Sun sun, merciful one

hello from finland. it's cold here (-7 °C) and dark too because the sun sets very early so i thought that a sunny tote bag would have been just the perfect gift to lift up the spirit during this season. i used a handmade stencil which took me about 7 hours to make and cut, and pebeo textile colors. i had never used that brand before and let me tell you something about the colors: they stink! they smell so bad that i'm sick at the idea of having to use them again. gotta find some other brand.
anyway, back to the bag. what do you think?



in other news, i'm swatching to make this "magic cardi" by novita yarns after having spent 30 minutes to translate the pattern. so much for my finnish ;)

please note that the photo on novita's site is dreadful. for a much better picture of a finished cardi, visit niina's blog knitter's block.