Vlogmas 2023 - Episode 1

[@Kat-Knows]

So sweet to see ur boys skating. I ice skated a lot as a youth in Michigan. We skated on froze rivers as well as in ice skating rinks. Such fun memories. i am a senior citizen now so no more skating for me. lol I do love my crafting of collecting yarn, knitting, crocheting, latch hook projects, quilting, applique, cross-stitch & embroidery. I am never bored.

[@annijuutiknits]

Skating was a big part of my childhood too. There was a rink just 100m from our home, if there had been about if snow and the roads were all packed down with it, we put skates on at home and skated to the rink. 😅 thanks for tuning in! ❤️

[@kimmagella7032]

Thank you for the Vlogmas! 🎉 Loved the episode!

[@EV-D-10]

Lovely!!🤩🤩🤩

[@macs9297]

Im really glad you decided to do vlogmas! You keep me company while I have morning coffee. So I say keep on!

[@annijuutiknits]

Happy to hear that! ❤️🙏🏻🎄

[@karenannallard7278]

Nice 1st episode. Love your sock pattern

[@genier7829]

Love the skating . It reminds me of taking my niece and nephew skating a few years ago, before they were teenagers and too cool to hang out with me!

[@annijuutiknits]

Skating is so much fun, I’ve always preferred that over cross country skiing . 😁 thanks for watching!

[@susanbruty4727]

Lovely! So much snow . That was a surprise for me. I love snow ... we have very little if any here in the south of England. More footage of that please 😊. I love your santa socks. I want to make them . X

[@annijuutiknits]

The snow came pretty early this year, but we usually have a good 4-5 months worth of it. We’ll be sick of it by the end of February. 😅 so there will definitely be more of that. ❄️

[@claireattheseaside3980]

Loved this Anniina! So great to spend some time with you. Love your Christmas pattern. Thanks for sharing. Xx

[@annijuutiknits]

Thank you Claire! ☺️❤️

[@helenedumoulin9092]

Your first vlogmas episode is great ! Loved it as usual ! Have a wonderful day !

[@Sassycanuckknitter]

Thank you for this vlogmas clip. You did well. I love the new holiday sock pattern. The colours you chose are so vibrant.

[@gwenmurillo1093]

I'm from the United States in Iowa. Loved your 1st Vlogmas. You skate very fast. I havent skated since I was about 12 and I'm now 62 so I was really impressed.

[@annijuutiknits]

Hi and thanks for watching! There’s more opportunities here to skate than where you are. ☺️

[@kimeckstrom2282]

I enjoyed your vlogmas today. It was so sweet to see the kids skating. It reminded me of my childhood. Good for you lacing up your skates, wish I were still able to do that. I also like the Instagram voting. Kim

[@annijuutiknits]

Hi Kim, I’m glad you liked it! ❤️ I loved skating as a child and I’m happy my kids like it too. And that I can still do it myself. 😁 the voting has been surprisingly fun for me too!

[@ursulauphof420]

Love seeing your daily activities and especially the ice skating .not something we do in South Africa except indoors on an ice rink. Take care..you are doing great xx

[@annijuutiknits]

Thanks for watching Ursula! ❤️🎄

[@nancyallen550]

Lovely ❄️

[@FibreBound]

Happy first vlogmas Anniina! A beautiful first episode and I look forward to catching up on the rest of your month so far! The footage of the skating took me back to 2013 when we were in Finland, skating outside in the evening with a beautiful sunset, similar to your sunrise! Such a great memory! Thank you for sharing dear friend!

[@annijuutiknits]

That sounds like a wonderful memory. ❤️ thanks for tuning in. ❤️

[@patricialoux5193]

Well done Annina for a first Vlogmas! Your new Christmas sock pattern is so nice! I am also knitting a pair of slippers, the Rauma pattern by Anna Heino. Wishing we had a little Christmas snow like you do, but it doesn’t snow so much here in Connecticut US like it did when I was a child! Climate change I guess 😢. I look forward to more of your Vlogmas videos!

[@annijuutiknits]

Thanks for tuning in Patricia! Snow is pretty but at the end of the winter we are so over it! 🤣

[@sarahb4330]

So lovely to watch vlogmas videos from you- happy advent

[@annijuutiknits]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching ❤️

[@hollycannon9349]

Hello! New viewer from OK, USA. Really enjoyed your Vlogmas so far and your new podcast that came out today. Look forward to watching the rest of your Vlogmas!

[@annijuutiknits]

Welcome aboard! ❤️ happy to have you here!

[@ruthlovestoknitpodcast]

KZbin hide this joy from me…. Found you. Very impressed with your sock showing flexibility 😅😅😅

[@annijuutiknits]

Haha, I used to be stretchy 😂

[@LobstermansWife]

This was such a lovely vlogmas! I found you randomly on KZbin earlier and am excited to binge watch you first episodes of vlogmas and then go back and watch all your podcasts from the beginning. You are so calming to watch and I very much enjoyed knitting with you! Your boys were adorable skating ⛸️ I have four boys of my own and they enjoy when we take them down to the pond by our home to go skating. I am excited to have finished my husband’s wool vest while watching. He works on a boat dragging for scallops on the east coast of Maine. It’s a bit chilly here as we’ve already been blanketed in snow and he requested a wool vest to wear as a layering piece this season.

[@annijuutiknits]

Hi and welcome! ☺️❤️ thank you for your sweet words! how old are your boys? 😊 Oh and it must be pretty chilly on the boat! Thank goodness for wool. 🙏🏻

[@LobstermansWife]

My boys are 14, 8, 6, and 2. They keep us busy as I’m sure yours do for you ☺️ It is soooo cold on the water right now 🥶 My husband is so grateful for wool this time of year!

[@kristinamorley4063]

Loved your first vlogmas . I’ve just found you so will be catching up over the next couple of days. Love seeing the snow, reminded my of when I was younger and going to Finland in the winter (I’m in the uk) My mum was Finnish & we spent a lot of the school holidays in Finland, both in the summer & winter. Loved the ‘proper’ snow you get there ❄️

[@annijuutiknits]

Welcome! That’s a wonderful connection, I loved hearing about that. I hope you keep enjoying my videos. ❤️❄️🎄

[@eenleukleven]

I really enjoyed watching your first Vlogmas ever! You did very well!! Looking forward to the next vlogmasses to come. My plan is to knit scrappy socks during december, just a relaxing knit, knitting small stranded patterns in stripes, so that will be perfect for your KAL! I live in The Netherlands, and I used to do ice skating every winter when I was a kid, but the past years we haven't had cold winters, so no ice skating (at least not outdoors on naturally frozen water).

[@annijuutiknits]

Thank you so much!! I’m happy to hear you liked it. ☺️ we don’t really skate in natural waters either, they usually are just sand fields that are frozen for skating. There’s usually so much snow that skating over natural waters is not really possible. ☺️

[@katespin99]

Loved your bologna video. You are doing great. Love swing the ice skating. Bought the new sock pattern. It’s a delight.

[@annijuutiknits]

Thanks so much 😊 happy to hear that! ❤️

[@desislavazainska-papalexio9138]

You are so cute 😊 don't worry about how you're doing Vlogmas, this is your way and I enjoyed it ❤

[@annijuutiknits]

Thank you!! 😊 I stopped worrying, it’s my channel so I get to do it as I please. Thanks for tuning in.

[@desislavazainska-papalexio9138]

@@annijuutiknits exactly 😉 And I can tell you look more confident in the next episodes. I loved the second one! I wanted to say that I admire you - with full-time job, small kids, knitting lessons, stunning designs and you still manage to do Vlogmas! Super well done!

[@leslienero7884]

Love the idea of a scrappy advent sock! If you do it next year I'm in. I'm already doing a pair of advent socks, my first advent project, and I'm enjoying it, but I have a lot of sock yarn scraps. I also want to make those slippers, but there are several gift socks on my needles right now and plans for sweaters. So much knitting to do!

[@annijuutiknits]

I wasn’t planning on making it as a thing, just something I wanted to make for myself. But I can see repeating this next year for sure. ☺️ thanks for watching. 😘

[@movingstitches]

Annina it might be your first vlogmas but I have thoroughly enjoyed watching it !!😍it gave me all the cozy vibes and I love the socks! that might be the motivation I need to finish a pair :) hugs from Spain!

[@annijuutiknits]

Oh Rebeca, I’m glad to hear that. ☺️ x

[@tabathahenry7600]

Happy Vlogmas. Just found your channel. Love the new sock pattern.

[@annijuutiknits]

Welcome and thanks for watching! ❤️❄️

[@bunnyechoes]

Thanks for a lovely Vlogmas episode! It's great to see what this time of year looks like in Finland. We don't have any snow where I live but it is quite cold now. Currently I'm knitting on a Newborn Vertebrae cardigan - I'm using larger needles so it won't be so small but it still is adorably tiny!

[@annijuutiknits]

Thanks for tuning in. ❤️ that is a nice cardigan, ive seen it on other podcasts. ☺️

[@anickweckx2036]

Loved watching your very first vlogmas Anniina! I'm working on a musselburgh hat for my husband and the Novita Pomona socks for my daughter. I'm Anick from Belgium 🙋‍♀

[@annijuutiknits]

Hi Anick and thanks for tuning in! ❤️ those Pomona socks are fantastic!

[@knitlovepray]

Hello from Montana, US. We don't have as much snow as you, so I'm a bit jealous. :D I'm sure we'll catch up. I am working on the advent socks by Kay Jones, from the Bakery Bears. I'm also working on Winter Wonderland Hat by Mary Pranica. I loved taking my kids skating when they were little and my daughter goes skating every year with friends on her December birthday. This week, she is celebrating her 18th birthday in Belgium and going to go skating in Brussels. Merry Christmas!

[@annijuutiknits]

It’s nice when it’s all white, when it turns to slush no one is having fun! 😁 that’s so nice, I’m happy for her! Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas!

[@deborahkristensen9344]

Nice vlogmas, good work! Hello from Norway. Working on red, white and green striped elf socks for my grandsons.

[@annijuutiknits]

Hi neighbor! Thanks for tuning in! ❤️

[@deborahjones9412]

What a lovely first Vlogmas and the skating looked fun 😊 Also the sunrise/ 🌅 sunset was just so beautiful - thank you for sharing xxx

[@annijuutiknits]

Thank you Deborah! ❤️☺️

[@katjazettelchen9113]

What a great start to vlogmas. ❤ It was a really nice surprise that you‘re doing vlogmas this year. I really enjoyed the episode while knitting on my 24-stripe-advent socks. I would love to join the scrappy advent sock kal - but I doubt there are any needles left in my house. 😅

[@annijuutiknits]

I often have that same problem! So many projects, not enough time. I’ve been enjoying this little filming adventure! 😇

[@Wolhobby]

I started my scrappy socks on December 30th, I think. They are so addicting. I am not keeping it to 1 stripe a day and I am not knitting the same socks. But I love them already. Oh and your Christmas socks are awesome! I already saw them in the Barcelona knits vlog, but I did not tell you then.

[@annijuutiknits]

Socks are the best and scrappy ones even more fun! ☺️ thanks for watching!

[@polarnattStrikker]

Thank you for this first vlogmas episode Anniina. I just cast on a new sock (they are called winterforest socks), but I am almost tempted to change to the Julgubbe socks, how cute are they!! 😍 maybe next year 😉

[@annijuutiknits]

Thank you so much for your lovely words. ❤️🎅🏼

[@bonniedyer8875]

Thank you for doing this. I’m from Saskatoon Canada. We don’t have any snow here which is unusual for this time of the year. Love seeing your snow and watching the skating.♥️♥️

[@annijuutiknits]

Thanks for tuning in! ❤️ there will be more snowy clips for sure. ☺️❄️

[@jansmith7177]

You popped up on my feed this morning. So glad to find you!! I know what my next sock pattern purchase is - those little Santa’s are adorable. You have such good little skaters! Love the toddler skating aid. He’s really getting it!

[@annijuutiknits]

Welcome!! ❤️ and thank you. ☺️ he was very brave to try skating for the first town but boy was he tired afterwards! 🤭

[@mjb9525]

Loved the skating! Will you be commenting on how to join yarns in your scrappy socks? Love the idea of them but wonder about all the ends to weave in or do you have a special technique? Thanks.

[@annijuutiknits]

Thanks! ❤️ I filmed a little clip today and it’ll feature in my next episode which will come out tomorrow. ☺️

[@catherinecunningham7126]

Your sock pattern is so pretty, Anniina! I have been ice skating once and was on my bottom more than my skates! LOL Your first Vlogmass was a success! 🎄🎄🎄

[@annijuutiknits]

It can be tricky in the beginning! 🤭 thank you! ❤️

[@carolflores2905]

Do you know Jana also? Of Finnish Knitting stories? Kettuknits.

[@annijuutiknits]

Yes, we’ve met couple of times. ☺️ we spent an afternoon together in April when Selma form Little Big Knits came to Finland. And I’ve knit with Kettu yarns a lot. ❤️☺️

[@kristenrossi6528]

Thank you for sharing your vlogmas episode. I'm from New Hampshire in the US. How many hours of daylight do you have this time of year? Where I live, it gets dark around 4:30 pm and daylight begins around 7 am. I am currently working on some miniature sweater ornaments using scraps of sock yarn.

[@annijuutiknits]

Thanks for tuning in! ☺️ we have less than five hours of proper daylight at this point. Sun rises around ten and sets before three.