Sanna, I just came across your beautiful channel this evening. Three sets of my grandparents emigrated from Finland to the United States in the late 1890s and my grandfather left Finland at 5 years old, in 1914. He was born in Virrat and still has family in Finland. My mother's side of the family came from up near the Arctic Circle, a town called Pudasjarvi. They settled in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where the climate, terrain, and vegetation is very similar to Finland. We usually get winter in the middle of November and it lasts until the end of April or beginning of May. The hours of light are short in November, December, and January. It is a time to settle in and do handiwork and work on hobbies. I was close to my grandparents and they lived long lives, so I learned a lot about Finnish customs, foods, and rag rug weaving...I have an old loom. I enjoyed seeing the old tools displayed on your wall...recognized an old kantele as well. I am interested in my Finnish heritage and would like to visit one day. For now, I will have to live vicariously through you and your videos. I love your dogs. Pupa, the old girl, is just like a Sheltie I had years ago. Thank you for sharing your life. I'll be waiting for more of your videos.
My mother’s parents came from Pudasjarvi and Taivalkoski Finland and also settled in the UP of Michigan. Her parents never really spoke much English because there were so many other Finn’s in their community. I was fortunate to travel to Finland with my mother. So wild and free, really felt as if one could touch the hand of God there. Their last nam was Waara which was the name given when they can to USA. It was originally Vaara.
7:50 pm I also live in the U.P. of Michigan and just found this Channel and love it as I'm a Finn. For the first time, we don't have snow in all the Decembers of living here. And I love it!! It's so difficult to shovel snow at our age ...in the 70s.
7:50 pm I also live in the U.P. of Michigan and just found this Channel and love it as I'm a Finn. For the first time, we don't have snow in all the Decembers of living here. And I love it!! It's so difficult to shovel snow at our age ...in the 70s.
As a latin person I congratulate you because right now white people and white culture are under siege! Many dark things much more that the night of Finland are upon your people! Its time to gather and defend your ancestors and your future! BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! Continue expanding content like this, everyone should do everything day by day to show your pride and cultural ways, stop impersonating other's culture! May God bless all white people and everyone on this planet
@@sannavaara I love the socks too. I would buy them, for sure, if they were available. Maybe you could have a factory, and sell them all over the world. They looked so cool on Esa, when he wore them in the house like slippers. I really enjoy the videos very much, too. Thanks.
Hi I live in Canada, and now am 55. It gives me joy to see that there are still people in Western countries who understand that even though it takes hard work, effort and sacrifice, that there is some younger generations that truly are not held to what is expected as the norm in today's life and how to live. Today's world is getting faster and faster and we are programed in Western society to be lifetime consumers and to be controlled by material things. I have traveled the world, I have seen things I wish I could forget. But I was the happiest in all my life when I realized to take the time and see the beauty in God's creativity and all his creations. To be so lucky to be given the chance and realize and blessed to witness my grandson at the age of 3 see a butterfly for the first time and watch his face and see his reaction, even though I when as a young father was too busy and missed so many first-time things like that, what I see when I watched this video not only reminded me that life is beautiful and better when we take the time to really see the beauty when you can turn off all the world's noise and not only see or feel life but takenthe time to understand and really feel and be connected to life. Thank you for sharing, keep being yourself and do not anything or anyone take or break your spirit of life. Even though I am 55 and my body is weak and my strength is leaving me, I do not need much other than blue skies, the sun, a smile from my wife and a hug from my children and grandchildren, I am happy. ❤
55 years old is still very young! Enjoy your youth. I worked hard until 63/64 years old or so, then retired to a year-round warm climate. But with no exercise program, my 66 year old body is failing fast. My advise, KEEP MOVING! Push yourself. Move it or lose it. (Mainly I'm talking to myself.) Take care. Hope you enjoy another 40 years.
I love this mindset of accepting the darkness of winter and letting yourself live differently than you would during the summer. I work at a horse ranch and sometimes I feel like I have to be just as productive and busy outdoors as during the warmer seasons. Of course, some work has to continue but I like this idea of accepting the change and being productive in different ways. Greetings from Colorado! 😊
What an exquisite scene- as you walked along- your blue eyes, your blue parka and the blues in the shadows of the snow all around you, playing off each other, all in harmony; monochromatic without being monotonous. These momentary glimpses bring me joy and inspiration. As a (sometimes) painter/artist I am very sensitive to colors in this way.
Finland is an absolute fairytale, I love snow and cold, it just makes me alive. I love your slow relaxed living, a pace the rest of the world should try, you are gifted in the way of knitting such beautiful Nordic everyday wear for winter, gorgeous socks and mittens. Your pups are very sweet, I love them and I love your video, my first one watching, so I subscribed ❤!! Thank you for sharing and telling your life in Finland, it's a special place. Stay warm and cozy, goodbye for now and I shall see you in the next one 😊.
I enjoy all your videos but this one is especially touching. Both of you and the dogs with the music and the piano and your grandmother’s patterns…especially beautiful. Thank you!
My great-grandmother's name is Sanna! I love listening to how you say it. And yes, she was born in Finland and moved to the US when she was 3 yrs old....how wonderful this is to watch 😊
I started to get to know the north of Europe thanks to Jonna Jinton a long time ago, but this place on earth has begun to fascinate me once again. Everything seems to be on the borderline between the real world and fairy tales. Wading in the snow on a cold winter's day, a small cottage with a smouldering fire, forests that grow green every summer. Surrounding oneself with simplicity and delighting in nature. I feel like dropping everything, packing up and setting off on a journey, even though I know it's no fairytale ;) But I do miss the snow in winter. I don't live in the country where I was born, the winters are mild, gloomy and rainy (which also has it's charm, but you have to look for it well sometimes:)), but I would love to lie down on the snow and listen to the silence. And wear warm socks even all year round :)
You do not know what is cold wheater more than 30 degrees frost, hard wind, very long rainy dark autumn aso. Living in Finland is not living in wonderland. I think that you really do not want to live here, hardly even to die.
Wonderful patterns for your socks and mittens. It's so important to show and pass tradional crafts to young generations. Hugs from Chile, South America🌹
Such a beautiful land! The trees appear so soft and angelic covered with snow and ice. I would need something warm to drink when I came home also. I love to knit, and don’t like the finishing touches of projects either. Several years ago I made it “my rule” to not start something new until I had finished my previous project. It keeps me not dreading so much. Your knitting is lovely.
My bucket list includes a trip to Finland to the towns where my grandparents were from. My Dad (RIP) was born and raised in a Finnish community on the north shore of Lake Superior. He only spoke Finnish until he went to school, they lived in a way very similar to yours. While they weren't as far north as you, they embraced the winter months. They would have night ski trips, someone would have a tarp, fire, coffee and food set up halfway on the trail then they would ski back home under the aurora. Kiitos for this video!
As a latin person I congratulate you because right now white people and white culture are under siege! Many dark things much more that the night of Finland are upon your people! Its time to gather and defend your ancestors and your future! BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! Continue expanding content like this, everyone should do everything day by day to show your pride and cultural ways, stop impersonating other's culture! May God bless all white people and everyone on this planet
@@sannavaaraHELLO 👋 greetings from Tennessee USA so beautiful ❤️ hope you fellig better !! The fireplace bread pets the love you have them I love pets ❤❤❤
Hello from East Tennessee mountains. It was so beautiful watching all of your daily activities and you’re beautiful snow. I love your knitting. I wish there was a way you could teach me that beautiful craft I would love to make mitten socks, and sweaters it would be a dream come true I love your patterns.
Thanks so much for sharing ! As one who knits, I do appreciate your beautiful Nordic knitting!!! Those pieces took so much time and patience to make. I live in the southern US and have no need for those heavy woolen items, but love them so much. They look so warm and cozy!!! You have no idea how much I enjoy seeing your part of the world and how you live! It is so different from mine! ❤
We put hooks on the wall and hang handmade woolen sweaters and mittens on them, along with wooden ornaments and other primitive earth tones. I'm about to start a wool pillow from Handknit Holidays (Melanie Falick).
I used to dislike and put off weaving the ends, but now here is how I handle it: (1) I make the end-weaving a celebration of completing of the item. (2) I've learned that it takes less than 2 minutes and I feel good to have it done, not havging over my head. (3) try not to start a new item until the previous one is completed. (4) I keep yarn needle or crochet hook with my knitting so that equipment is immediately at hand. (5) I have learned to weave ends with a crochet hook, which I enjoy working more than the needle. I appreciate seeing how you made your pile of end-waving a celebration of sorts. That would have been daunting to me, but you are challenging me to rethink my outlook. 😊
Wow, amazingly good advice, thank you so much 🥰 Especially I love that you put it into words that it's a celebration of finishing the whole, long process and everything is done after 2 minutes ☺
Creating and attaching pom-poms on the ends of scarves is my knitting block, but we love pom-poms, so I do it. I tell my family that I have knitter's "pompom block."
Hello from Canada, first time visiting your channel, you certainly have the most beautiful coffee shop and views. The mitts and socks are beautiful, you are very talented. Love the peaceful life you share with us. Kiitos. 🇨🇦🇫🇮❤
I have just discovered your channel and this video just gave me 12 minutes of serenity and beauty, in the places I would like to live. Thank you for sharing your life, this is truly magnificent!
This video was pure magic. The gorgeous Northern winter landscapes, that old fireplace/oven, those knitted mittens and socks with the traditional patterns... What a journey. Thank you. I rarely ever subscribe to channels but yours is one of those rare gems that I simply have to
What a beautiful, though harsh, area you live in. I love your cabin, the wood stove, and your knit work. I love knitting as it keeps my arthritic hands moving. Trying to get Christmas projects done the next two weeks. We had a Norwegian Elkhound when I was growing up; they are such wonderful, loving animals. Max loved sleeping in the snow at night (not quite as cold here in the Upper Midwest of the USA) and we regularly found him covered in snow in the mornings.
I know the hurry with Christmas kitting projects 🙈 That sounds familiar with our Norwegian Elkhound, though he likes to sleep inside so much that we doesn't dare to leave him outside anymore. But he does always sleep in the coldest place on the floor 😁 Dear greetings to the USA 🥰
I absolutely love this 🙏🏽❤️ our lives are opposites, I live in Australian tropics, my children have never seen snow. Thank you for sharing this beautiful vlog 🌺
Hey I was just scrolling through the youtube and I found your channel... Finland has always been my dream destination...the scenery, the lakes and moreover the snow covered places like you have shown in your video have always attracted me...Your presentation style and video quality are excellent... I would love to visit Finland some day... My name is Diganta Dey.. I am from India... Greetings to Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮❤️❤️... Waiting for more videos.. 😊😊.. EDIT - I am your new subscriber from today..
@@tjenahoj yes.. It has thousand lakes with beautiful sceneries around it... But I didn't get you at the last line 'western kind is amazing' I didn't understand this one..
Teillä on aivan ihana koti!! Ihana nähdä tällasia "slow life" videoita Suomesta, elämää harmoniassa rakkaan luonnon kanssa. Haaveilen ite samankaltaisesta elämästä tulevaisuudessa, nyt oon vasta 20 ja asun keskellä Helsinkiä ja vaikka pidänkin kaupunkielämästä just nyt, unelmoin siitä elämänvaiheesta kun voin joskus sitten palata takasin maalle ja rauhallisempaan elämään, luonnon syvään syleilyyn ihan kunnolla. Tätä videota katsoessa tuntu kun olis tullut kotiin, kiitos sulle siitä ja ihanaa että löysin sun kanavan!💖
I have just discovered your channel as RUclips recommended it to me. I am so happy RUclips did that 😍 I am absolutely in love with your videos and your personality and your lifestyle. I will watch all of your videos one after the other. thank you for making them and sharing them. much love, janina
Your Winters are fascinating.I'm a Winter kind of guy but most are not here in KY where i live.lol Making something by hand is such a sincere act.Thanks for making videos.
I am watching your videos weaving in the ends of the villasukat I knit. My mummi ( from Finland) taught me how to knit socks ... so I really feel like you ! thank you for sharing your life up north ! ( I am french, and moved in Helsinki in february ... to live my finnish dream life ! )
This video was STUNNING! I love everything about it. Your photography the knitting your beautiful cabin and country. I’m so blessed to have found you channel. Thank you so much ❤
you can go to settings and slow down the video to give you more time. that's what I do. you can also turn on cc so that you get the big black and white subtitles.
Another gourmet "maestro" baking video. The sour dough bagels look mouth watering. Thank you so much for sharing your talents and skills, your dogs and your daily endeavors with us.
Hi Sanna, your land looks wonderful, such a beautiful place, I am an Irishman living in the Isle of Man UK we don’t get a lot of snow here, so mostly rain and cold in Winter, my Mom, now90 loves her knitting, always knitted the best sweaters, jumpers, as we call them, it’s 10pm here, so I’m here with my cat, Smokey, just relaxing, you take care folks, all the very best for 2024
Lovely. I’m now living near Death Valley, which is a rather extreme shift from life in the North - Interior Alaska, in my case - where I lived for nearly fifty years. This is my first time to your channel. I’ve recently learned that I’ve got ancient ancestors from Finland, so I decided to look for a vlogging channel there, in order to learn more about that part of the world. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful part of your life. Cheers! 😊
It is wonderful to see people living life the way it should be lived. I have always tried to live a simple life but found it very challenging with a family of six. Now I live on my own, I have embraced it. To see so many of the younger generations taking on this life warms my heart. Much love from Australia
love this lifestyle close to nature, away from consumerism, trying to be as self-sufficient as possible! I try to strive for the same here in Northern Sweden
Beautiful cinematography, Sanna! And a beautiful way to begin my day in South Central Pennsylvania. It’s Sunday Dec. 10th, 2023, 8am. It’s drizzling, gray, and 40 degrees f. No snow, of course. I’m tapping out this message to you on my iPad while sitting by a fire in my fireplace fueled by propane and made to look “realistic” with low flames curling around ceramic logs. A different (and totally lazy) technology, but similar in feeling and atmosphere and very much enhanced by your lovely video.
i just discovered your channel today and i'm very curious to watch more of your videos. I just bought an old house in Finland and to be honest, it's a bit of a struggle right now with the darkness. But I know later i'm gonna gain energy back with the longer days. I love this kind of content and for the first time I actually find someone in Finland, that is amazing
The relaxing piano music during the video along with the scenery and your beautiful knitting makes for a great combination. Thanks for sharing this with me, Skal.
Thank you for this wonderful video! ❤ The winter there looks stunningly beautiful with all the trees fully covered in snow. ✨Your homemade bread turned out so fluffy and definitely very delicious. ☺️
Siis Wau! Aivan mahtavaa että Suomesta löytyy tällaista osaamista ❤ todella upea video ja varmasti kiinnostaa ihan ympäri maailmaa. Toivottavasti saamme näitä lisää.
What a beautiful video. Your wonderful approach to life in sync with, and respect for, nature… Mother Earth is truly admirable. Thank you for sharing your life; your time. Your socks and mittens are truly beautiful; and the fact some are from your Grandmothers patterns make them extra special. ☺️🫶🏻💜 Heritage crafts and skills should be treasured and embraced. Much love from a very (annoyingly) mild (more like Spring) 🇬🇧. Ooooh for at least a decent frost for the Winter Solstice! 🙏🌲💜🌙
I visited Helsinki from the U.S. Last summer. My favorite memory is when I jumped off the pier into the Gulf of Finland after using the sauna. It was shockingly cold and I was almost screaming with surprise. But after I got out, I was tingling all over and felt wonderfully alive. I've never experienced anything so profound and amazing! Thank you, Finland, and thank you, Sanna, for making this wonderful video!
I love your videos !! I have a Norwegian Elkhound !! Her name is Poppy ! My Husband passed away in March of 2023 and Poppy has been my life now ! Such amazing Dogs !!
Thank you for sharing your life with us! I admire and adore the work you accomplish. I tried the star mitten pattern that you do so well but did not stick with it. I wish I had but 4 needles in a tiny space got to be too much. The dark days must be challenging but you have found how to make the season brighter with the work you accomplish. LOVE your channel!
😇🥰It is so refreshing to see young people appreciating nature the way you both do. Thank you for the lovely film. Hope your cup of current juice springs you into good health thru the winter months.
This was so beautiful! The scenery with glimpses of the Northern Lights, the cabin, the gorgeous socks & mittens & the sour dough looked delicious! Lovely doggies too! Thank you & Happy Christmas from Scotland 🏴 🎉
Your socks and mittens are beautiful and I'm sure they are toasty warm, you bet! What a lovely place to live. I hope you're over the sore throat. Now that it's January, even though its cold, the days are getting longer. Soon it will be spring and life will return to your land. Best wishes and a Happy New Year to you.
What beautiful scenery! I am watching this from Australia in 34 deg C heat! Finland is so beautiful, lots of lakes and forests. I was lucky enough to travel there in the summer of 2019 and enjoyed it so much, travelling from Helsinki all the way north and across the Arctic Circle then into Norway. It was trip of a life time. I love that your life in the winter time seems so relaxing and calm. Also live your knitting! Thank you for sharing! ❤
We have plentiful birch bark that we use for starting our fires in our woodstove but I think it it is clever, how you sliced back part of the log you were going to burn, and used those still-attached shavings to get the fire going. I have not seen that technique before although I grew up with fireplaces. I may try that at some point. (I saw your process of doing that in the previous video I watched. I will need to hone my hatchet yet finer.)
Sanna hello.Firstly I should say that my English isn't good enough to write something. But I will try.I live in Turkey and always have wondered the life in Finland. Your video is very relaxable. The music which you choose ,too.I coudn't understand how passed the time while I am watching the views .Also I have liked your hand made socks.They are actually very very nice.
Your socks and mittens are beautiful.. I come from the UK but love Scandinavian knitting patterns.. I have knitted a few pairs of mittens but have always worried that socks would be too tight with the stranded work so only make plain ones. Thank you for your wonderful video.. it warms my heart ❤️
Thank you 🥰 I think the stranded work makes the socks even better because they last longer with double yarn. But of course, it's a question of opinion ☺
Fairytale Sanna , I am from Fiji 🇫🇯 a tropical island but Finland 🇫🇮 is very beautiful and interesting to explore . At 81 years, I am still active in my 2,000 acres of tropical forest..as you say “keep it alive in this modern world we live in.” I have subscribe to watch and learn more about your incredible past and present . I wish you all the best and success in life always , thank you .
Nää sun videot rauhoittaa ja saa ajan pysähtymään tärkeiden asioiden äärelle 😍😊 luonto on todella henkeäsalpaavan kaunista sielläpäin ja teidän talo huokuu tunnelmaa 🧡🧡 kiitos 🌟💗
Je viens de découvrir tes magnifiques vidéos. J'adore !!! Ce lien à la nature est essentiel pour moi aussi. Malheureusement , de nombreux français n'éprouvent pas de liens profonds avec Mère Nature... Pour moi c'est vital ! Préservez votre magnifique pays ! Gardez vos belles traditions ! Bravo !!!❤❤❤❤❤
I have just discovered your youtube channel and found this video style very similar to Jonna jiniton's videos. A very calm, cozy and heartwarming vlog. I'll be watching your videos regularly now.
Tämä on mun unelma!Sanattomaksi veti, tämä on juuri sellaista elämää mitä itse toivon eläväni lähi tulevaisuudessa. Todella ihana video, kanava ehdottomasti tilaukseen!❤️
Hello from Utah, USA! Beautiful knitting workmanship, youre very talented & love the patterns!! Your home is lovely & cozy, and your country is gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing! 🥰
Thank you for this beautiful video, love the Finish winter and your beautiful knitting. I only really learned how to knit in the last couple of winters and last winter I tried out a lot of traditional Nordic patterns for pullovers, socks and mittens and I absolutely love them.
You are on the right path then. But on a path there is no going back, prepare for that 🙈😁 I also love all the Nordic patterns, I think they show Nordic nature and our climate so well 🥰
My dear sweet girl i just found your channel and i love it !! I am from Greece but i was born and raised in Germany thats why i love winter and snow so much! Your socks are beautiful and the nature amazing ! Love from Athens ❤😊
Hyva huomenta alkaen Michiganistaa. Love watching you channel. I hope to visit Ginland knew day. You're very lucky to live in such a beautiful serene place.
Hello. I just found your channel, it's my first time watching. It was so relaxing to watch, I loved your 200 yr old fireplace. I can understand how much work it is to keep your home warm, I live in a forest in northern Italy, it's full of snow here and long dark nights, but beautiful. Thanks for the video, enjoyed the music too.😊
The hand sewn socks and mittens are great! I think it's even more fantastic to see you used a traditional pattern, which is much harder. I love the natural, self sufficient lifestyle, but you guys are really up there in the cold! Good luck this winter. Wishing you all the best.
It's -24C outside now and I sit here in my house out in the middle of nowhere and look out to confirm it's still pitch black outside here too. I'm not as far north and in another nordic country, and it's just good to see that there are others out there who also want real nature. It's just my second year here, so I hope to get some skiis for next winter, because I so far only got snowshoes, and it limits how far you can go. I really like snowshoeing, but I like options depending on what I want to do that day. Nothing really beats hearing the snow crunch under your feet while walking around out there. Just confirmation you're alive.
I don't know how your channel cames up in my algorithm, but I am so glad it did! This video is so beautiful! You live in a magical land❤ And the mittens and socks you knitted are such works of art! Have a wonderful Christmas!❤❤❤
I live in Minnesota, and it is a 12 hour car drive to see my sisters. So I understand! But I love my life in Northern Minnesota! It's just so beautiful. I love your videos. thank you
That is a beautiful place in winter. You knit some great designs on your socks and mittens. I saw some of your beautiful sweaters in a past video. It must not be an easy life there at certain times of the year, but it seems peaceful and rewarding.
I’d like to make a suggestion regarding weaving in your ends. Btw, your knitting is beautiful. I’m a knitter here in Michigan USA. We are at 4f or -15C today. But since colorwork coles easy to you, what I do with 100% wool is spit splicing , or I sew in my ends as I knit by carrying them like floats every other stitch for several inches. It works great and I very rarely have an end to sew in at the end. I’ve never seen your videos before and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ll be back!😊
I just saw your video , I enjoyed it so much. I envy you because you live in such a peaceful enchanting place. My Grandparents were born in Finland. My Grandfather was from Petalax . They immigrated to the United States and settled In Worcester Massachusetts. I loved all the traditions and miss them so much. My Grandfather would have been 125 years old on December 3rd. Thank you so much for your video. Love your dogs to ❤❤❤
I'm so glad I found your channel today, Sanna. This was such a relaxing video to watch on a cosy winter's evening :) The socks and mittens you knitted are amazing.. what a beautiful skill and tradition to keep alive. I love that the oven in your house is almost 200 years old and is still doing its job as the heart of the house. The nature looks absolutely incredible there - so beautiful. It's crazy that your lunch freezes in your backpacks! I can't imagine being that cold - people complain when it's -2 here in the UK.. ;) I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Thank you for sharing parts of your life with us all :)
Your video was amazing. At the end I saw the link to your web page and translated it to English. Usually Google Translate is a bit rough but the translated words were truly poetry. I’m impressed by your writing, your photographs, your spirit, your desire and ability to manifest a truly quiet, peaceful, meditative life in synch with nature’s rhythms. So of course you have a new subscriber 😊 and my well wishes and thanks.
I'm really "envious" of those nice socks. My Finnish father absolutely refused to have me with footwear of any kind with ten below trips outside to the sauna when I was a child. Barefoot on the sidewalk leading out to it. It wasn't as bad leaving from the sauna back into the aunties house.
Thank you for this lovely video. Opening with candlelight and piano was pure art . . . thank you for playing for us. Cozy, majestic, and beautiful all the way through. I have enjoyed it so much and it makes me look at my own life and recognize changes that I need to make.
Hi! I think we owe a thanks to the Mumin books by Tove Janson that put Finland on the map! They did hibernate in the winter but one winter they did woke up and i think they liked it too! Smile! Her books are classics! Thank you for the great videos!
I love to see that there is enough daylight so you can still hike in early December. Your hike looks gorgeous - wonderful to hike in the snow! I love hiking too, but we never get snow where I live - we don't even get frost. I hike year round 3 days a week on the local mountains, beaches, and at local lakes (even though I live in a large city). I love seeing how different your life is! ❤
Ich schaue Jonna Jinton auch schon so lange. Und habe mich gefreut noch jemanden mit dieser Atmosphäre zu finden. Liebe Grüße aus Bayern Deutschland. 😊
Lovely video. Just loved to hear you playing the piano. I live in Northern Ireland and there are not many people knitting socks and mittens. I did a lot of knitting when I was young.
Love the sound of frozen snow,love black currant tea. How cold it gets? My grandma taught me how to knot socks and mittens. Haven't done that since I moved from Lithuania to US. Your videos are like oasis of calm. I can smell the wool from your video.
Sanna, I just came across your beautiful channel this evening. Three sets of my grandparents emigrated from Finland to the United States in the late 1890s and my grandfather left Finland at 5 years old, in 1914. He was born in Virrat and still has family in Finland. My mother's side of the family came from up near the Arctic Circle, a town called Pudasjarvi. They settled in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where the climate, terrain, and vegetation is very similar to Finland. We usually get winter in the middle of November and it lasts until the end of April or beginning of May. The hours of light are short in November, December, and January. It is a time to settle in and do handiwork and work on hobbies. I was close to my grandparents and they lived long lives, so I learned a lot about Finnish customs, foods, and rag rug weaving...I have an old loom. I enjoyed seeing the old tools displayed on your wall...recognized an old kantele as well. I am interested in my Finnish heritage and would like to visit one day. For now, I will have to live vicariously through you and your videos. I love your dogs. Pupa, the old girl, is just like a Sheltie I had years ago. Thank you for sharing your life. I'll be waiting for more of your videos.
My mother’s parents came from Pudasjarvi and Taivalkoski Finland and also settled in the UP of Michigan. Her parents never really spoke much English because there were so many other Finn’s in their community. I was fortunate to travel to Finland with my mother. So wild and free, really felt as if one could touch the hand of God there. Their last nam was Waara which was the name given when they can to USA. It was originally Vaara.
7:50 pm I also live in the U.P. of Michigan and just found this Channel and love it as I'm a Finn. For the first time, we don't have snow in all the Decembers of living here. And I love it!! It's so difficult to shovel snow at our age ...in the 70s.
7:50 pm I also live in the U.P. of Michigan and just found this Channel and love it as I'm a Finn. For the first time, we don't have snow in all the Decembers of living here. And I love it!! It's so difficult to shovel snow at our age ...in the 70s.
As a latin person I congratulate you because right now white people and white culture are under siege! Many dark things much more that the night of Finland are upon your people! Its time to gather and defend your ancestors and your future! BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! Continue expanding content like this, everyone should do everything day by day to show your pride and cultural ways, stop impersonating other's culture! May God bless all white people and everyone on this planet
Brilliant socks and mittens! Finland is a beautiful land and so are the people. Bless.
Thank you so much 🥰❤
@@sannavaaraHi, are those socks available to purchase? Your videos are a wonderful holiday for me to watch. Thank you. ✨🌈✨
@@sannavaara I love the socks too. I would buy them, for sure, if they were available. Maybe you could have a factory, and sell them all over the world. They looked so cool on Esa, when he wore them in the house like slippers. I really enjoy the videos very much, too. Thanks.
Hi I live in Canada, and now am 55. It gives me joy to see that there are still people in Western countries who understand that even though it takes hard work, effort and sacrifice, that there is some younger generations that truly are not held to what is expected as the norm in today's life and how to live.
Today's world is getting faster and faster and we are programed in Western society to be lifetime consumers and to be controlled by material things.
I have traveled the world, I have seen things I wish I could forget. But I was the happiest in all my life when I realized to take the time and see the beauty in God's creativity and all his creations. To be so lucky to be given the chance and realize and blessed to witness my grandson at the age of 3 see a butterfly for the first time and watch his face and see his reaction, even though I when as a young father was too busy and missed so many first-time things like that, what I see when I watched this video not only reminded me that life is beautiful and better when we take the time to really see the beauty when you can turn off all the world's noise and not only see or feel life but takenthe time to understand and really feel and be connected to life.
Thank you for sharing, keep being yourself and do not anything or anyone take or break your spirit of life.
Even though I am 55 and my body is weak and my strength is leaving me, I do not need much other than blue skies, the sun, a smile from my wife and a hug from my children and grandchildren, I am happy.
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Пусть Бог поможет вам!!!🖐🖐🖐
55 years old is still very young! Enjoy your youth. I worked hard until 63/64 years old or so, then retired to a year-round warm climate. But with no exercise program, my 66 year old body is failing fast. My advise, KEEP MOVING! Push yourself. Move it or lose it. (Mainly I'm talking to myself.) Take care. Hope you enjoy another 40 years.
I love this mindset of accepting the darkness of winter and letting yourself live differently than you would during the summer. I work at a horse ranch and sometimes I feel like I have to be just as productive and busy outdoors as during the warmer seasons. Of course, some work has to continue but I like this idea of accepting the change and being productive in different ways.
Greetings from Colorado! 😊
Yes, it is the nature that hibernates and ''forces'' us to hibernate as well.
What an exquisite scene- as you walked along- your blue eyes, your blue parka and the blues in the shadows of the snow all around you, playing off each other, all in harmony; monochromatic without being monotonous. These momentary glimpses bring me joy and inspiration. As a (sometimes) painter/artist I am very sensitive to colors in this way.
Never in my life have I seen such a pure landscape as in this video❤
Thank you so much, that is so lovely said 🥰❤
@@sannavaara КАКАЯ ТЫ СИМПОТНАЯ И КРАСИВАЯ ФИНКА КРУТО ХОЧУ С ТОБОЙ В РЕАЛЕ ПОЗНАКОМИТСЯ И ПОДРУЖИТСЯ
Finland is an absolute fairytale, I love snow and cold, it just makes me alive. I love your slow relaxed living, a pace the rest of the world should try, you are gifted in the way of knitting such beautiful Nordic everyday wear for winter, gorgeous socks and mittens.
Your pups are very sweet, I love them and I love your video, my first one watching, so I subscribed ❤!! Thank you for sharing and telling your life in Finland, it's a special place. Stay warm and cozy, goodbye for now and I shall see you in the next one 😊.
Thank you ☺❤ Welcome here and hope to see you soon again ☺💙
It's not a fairy tale at least in southern Finland . I am big enough so i see it my self
Just found your videos and I am absolutely obsessed
Hello, Annie. Thank you for your comment ❤ That is a good idea, I'll keep that in mind ☺
I enjoy all your videos but this one is especially touching. Both of you and the dogs with the music and the piano and your grandmother’s patterns…especially beautiful. Thank you!
My great-grandmother's name is Sanna! I love listening to how you say it. And yes, she was born in Finland and moved to the US when she was 3 yrs old....how wonderful this is to watch 😊
Wow, that's amazing ☺ We do have a lot history together and I know some of my relatives have moved to the US back in history, too ☺
I started to get to know the north of Europe thanks to Jonna Jinton a long time ago, but this place on earth has begun to fascinate me once again. Everything seems to be on the borderline between the real world and fairy tales. Wading in the snow on a cold winter's day, a small cottage with a smouldering fire, forests that grow green every summer. Surrounding oneself with simplicity and delighting in nature. I feel like dropping everything, packing up and setting off on a journey, even though I know it's no fairytale ;) But I do miss the snow in winter. I don't live in the country where I was born, the winters are mild, gloomy and rainy (which also has it's charm, but you have to look for it well sometimes:)), but I would love to lie down on the snow and listen to the silence. And wear warm socks even all year round :)
You do not know what is cold wheater more than 30 degrees frost, hard wind, very long rainy dark autumn aso. Living in Finland is not living in wonderland. I think that you really do not want to live here, hardly even to die.
@@TAvis-fm5od haha true! Don't want to ruin the fairytale but the dark winter (especially in lapland) is tough to handle even for locals.
How do people make a living in these areas? Do they have regular 9-to-5 jobs in that part of the world?
It's a white paradise, beautiful Finland in winter (São Paulo - Brazil)🤍
Wonderful patterns for your socks and mittens. It's so important to show and pass tradional crafts to young generations. Hugs from Chile, South America🌹
Such a beautiful land! The trees appear so soft and angelic covered with snow and ice. I would need something warm to drink when I came home also. I love to knit, and don’t like the finishing touches of projects either. Several years ago I made it “my rule” to not start something new until I had finished my previous project. It keeps me not dreading so much. Your knitting is lovely.
My bucket list includes a trip to Finland to the towns where my grandparents were from.
My Dad (RIP) was born and raised in a Finnish community on the north shore of Lake Superior. He only spoke Finnish until he went to school, they lived in a way very similar to yours.
While they weren't as far north as you, they embraced the winter months. They would have night ski trips, someone would have a tarp, fire, coffee and food set up halfway on the trail then they would ski back home under the aurora.
Kiitos for this video!
As a latin person I congratulate you because right now white people and white culture are under siege! Many dark things much more that the night of Finland are upon your people! Its time to gather and defend your ancestors and your future! BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! Continue expanding content like this, everyone should do everything day by day to show your pride and cultural ways, stop impersonating other's culture! May God bless all white people and everyone on this planet
How special that you have some of your grandmother's knitting patterns. ❤
I'm happy to pass her skills on in my own way 🥰
@@sannavaaraHELLO 👋 greetings from Tennessee USA so beautiful ❤️ hope you fellig better !! The fireplace bread pets the love you have them I love pets ❤❤❤
Hello from East Tennessee mountains.
It was so beautiful watching all of your daily activities and you’re beautiful snow.
I love your knitting. I wish there was a way you could teach me that beautiful craft I would love to make mitten socks, and sweaters it would be a dream come true I love your patterns.
@@janimccarter , aww, thank you 🥰 I bet Google can teach much better how to knit than me, but thank you 😁
Salutări de la Moldova!🇲🇩 Aveți o casă ca-n poveste , și încă sunteți o mesterita iscusitoare Bravo !
Woah, the winter there looks so magical! The days here are short too:). The socks and mittens you've made are absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you so much ☺💙
Thanks so much for sharing ! As one who knits, I do appreciate your beautiful Nordic knitting!!! Those pieces took so much time and patience to make. I live in the southern US and have no need for those heavy woolen items, but love them so much. They look so warm and cozy!!! You have no idea how much I enjoy seeing your part of the world and how you live! It is so different from mine! ❤
We put hooks on the wall and hang handmade woolen sweaters and mittens on them, along with wooden ornaments and other primitive earth tones. I'm about to start a wool pillow from Handknit Holidays (Melanie Falick).
I used to dislike and put off weaving the ends, but now here is how I handle it: (1) I make the end-weaving a celebration of completing of the item. (2) I've learned that it takes less than 2 minutes and I feel good to have it done, not havging over my head. (3) try not to start a new item until the previous one is completed. (4) I keep yarn needle or crochet hook with my knitting so that equipment is immediately at hand. (5) I have learned to weave ends with a crochet hook, which I enjoy working more than the needle.
I appreciate seeing how you made your pile of end-waving a celebration of sorts. That would have been daunting to me, but you are challenging me to rethink my outlook. 😊
Wow, amazingly good advice, thank you so much 🥰 Especially I love that you put it into words that it's a celebration of finishing the whole, long process and everything is done after 2 minutes ☺
Creating and attaching pom-poms on the ends of scarves is my knitting block, but we love pom-poms, so I do it. I tell my family that I have knitter's "pompom block."
Hello from Canada, first time visiting your channel, you certainly have the most beautiful coffee shop and views. The mitts and socks are beautiful, you are very talented. Love the peaceful life you share with us. Kiitos. 🇨🇦🇫🇮❤
Wow, hello Canada. I've always wanted to visit there and probably one day will 😍 Thank you for your nice words and welcome here to my channel 🥰❤
It is June, but we still have some Trader Joe's Wintry Blend coffee left . . . you all have inspired me to brew a pot today. And I have subscribed.
I have just discovered your channel and this video just gave me 12 minutes of serenity and beauty, in the places I would like to live. Thank you for sharing your life, this is truly magnificent!
Thank you so much, and welcome here 🥰❤
Sanna, this is such a relaxing, healthy, and beautiful video! I'm certain it isn't always easy but what a gorgeous way to live!
This video was pure magic. The gorgeous Northern winter landscapes, that old fireplace/oven, those knitted mittens and socks with the traditional patterns... What a journey. Thank you. I rarely ever subscribe to channels but yours is one of those rare gems that I simply have to
Thank you, that is sweet 🥰
Sanna, I didn't know until this video that you play the piano! It's lovely! What a perfect way to spend time in the dark, during the day :)
What a beautiful, though harsh, area you live in. I love your cabin, the wood stove, and your knit work. I love knitting as it keeps my arthritic hands moving. Trying to get Christmas projects done the next two weeks. We had a Norwegian Elkhound when I was growing up; they are such wonderful, loving animals. Max loved sleeping in the snow at night (not quite as cold here in the Upper Midwest of the USA) and we regularly found him covered in snow in the mornings.
I know the hurry with Christmas kitting projects 🙈 That sounds familiar with our Norwegian Elkhound, though he likes to sleep inside so much that we doesn't dare to leave him outside anymore. But he does always sleep in the coldest place on the floor 😁 Dear greetings to the USA 🥰
I absolutely love this 🙏🏽❤️ our lives are opposites, I live in Australian tropics, my children have never seen snow. Thank you for sharing this beautiful vlog 🌺
I love Australia and want so much to visit again
Hey I was just scrolling through the youtube and I found your channel... Finland has always been my dream destination...the scenery, the lakes and moreover the snow covered places like you have shown in your video have always attracted me...Your presentation style and video quality are excellent... I would love to visit Finland some day... My name is Diganta Dey.. I am from India... Greetings to Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮❤️❤️... Waiting for more videos.. 😊😊..
EDIT - I am your new subscriber from today..
Finland has the "nickname" - "Land of the thousand lakes". Westernkind is amazing!
@@tjenahoj yes.. It has thousand lakes with beautiful sceneries around it... But I didn't get you at the last line 'western kind is amazing' I didn't understand this one..
Тепло и по домашнему уютно. Вот это и есть красота настоящая. Я тоже люблю вязать хоть это и не так легко. Спасибо вам за тепло домашнего очага!!! ❤
Teillä on aivan ihana koti!! Ihana nähdä tällasia "slow life" videoita Suomesta, elämää harmoniassa rakkaan luonnon kanssa. Haaveilen ite samankaltaisesta elämästä tulevaisuudessa, nyt oon vasta 20 ja asun keskellä Helsinkiä ja vaikka pidänkin kaupunkielämästä just nyt, unelmoin siitä elämänvaiheesta kun voin joskus sitten palata takasin maalle ja rauhallisempaan elämään, luonnon syvään syleilyyn ihan kunnolla. Tätä videota katsoessa tuntu kun olis tullut kotiin, kiitos sulle siitä ja ihanaa että löysin sun kanavan!💖
I have just discovered your channel as RUclips recommended it to me. I am so happy RUclips did that 😍 I am absolutely in love with your videos and your personality and your lifestyle. I will watch all of your videos one after the other. thank you for making them and sharing them.
much love,
janina
Thank you so much, Janina, and welcome here 🥰❤
Your Winters are fascinating.I'm a Winter kind of guy but most are not here in KY where i live.lol Making something by hand is such a sincere act.Thanks for making videos.
Hey Troy, I just came across this comment. I grew up in Berea, Ky. You should visit there sometime to check out their local handicrafts!
I am watching your videos weaving in the ends of the villasukat I knit. My mummi ( from Finland) taught me how to knit socks ... so I really feel like you ! thank you for sharing your life up north ! ( I am french, and moved in Helsinki in february ... to live my finnish dream life ! )
Wow, welcome to Finland 😍💙
Jak tam przepięknie kiedyś może pojadę pozwiedzać te niesamowite tereny 😃❤️🇫🇮🌌🏔️❄️
This video was STUNNING! I love everything about it. Your photography the knitting your beautiful cabin and country. I’m so blessed to have found you channel. Thank you so much ❤
Thank you so much, and welcome here on my channel. I'm glad you are here 🥰❤
Love your video but the text is very small and goes off screen too fast so I can’t read it.
Effectivement les sous-titres sont presque illisibles
I agree
you can go to settings and slow down the video to give you more time. that's what I do. you can also turn on cc so that you get the big black and white subtitles.
Agree - text is too small and goes off screen too quickly.
@@donnadiscalotta965 RUclips has options to suit your needs. Some folks are just fine with it the way is
Another gourmet "maestro" baking video. The sour dough bagels look mouth watering. Thank you so much for sharing your talents and skills, your dogs and your daily endeavors with us.
Thank you for such nice words 🥰❤
Hi Sanna, your land looks wonderful, such a beautiful place, I am an Irishman living in the Isle of Man UK we don’t get a lot of snow here, so mostly rain and cold in Winter, my Mom, now90 loves her knitting, always knitted the best sweaters, jumpers, as we call them, it’s 10pm here, so I’m here with my cat, Smokey, just relaxing, you take care folks, all the very best for 2024
Lovely. I’m now living near Death Valley, which is a rather extreme shift from life in the North - Interior Alaska, in my case - where I lived for nearly fifty years.
This is my first time to your channel. I’ve recently learned that I’ve got ancient ancestors from Finland, so I decided to look for a vlogging channel there, in order to learn more about that part of the world. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful part of your life. Cheers! 😊
Wow, hello far-way relative ☺ Welcome here and thank you for a lovely message 🥰❤
It is wonderful to see people living life the way it should be lived. I have always tried to live a simple life but found it very challenging with a family of six. Now I live on my own, I have embraced it. To see so many of the younger generations taking on this life warms my heart. Much love from Australia
love this lifestyle close to nature, away from consumerism, trying to be as self-sufficient as possible! I try to strive for the same here in Northern Sweden
Well, hello, neighbour 😁
With a smartphone and a RUclips account
You’re welcome
Said Mr. Irrelevant @arcabuz.
@@fellspoint9364 said Mr. Simp
Beautiful cinematography, Sanna! And a beautiful way to begin my day in South Central Pennsylvania. It’s Sunday Dec. 10th, 2023, 8am. It’s drizzling, gray, and 40 degrees f. No snow, of course. I’m tapping out this message to you on my iPad while sitting by a fire in my fireplace fueled by propane and made to look “realistic” with low flames curling around ceramic logs. A different (and totally lazy) technology, but similar in feeling and atmosphere and very much enhanced by your lovely video.
i just discovered your channel today and i'm very curious to watch more of your videos. I just bought an old house in Finland and to be honest, it's a bit of a struggle right now with the darkness. But I know later i'm gonna gain energy back with the longer days. I love this kind of content and for the first time I actually find someone in Finland, that is amazing
Peace, strength, hope and happiness to you. ☀️
The relaxing piano music during the video along with the scenery and your beautiful knitting makes for a great combination. Thanks for sharing this with me, Skal.
Thank you for this wonderful video! ❤ The winter there looks stunningly beautiful with all the trees fully covered in snow. ✨Your homemade bread turned out so fluffy and definitely very delicious. ☺️
Thank you 🥰💙
Siis Wau! Aivan mahtavaa että Suomesta löytyy tällaista osaamista ❤ todella upea video ja varmasti kiinnostaa ihan ympäri maailmaa. Toivottavasti saamme näitä lisää.
What a beautiful video. Your wonderful approach to life in sync with, and respect for, nature… Mother Earth is truly admirable. Thank you for sharing your life; your time. Your socks and mittens are truly beautiful; and the fact some are from your Grandmothers patterns make them extra special. ☺️🫶🏻💜
Heritage crafts and skills should be treasured and embraced. Much love from a very (annoyingly) mild (more like Spring) 🇬🇧. Ooooh for at least a decent frost for the Winter Solstice! 🙏🌲💜🌙
I visited Helsinki from the U.S. Last summer. My favorite memory is when I jumped off the pier into the Gulf of Finland after using the sauna. It was shockingly cold and I was almost screaming with surprise. But after I got out, I was tingling all over and felt wonderfully alive. I've never experienced anything so profound and amazing! Thank you, Finland, and thank you, Sanna, for making this wonderful video!
I love your videos !! I have a Norwegian Elkhound !! Her name is Poppy ! My Husband passed away in March of 2023 and Poppy has been my life now ! Such amazing Dogs !!
Sorry for your loss my condolences! Dear God bless you amen stay strong!
♥@@zainulabdin1720
What a beautiful you have Sanna! I enjoy watching snow in your area, but I think life is also harder there. Cheers from Indonesia.
I loved haring the crunching of the snow. Thank you for that God Bless
Thank you for sharing your life with us! I admire and adore the work you accomplish. I tried the star mitten pattern that you do so well but did not stick with it. I wish I had but 4 needles in a tiny space got to be too much. The dark days must be challenging but you have found how to make the season brighter with the work you accomplish. LOVE your channel!
Thank you ☺💙
😇🥰It is so refreshing to see young people appreciating nature the way you both do. Thank you for the lovely film. Hope your cup of current juice springs you into good health thru the winter months.
Thank you so much ☺❤
The world is very beautiful and youtube is a blessing for me.I see a lot of place which I won't be able to go in my life.
This was so beautiful! The scenery with glimpses of the Northern Lights, the cabin, the gorgeous socks & mittens & the sour dough looked delicious! Lovely doggies too! Thank you & Happy Christmas from Scotland 🏴 🎉
Thank you ☺💙 And Merry Christmas to you, too ☺💚
Your socks and mittens are beautiful and I'm sure they are toasty warm, you bet! What a lovely place to live. I hope you're over the sore throat. Now that it's January, even though its cold, the days are getting longer. Soon it will be spring and life will return to your land. Best wishes and a Happy New Year to you.
What beautiful scenery! I am watching this from Australia in 34 deg C heat! Finland is so beautiful, lots of lakes and forests. I was lucky enough to travel there in the summer of 2019 and enjoyed it so much, travelling from Helsinki all the way north and across the Arctic Circle then into Norway. It was trip of a life time. I love that your life in the winter time seems so relaxing and calm. Also live your knitting! Thank you for sharing! ❤
Ahh, hello to the other side of the world 😍 I'm glad you got to visit Finland. Come back next time in winter time 🥰💙
We have plentiful birch bark that we use for starting our fires in our woodstove but I think it it is clever, how you sliced back part of the log you were going to burn, and used those still-attached shavings to get the fire going. I have not seen that technique before although I grew up with fireplaces. I may try that at some point. (I saw your process of doing that in the previous video I watched. I will need to hone my hatchet yet finer.)
What a magical video. Thank you for sharing a slice of your life. Always a pleasure to watch you videos.
Thank you so much ☺💙
Sanna hello.Firstly I should say that my English isn't good enough to write something. But I will try.I live in Turkey and always have wondered the life in Finland. Your video is very relaxable. The music which you choose ,too.I coudn't understand how passed the time while I am watching the views .Also I have liked your hand made socks.They are actually very very nice.
Your socks and mittens are beautiful.. I come from the UK but love Scandinavian knitting patterns.. I have knitted a few pairs of mittens but have always worried that socks would be too tight with the stranded work so only make plain ones. Thank you for your wonderful video.. it warms my heart ❤️
Thank you 🥰 I think the stranded work makes the socks even better because they last longer with double yarn. But of course, it's a question of opinion ☺
Fairytale Sanna , I am from Fiji 🇫🇯 a tropical island but Finland 🇫🇮 is very beautiful and interesting to explore .
At 81 years, I am still active in my 2,000 acres of tropical forest..as you say “keep it alive in this modern world we live in.”
I have subscribe to watch and learn more about your incredible past and present .
I wish you all the best and success in life always , thank you .
Nää sun videot rauhoittaa ja saa ajan pysähtymään tärkeiden asioiden äärelle 😍😊 luonto on todella henkeäsalpaavan kaunista sielläpäin ja teidän talo huokuu tunnelmaa 🧡🧡 kiitos 🌟💗
Kiitos, kun olet täällä katsomassa videiotani ja tervetuloa uudelleen 🥰
Je viens de découvrir tes magnifiques vidéos.
J'adore !!!
Ce lien à la nature est essentiel pour moi aussi.
Malheureusement , de nombreux français n'éprouvent pas de liens profonds avec Mère Nature...
Pour moi c'est vital !
Préservez votre magnifique pays !
Gardez vos belles traditions !
Bravo !!!❤❤❤❤❤
Your knitting work is incredible! Just beautiful.
Какие красивые хоромы, уют,спасибо большое за Ваше видео ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have just discovered your youtube channel and found this video style very similar to Jonna jiniton's videos.
A very calm, cozy and heartwarming vlog.
I'll be watching your videos regularly now.
Thank you so much, you are warmly welcome here ☺❤
Same, here...good stuff!
Tämä on mun unelma!Sanattomaksi veti, tämä on juuri sellaista elämää mitä itse toivon eläväni lähi tulevaisuudessa.
Todella ihana video, kanava ehdottomasti tilaukseen!❤️
Kiitos paljon, ihanaa, että löysit tiesi tänne 🥰❤
Finland was my love from the first sight ❤ not having this chance to come back, I will enjoy the scenery with your videos ❤
Hello from Utah, USA! Beautiful knitting workmanship, youre very talented & love the patterns!! Your home is lovely & cozy, and your country is gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing! 🥰
Thank you so much, and welcome here 🥰❤
Thank you for this beautiful video, love the Finish winter and your beautiful knitting. I only really learned how to knit in the last couple of winters and last winter I tried out a lot of traditional Nordic patterns for pullovers, socks and mittens and I absolutely love them.
You are on the right path then. But on a path there is no going back, prepare for that 🙈😁 I also love all the Nordic patterns, I think they show Nordic nature and our climate so well 🥰
My dear sweet girl i just found your channel and i love it !! I am from Greece but i was born and raised in Germany thats why i love winter and snow so much! Your socks are beautiful and the nature amazing ! Love from Athens ❤😊
Hyva huomenta alkaen Michiganistaa. Love watching you channel. I hope to visit Ginland knew day. You're very lucky to live in such a beautiful serene place.
Kiitos ☺ Welcome to visit our country, there's plenty of space for everyone 🥰
Счастья вам и процветания наши солнечные соседи !
Hello. I just found your channel, it's my first time watching. It was so relaxing to watch, I loved your 200 yr old fireplace. I can understand how much work it is to keep your home warm, I live in a forest in northern Italy, it's full of snow here and long dark nights, but beautiful. Thanks for the video, enjoyed the music too.😊
The hand sewn socks and mittens are great! I think it's even more fantastic to see you used a traditional pattern, which is much harder. I love the natural, self sufficient lifestyle, but you guys are really up there in the cold! Good luck this winter. Wishing you all the best.
Thank you for plaiyng on the 🎹 piano. Beautiful song ❤
It's -24C outside now and I sit here in my house out in the middle of nowhere and look out to confirm it's still pitch black outside here too. I'm not as far north and in another nordic country, and it's just good to see that there are others out there who also want real nature. It's just my second year here, so I hope to get some skiis for next winter, because I so far only got snowshoes, and it limits how far you can go. I really like snowshoeing, but I like options depending on what I want to do that day.
Nothing really beats hearing the snow crunch under your feet while walking around out there. Just confirmation you're alive.
Hello, fellow snow and winter lover 💙 I highly recommend skin, especially made for skiing in deep snow. They make you feel free ☺
I don't know how your channel cames up in my algorithm, but I am so glad it did! This video is so beautiful! You live in a magical land❤ And the mittens and socks you knitted are such works of art! Have a wonderful Christmas!❤❤❤
I live in Minnesota, and it is a 12 hour car drive to see my sisters. So I understand! But I love my life in Northern Minnesota! It's just so beautiful. I love your videos. thank you
That is a beautiful place in winter. You knit some great designs on your socks and mittens. I saw some of your beautiful sweaters in a past video. It must not be an easy life there at certain times of the year, but it seems peaceful and rewarding.
Thank you so much 🥰❤
I’d like to make a suggestion regarding weaving in your ends. Btw, your knitting is beautiful. I’m a knitter here in Michigan USA. We are at 4f or -15C today. But since colorwork coles easy to you, what I do with 100% wool is spit splicing , or I sew in my ends as I knit by carrying them like floats every other stitch for several inches. It works great and I very rarely have an end to sew in at the end.
I’ve never seen your videos before and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ll be back!😊
I just saw your video , I enjoyed it so much. I envy you because you live in such a peaceful enchanting place. My Grandparents were born in Finland. My Grandfather was from Petalax . They immigrated to the United States and settled In Worcester Massachusetts. I loved all the traditions and miss them so much. My Grandfather would have been 125 years old on December 3rd. Thank you so much for your video. Love your dogs to ❤❤❤
Oli niin kaunista katseltavaa ja kuunneltavaa, että videon lopussa ihan liikutuin kyyneliin ❤️ Kiitos ❤️
Aww I loved this video. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us x ❤
Thank you so much ☺❤❤
The snow somehow makes the winter darkness lighter compared to the cold and wet we get here. Great video. All the best 🇬🇧.
That is true. Snow reflects even the smallest light and lightens everything 💙
Гарне відео! Так багато спокою! Спокій-це цінність. Дякую. Підписуюсь.
I'm so glad I found your channel today, Sanna. This was such a relaxing video to watch on a cosy winter's evening :) The socks and mittens you knitted are amazing.. what a beautiful skill and tradition to keep alive. I love that the oven in your house is almost 200 years old and is still doing its job as the heart of the house. The nature looks absolutely incredible there - so beautiful. It's crazy that your lunch freezes in your backpacks! I can't imagine being that cold - people complain when it's -2 here in the UK.. ;) I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Thank you for sharing parts of your life with us all :)
Wunderschönes ❤Video!! 😊Alles Beste für Sie und Ihre Tierchen!! Vlg. aus Deutschland - Sachsen❤😊
Your video was amazing. At the end I saw the link to your web page and translated it to English. Usually Google Translate is a bit rough but the translated words were truly poetry. I’m impressed by your writing, your photographs, your spirit, your desire and ability to manifest a truly quiet, peaceful, meditative life in synch with nature’s rhythms. So of course you have a new subscriber 😊 and my well wishes and thanks.
I'm really "envious" of those nice socks. My Finnish father absolutely refused to have me with footwear of any kind with ten below trips outside to the sauna when I was a child. Barefoot on the sidewalk leading out to it. It wasn't as bad leaving from the sauna back into the aunties house.
Thank you for this lovely video. Opening with candlelight and piano was pure art . . . thank you for playing for us. Cozy, majestic, and beautiful all the way through. I have enjoyed it so much and it makes me look at my own life and recognize changes that I need to make.
Hi! I think we owe a thanks to the Mumin books by Tove Janson that put Finland on the map! They did hibernate in the winter but one winter they did woke up and i think they liked it too! Smile! Her books are classics! Thank you for the great videos!
I love to see that there is enough daylight so you can still hike in early December. Your hike looks gorgeous - wonderful to hike in the snow! I love hiking too, but we never get snow where I live - we don't even get frost. I hike year round 3 days a week on the local mountains, beaches, and at local lakes (even though I live in a large city). I love seeing how different your life is! ❤
Sua casa é linda e esse lugar é muito bonito!
I would love to visit Finland!
Falling snow is so peaceful and calming. So beautiful.
Happy New Year!
Kiva löytää Suomalainen vloggari. Jonna Jintonia Ruotsista olen seurannut jo pitkään. Ihana miljöö ja kiva video.
Ich schaue Jonna Jinton auch schon so lange. Und habe mich gefreut noch jemanden mit dieser Atmosphäre zu finden.
Liebe Grüße aus Bayern Deutschland. 😊
Kiitos paljon ja tervetuloa, mukava että löysit tiesi tänne 🥰❤
Not boring at all. It was wonderful to see how you are crafting your own knit goods.
Sanna, I think you are deeply inspired by Jonna Jinton.
Lovely video. Just loved to hear you playing the piano. I live in Northern Ireland and there are not many people knitting socks and mittens. I did a lot of knitting when I was young.
Beautifully filmed and edited - you are very creative.
Thank you so much, that's sweet 🥰💙
Love the sound of frozen snow,love black currant tea. How cold it gets? My grandma taught me how to knot socks and mittens. Haven't done that since I moved from Lithuania to US. Your videos are like oasis of calm. I can smell the wool from your video.