Another blog entry…two in two days! I love weekends because no work mean more time to write stories! So some more about the June blanket: Despite the heat, I finished the June blanket just a few days later then envisage. I was so close to put the blanket in the WIP’s pile …as I...
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July’s blanket: A white rabbit, Venice,brocade and Arlecchino…..
July is already here!!! and to quote a very special white rabbit from one of my favorite books, ‘Alice in Wonderland’: “the hurrier a go the behinder I get”!! Besides me chasing my tail for the past few weeks trying to fit everything in , Alice in wonderland’s little white rabbit is not...
Some overdue details for the Indigo blanket.
Hello everyone, This entry is well overdue, but as I said on facebook I have been really busy with family, work, a commissioned crochet project, that I can’t wait to share with you all, magazine articles, June’s blanket…and the giveaway too!! Having said that, I have been putting together some close-up pictures of the Indigo blanket and...
June’s blanket, bucket-list and Iceland…
Hi Everyone… it is June and time for another blanket…. this one is about my bucket-list. I have a few thing on that list, one of them is traveling and visiting/living in new places. the top of the list for the places is ICELAND, and that is what this blanket is dedicated to Iceland. I always...
The end of May: The indigo blanket
Last day of May and here is my May blanket… I’ve called it the Indigo blanket because of the colors. The Indigo blanket has been a bit of an unusual one and definitely an experiment. As I have said on my previous post on Facebook I did not have a plan of what I...
May’s Blanket: an old pair of jeans and a journey.
If you have been following my blog, you are by now aware that what I am aiming to do with this crochet journey is to experiment how you can use crochet as a medium to weave a story into the fabric of a blanket. Furthermore, I would like to encourage all of you out there...
April blanket: ‘the Norian blanket’
My belated Easter post…I have been sitting on this blog entry for 10 days…the plan was to get it published before Easter, but things have gotten in the way so I am just now making the final touches to the post. So I hope all of you had a lovely Easter or spring break with your families,...
My 10,000 girls…
You all know I got four children but the ones of you that know me in real life, also know that I have some extra 10,000 to 50,000 little girls. The number depends on the time of the year! I am an urban beekeeper! and I LOVE MY BEES!!!! Beekeeping is...
Voilà ! the macaroons blanket.
31stof March! just in time…. You probably have already seen some previews on my Instagram. I finished the macaroon blanket last week, but I have been so busy trying to finalise the last details of the ” secret project” plus I had a few deadlines at work . However, I am now finally sitting down,...
Never mind the macaroons…mini grannies are like Marmite!
An unusual title, I know…but if you are acquainted with Marmite you will know exactly where I’m coming from! For those of you that haven’t the faintest idea what Marmite is, I will explain.. Marmite is a thick, sticky paste made from concentrated yeast extract, a byproduct from brewing beer. German scientist Justus Liebig invented accidentally the...