases the value. second, there is a myth about people intentionally putting a few mistakes in their handcrafted works, because one cannot strive to be perfect, since only higher beings are perfect, so humans cannot claim to achieve it. Either way, a few mistakes here and there are very human and endearing in handcrafted items!

Helsinki <3 And the shawl is beautiful!

Cloths stitch or close stitch? They sound the same, but the meanings are different.

what century finished the iron age?

How did you attach the green page?

Your lace is beautiful, and so complicated. I'm sure I would get lost in my patterns and bobbins and make a mess of it if I tried, so it's very good that there are clever people like you keeping it alive. I love that you are keeping your heritage alive in this way.

Beautiful!

Wow! I am so impressed. I thought I was doing good handcrafts, and then I see this! Amazing! Beautiful! Love from usa. My grandparents came from Sweden around 1900. Great respect for your beautiful work!

Lovely. Can you show us some period jewelry?

wonderful