Six months of advent
Just like in 2019, I ordered a Schaap & Draak advent calendar in 2020. It’s so nice to unwrap a…
Category: Fibre crafts
Simple and straightforward
After knitting my Klimop shawl, I was feeling like knitting another project, but simple tv knitting this time. So I…
Klimop
It has been a while since my last crafting post. But of course I have been working on some nice…
Migrating from Ravelry to Airtable (via Excel)
Lately, I’ve been spending quite some time moving my content away from Ravelry, mostly to Airtable. Airtable is an online…
Is Ravelry accessible yet?
TL; DR: No. Please consider joining Silence for Ravelry Classic by not logging in on Ravelry between March 31st and…
Playing and learning
If there’s anything that connects all my activities to each other, like Ariadne’s thread, it’s curiosity and learning. I’ve always…
Rearranging
Today I had my day off from work, and while that day is mainly intended for resting, it doesn’t mean…
Quarter time
My advent calendar is a rather large spinning project. It consists of 24 fibre samples of ~20 grams each, so…
WIP update
With all the singing and cat related posts lately, you might be wondering if I’m crafting at all. The answer,…
Oh no…
Today it was a chilly day in The Netherlands. It really felt like winter. So I decided to wear my…
2020 in hindsight
It’s December 31st, and today I’m looking back on a surprising, interesting, and at times difficult year. I did not…
24 days of fluff
This year, I again purchased a Schaap & Draak advent calendar. I blogged about it back in November, when I…
Spinning bits and bobs
Back in April, right in the middle of the Covid-19 lockdown, I got a package to cheer me up a…
It’s that time of the year…
The first of December is here, and you know what that means: time to open the first day of the…
24 days of fibre
I did write about it back then, so you might remember that I got a fibre advent calendar from Schaap…
Disability is not a preference
After my previous post about Ravelry and accessibility, more has happened, so here’s an update. Ravelry users are still being…
Inclusiveness includes accessibility
Over a month ago, Ravelry introduced a new website style. Just like that: one day you log in and the…
iPad Pro sleeve
Last week I was on holiday, and halfway through, I decided to (finally) bite the bullet and get a new…
Another garment
After knitting my top recently, I decided that I wanted to knit more garments. Even though it’s getting warmer, having…
Lilac top
A few days ago, I finished knitting my second Roseroot top. The previous one was a delight to knit and…
Done! … or not?
Last Wednesday I had time to work on my Brooklyn handbag again. This time I would be sewing properly, stitching…
Festina lente
One of the “sayings of the week” that I learned in my Latin class way back was Festina lente. It…
Baby steps
Today I continued my work on my Brooklyn handbag. Last week I had cut out all the pattern pieces and…
Pacing myself
I have a tendency to dive all-in when I undertake something, especially something new. When it’s learning about a new-to-me…
Creativity has many forms
It’s been a while (again) since my last post. I’ve been wanting to write something, but didn’t manage to for…
Musical pouch
Lately, I’ve been getting back into music and reading. I love the freedom this gives me. I did not realise…
Rainbow rolags
In the past month I have not been spinning much, and I have not been knitting at all. I did…
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