We had a long weekend here. Friday was King’s Day, a public holiday.We planned to stay home and work on the house, but we weren’t really up to it (I had a cold and T. pulled something in his shoulder last week), so we ended up visiting Gouda for a few hours.King’s Day is traditionally…
Category: life lately
Mad Hatters' Link Party – April
Wow, the end of the month kind of snuck up on me…How can April be over already? Anyway. Time to round up the hats I posted about this month: 12 – Something different 13 – First Try Fair Isle 14 – Slouchy Stripes 15 – Bobble Top 2.0 – – – – – – –…
Three things
Three things I’m thinking about today: :: how knitting a sweater is hard work for this instant gratification lover. Still working on those sleeves. Tempted to start a side project, but I’m not sure I want to. I’m usually a one project girl and when I do start several projects at once most of the…
52 hats :: 15 – Bobbletop 2.0
I started this hat only a few days before we left Curaçao. There was a lot on my mind, so I thought I’d do something easy and knit a pattern I already made before. I considered another Soulemama Hat, but decided to choose my own Bobble Top Pattern instead. It reached 100 favorites on Ravelry…
Not enough
This morning I cleaned the kitchen, the bathroom and the toiletroom. I took all sheets and blankets of the bed, washed them and I hung a load of laundry outside (second load is in the machine right now). Oh, and I watered the plants.This is only half of what’s on my list of weekly household…
In my garden
I love my garden (even when it’s overgrown again, since I never find enough time to keep up with it), If – no wait – when we’ve sold the house, I’m going to miss it so, so much (but there will be other gardens, for sure).Anyway, I’m going to pretend that’s why I’m going to…
Three things
Three things that make me happy this week: 1. sunny and warm weather. Today we’ll get temperatures over 25 degrees C (close to 80 F)! I know, so early. That seems to be a trend here in The Netherlands. Early summer weather in spring followed by a cool and wet summer. But we’re not thinking…
52 hats :: 14 – Slouchy stripes (or Stripy Slouch?)
Another slouch… I love making these, especially when I don’t feel like thinking too much about my knitting (oh, the lace on that cardigan is driving me crazy!). It’s also a great way to use up scraps.For this one I cast on 80 stitches (on 4 mm needles), did a K3, P1, K2, P2 rib…
Knitting notes
Thank you so much for the encouraging comments on my last (slightly depressed sounding) post! It really made me feel better to read them. We had a good weekend. Lots of smaller tasks done, a bit of work in the garden, a visit to one of the girls (to help hang a coat rack) on…
Three things that make me happy
Oh no! It’s Thursday already! I usually have a post with three things planned out in advance, but today I’m drawing a blank. I really want to keep posting regularly, but life is a bit stressful and overwhelming right now. Work on the house is not going as fast as we’d like (something about being…