Advent and Makers December and Freya and ouch
It’s December, and soon we will face the shortest day of the year. I’m not religious, but I do have…
Vairisle Hat
Last year (or has it been longer already?) when I visited my brother and his family, I promised to make…
Winter birch shawl
Two years ago, I bought two beautiful skeins of TréLiz Ares Sock yarn in the colourways Emilie and Freakin´ Bacon.…
Freya to the rescue!
Whenever I’m not feeling great, Freya notices and she becomes extra cuddly. I can’t help but smile! Sometimes I wish…
Empty
Lately, I’ve not been feeling too great. Not that I’m sick or anything, just out of energy. I’m feeling empty.…
Mystery revealed!
It has become a tradition: every year Stephen West designs a shawl pattern that is published one clue at a…
Roseroot top in Nachtblau
When I started knitting again in 2009 I quickly built up a small stash of (semi) acrylic yarn from Zeeman…
Freya and the vet
As you may know, my sweet Freya is already 15 years old. She used to be quite overweight (6 kg),…
Dental update
A while ago, I posted about my intentions to take better care of my teeth. A week after that, I…
Quiet time
It has been a while since my last post, and with good reason: I was on holiday! My husband and…
Getting ready for winter
You never know, with the climate changing it may not become that cold anymore, but I’m going to be prepared…
Treasure
When I started knitting again, back in 2009, my yarn stash grew rapidly. First with acrylics, but once I was…
A great British sewing machine
Ever since my sewing workshop last year, I’ve been thinking about buying a modern sewing machine. I tried sewing on…
Bite the bullet
Not literally, of course, this is The Netherlands. But I did something that I’m proud of and I’ll tell you…
The felineship of food
For a while, I didn’t take as many photography walks as I used to, but lately, I’ve been going outside…
Activating the gluten
Because that’s what you need to do when you work with fibre, according to Freya. This is my next spinning…
Colour taming
Last weekend I finished spinning another project. This one was started in the last week of the Tour de Fleece,…
A Shrubbery!
That’s what I wanted. And that’s what I got! Well, not an actual shrubbery, of course. And I did not…
Feline tales
A couple of days ago, I went out for a photo walk through the neighbourhood. I walked towards the communal…
Gaining strength
Today I had an appointment with my physiotherapist. It has been two months since I started doing exercises to get…
Snuggle buddy
As you know, Freya is the sweetest cat. She follows me around the house and loves being close to her…
Tour de Fleece: Finish!
Last Sunday was the final day of the Tour de Fleece! It always goes so fast, and I’m amazed at…
Tour de Fleece: week 2
In this second week of the Tour de Fleece, I have spun some SpinJones fibre. I started the spin during…
Hommage à Klee
After my recording of Mémoire, I took some time to try and record the other two parts of Drieluik as…
Tour de Fleece: week 1
The Tour de Fleece has been going on for a week now, so it’s time for an update! I have…
Mémoire
Today, I recorded an old song that I wrote back when I was 19 years old. I wrote it as…
Finish to start
Tomorrow it starts: the Tour de Fleece 2019. This yearly event occurs during the Tour de France, and thousands of…