Did it take me a lot of time to figure out my “R” … items for the “S” popped right up!
Stash & socks! Is that all? What about: spinning, samhain, spiders, SAD (Seasonal affective disorder), soul, salads, spinage, sandelwood, sage, sheep, saturated colors, sensitivity …
This time the S is for …. sampler skeins!
I have a lot of different [...]
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I had lack of inspiration for the ABC-along.
Posted my “Q” on september 12, it took me until this morning to figure out my “R“. It was so obvious!
My “R” has to be the roving I bought last week at the Handwerkbeurs in the Van Nelle in Rotterdam.
It is Blue Faced Leicester roving dyed by Storm [...]
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Quiet
a photo of skein of yarn transformed with photoshop
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Pretty Purple Pictures!
No need to tell you I love purple in all kind of shades ;-)
1. Luella, 2. Hibiscus, 3. Nuala, 4. Dropplant, 5. Stap-voor-stap, 6. Violet, 7. SKP3: Rattlesnake Creek, 8. SKP3: Rattlesneek Creek, 9. Nuala, 10. Bosco, 11. Lavendel, 12. Amethyst, 13. Akelei , 14. Koekoeksbloem, 15. Bieslook, 16. H is for …
Created [...]
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Finally got the inspiration for the O. Organizing ;-)
In our house I have my own room to work, stash, find inspiration and more. I like a clear space to work in. Most of the time it is an awful mess. Skeins of wool, bags, knitting projects and lot’s of other stuff all around me. [...]
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Nostepinne and Niddy-noddy
A niddy-noddy is a tool I use for making skeins from yarn. This one is portable, for me it works just as handy as a skeiner. A nostepinne is a tool I use for making center-pull balls of yarn. Most of the time I use it for winding scraps or very bulky handspun [...]
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Mill - Molen en Maalderij
M is also for memories ….
As a child a grow up living next to a windmill, where my grandfather and father grind grains to flour for the local bakeries. Partial by wind-energy (if available of course), partial using electricity.
I still recall the smell of fresh flour,
I still hear the noises [...]
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Lavendel
Lavender, I adore her with her greygrey small leaves, her flowers and the lovely soothing odour she spreads touching the leaves and flowers. Lavender grows as a hedge in my garden along the path to my front door. When I walk to my door the air is filled with the fresh lavender scent.
Lavendel, een plant [...]
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kaarden en kaardebol
The Teasel is growing well in my garden - in Dutch the name is Kaardebol, referring to carding of wool.I am looking forward to the blossiming of the plant - as it seems to attract bees and bumblebees. This autumn I will definitly try to card some wool with this prickly plant. Will [...]
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JOY!
This is my nephew, a very characteristic photo of him showing his pleasure and enthusiasm. I love him, he makes the sun shine in my heart.
Een foto van mijn neefje. Als voor mij iets uit deze foto straalt is het plezier. Deze foto is zo kenmerkend voor hoe ik hem beleef; met al zijn enthousiasme [...]
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ivy, iris, island, integrity, interesting, inspiration, imagination … and definitly irritation and impatiens ;-)
A few years ago I was walking in the forest to impatient and irritated to enjoy the beauty of nature …
In synchronize I found a lot of Impatiens (glandulifera). As you might know I am a Bach Flower Practitioner, Impatiens is one [...]
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