06/12/2025
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää/Happy independence day to my homeland 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
As a relatively young country, independence means a lot to us. Today, I'll be baking a cake with cardamom for my workshop attendees - fun fact: cardamom is used in baking a lot in Finland and for me it's a taste of home.
It's quite fitting that I'm teaching a creative workshop today as my creative side - knitting and needlefelting are linked closely with my heritage. The soothing rhythm of needles when knitting socks or a jumper is a very mindful activity and the feel of natural, real wool is just calming and comforting.
I'm excited to expand my creative offering in the new year!
So to all my fellow Finns at home or abroad, wishing you a happy independence day.