{"id":1172,"date":"2012-05-26T21:08:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T18:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neulakko.net\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2012-05-28T21:31:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T18:31:48","slug":"neulakko-taytti-viisi-ja-tapasin-inspiraation-neulakko-turns-five-and-i-met-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neulakko.net\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"Neulakko t\u00e4ytti viisi ja tapasin inspiraation \/ Neulakko turns five and I met inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Terveisi\u00e4 Ruotsista! Vietin siell\u00e4 ansiokkaan helatorstaiviikon. Samalla viikolla Neulakko t\u00e4ytti puolipy\u00f6re\u00e4t viisi vuotta. Aika rient\u00e4\u00e4! 176 kirjoitusta joihin 627 kommenttia, kiitos niist\u00e4!<\/p>\n

Ruotsin viikkoon mahtui paljon hyvi\u00e4 luentoja: kirjontaa, pukeutumisen historiaa ja metallin valamista. Niiden lis\u00e4ksi oli hyvi\u00e4 kohtaamisia ja keskusteluja niin uusien kuin oikein vanhojen tuttujenkin kanssa. Puhuin r\u00f6yhel\u00f6hunnuista. Tapahtui niin paljon, ett\u00e4 sit\u00e4 on vaikea tiivist\u00e4\u00e4.<\/p>\n

Yksi varsin erityinen kohtaaminen oli kuvassa kanssani keikkuvan Isobelin kanssa. Se nivoutuu oikeastaan Neulakon syntym\u00e4p\u00e4iviin, sill\u00e4 Isobelin blogi on ollut yksi t\u00e4rkeit\u00e4 inspiraatioitani t\u00e4m\u00e4n aloittamiseen. Olen lukenut sit\u00e4 kohta melkein 10 vuotta, enk\u00e4 voi olla ihailematta kirjoittajan upeiden vaatteiden ja kirjontojen lis\u00e4ksi ter\u00e4v\u00e4katseisia n\u00e4k\u00f6kulmia historian harrastamiseen yleens\u00e4. Esimerkiksi t\u00e4m\u00e4 The past may be old, but it’s never boring…<\/a> kannattaa kaikkien lukea.<\/p>\n

Internetsit tekee v\u00e4lill\u00e4 kyll\u00e4 el\u00e4m\u00e4st\u00e4 ja kohtaamisista omituisia – kun tapaa ensimm\u00e4ist\u00e4 kertaa kymmenen vuoden yksipuolisen lukijatuttavuuden j\u00e4lkeen, on oudosti tuttu mutta kuitenkin samalla vieras. Oli ilahduttavaa huomata etteiv\u00e4t ennakko-oletukseni olleet t\u00e4ysin harhaisia, vaan meill\u00e4 klikkasi ihan mielett\u00f6m\u00e4n hyvin ja loppuviikosta me oltiinkin sitten kavereita, siis ”ihan niinku X” kuten kuvassa n\u00e4ytet\u00e4\u00e4n. Isobel on ihan supermahtava ja m\u00e4kin oon kuulemma Attack Laurel, mik\u00e4 nyt vaan on todella siisti\u00e4.<\/p>\n

K\u00e4sit\u00f6it\u00e4kin tuli tehty\u00e4. Sain lomalla valmiiksi kuvissa n\u00e4kyv\u00e4n pikkuhupun, jota olen tehnyt ikuisuuden. Siin\u00e4 on mennyt kauan siksi, ett\u00e4 sit\u00e4 on tehty muiden juttujen lomassa aina v\u00e4h\u00e4n kerrallaan. Kirjoittelen siit\u00e4 erikseen, mutta aika k\u00e4tev\u00e4 siit\u00e4 tuli.<\/p>\n

Huomattavasti erikoisempaa oli, ett\u00e4 p\u00e4\u00e4sin mukaan valamaan korua historiallisesti korrektissa valu-uunissa. Uuni on tehty savesta, oljesta sek\u00e4 hevosen ja karhun kakasta. (Karhun kakka on kuulemma lis\u00e4tty vain tuomaan draamaa.) SvartUlvr hoiti kaikki vaikeat ja vaaralliset asiat, kuten valamisen. Mutta itse p\u00e4\u00e4sin olemaan sent\u00e4\u00e4n hy\u00f6dyllinen palkeiden k\u00e4ytt\u00e4j\u00e4. Palkeiden kanssa s\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4minen on rankkaa ja oikeastaan meditatiivista. Tai sitten jossain muusta syyst\u00e4 onnistuin olemaan hetken seesteisen n\u00e4k\u00f6inen.<\/p>\n

Valu onnistui, mutta koru on viel\u00e4 viimeistelt\u00e4v\u00e4n\u00e4.<\/p>\n

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Greetings from Sweden, where I spent a lovely ascension day week. Meanwhile, back home in Finland, Neulakko turned five. Tim flies! Half a decade, 176 posts and 627 comments – thank you all for those!<\/p>\n

In Sweden I took a lot of great classes: embroidery, casting and history of fashion, mostly. Then I had quite some fantastic moments with old and new friends. I talked about frilled veils. There was so much going on, so difficult to summarize it all.<\/p>\n

One rather special encounter was Meeting Isobel, who is sitting on the fence with me in the picture above. It kind of goes well with Neulakko turning five and all, since her blog has been a big inspiration for me: blogging, costuming and otherwise. The beautiful outfits, the amazing embroideries and the insightful things she has to say about being into and ’doing’ history are worth a look at, no matter what period you may be most into (as, many of you may have noticed, Elizabethan England is not the era I have chosen to portray). This piece, The past may be old, but it’s never boring…<\/a> , is a classic for one.<\/p>\n

But I do have to say that the interwebs does create quite some odd situations. Like meeting Isobel, with whom I have had a one-sided reader relationship for almost ten years. So she feels familiar yet we were complete strangers when we met. It was nice to see that my assumptions of what she would be like for real werent completely deranged, she was awesome and that we did also really get along in real life. And as you can see, by the end of the week we were ”like this–>X”. Oh and I hear I’m an Attack Laurel too, which is just plain splendid.<\/p>\n

Oh and I also did crafts. I finally finished a small hood, which I had been working on forever as a side project. I really like how it turned out, but I will save that for a post of it’s own.<\/p>\n

On the more unusual front, I did some casting with SvartUlvR in an oven which was made of (well some of it) horse poop and bear poop. The manure is the important ingredient, the bear poop just adds flair and drama. He actually did most of the casting bit, but I worked the bellows! It’s quite good excercise and almost meditative.<\/p>\n

The casting worked out well, but the item is still being finished and polished. But it was aneat experience to experience from start to finish!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Terveisi\u00e4 Ruotsista! Vietin siell\u00e4 ansiokkaan helatorstaiviikon. Samalla viikolla Neulakko t\u00e4ytti puolipy\u00f6re\u00e4t viisi vuotta. Aika rient\u00e4\u00e4! 176 kirjoitusta joihin 627 kommenttia, kiitos niist\u00e4! Ruotsin viikkoon mahtui paljon hyvi\u00e4 luentoja: kirjontaa, pukeutumisen historiaa ja metallin valamista. Niiden lis\u00e4ksi oli hyvi\u00e4 kohtaamisia ja keskusteluja niin uusien kuin oikein vanhojen tuttujenkin kanssa. Puhuin r\u00f6yhel\u00f6hunnuista. Tapahtui niin paljon, ett\u00e4 sit\u00e4 … <\/p>\n

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