In the Cold and Quiet | Arctic Winter Moments – VIDEO + KNITTING PATTERN
We’ve been living through the coldest weeks of winter. The frost has been biting, and the house has needed extra warmth, hands-on, more than once a week. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing, but that’s just life in the northern winter. A few challenges from the deep freeze hardly shake us.
What makes it easier is that we’re not facing it alone—our neighbors are battling the cold alongside us, working to keep themselves and their homes warm. There’s a certain bond that forms among those of us living in the Arctic, a quiet togetherness that feels comforting and true.
In the video, I share simple, everyday moments from the coldest weeks of winter, a short glimpse of our trip to the fells, and some thoughts that living in the cold brings to mind. I’ve talked before about the idea of “feeling alive”—those moments and experiences that make you truly aware that you are living. I dive a little deeper into that in the video.
I’ve also released a couple of new knitting patterns – the In the Middle of Nowhere Sweater and Karsikko Socks. The sweater was inspired by the wilderness of the North, those remote places and the sense of emptiness that’s so present in Northern Finland—a feeling that is, for me, one of the most precious things about this region.
The Karsikko socks continue the same traditional style as the earlier Karsikko mittens. Their pattern is inspired by protective symbols once carved into trees around homes and yards with a knife, meant to safeguard the space and its people.
Both patterns are available in Finnish and English on my website, as well as on Ravelry here: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/sanna-vaara.
Below is a link to my website knitting patterns.
I hope you’ve made it through the coldest stretch of winter—or through February in general—without too many mishaps, wherever you are.
What is it that makes you truly feel alive?
🖤 Sanna