Helygen Celli

X is for  a very happy X-mas. 9 days after her birth,
our granddaughter Daisy is finally home with her parents.
En …. met Kerst is Daisy eindelijk thuis bij haar ouders!
Eigenlijk een dagje eerder al. Opa en oma hebben even gewacht om de jonge ouders eerst hun rust thuis te gunnen ;-) Nou ja, rust… Daisy [...]

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the Yuletide
aka the Winter Solstice
and as the druids name it Alban Arthan
To one and all I send to you,
Blessings on this day.
Wishing joy and merriment,
May it always come your way.
(source unknown)
Zoals ik vorig jaar schreef Midwinter, een bijzondere tijd …
Een feest dat vele namen kent Yule, midwinter, winterzonnewende, Alban Arthan en in de gekerstende vorm [...]

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W is for … weaving
I am currently working on my first project for my lessons.
Een inhaalslag voor de ABC-along. De W is voor weven … 
Sindskort heb ik een weefgetouw, eerder vertelde ik al dat ze nog wat nukken had. Ze is nu operationeel, vanmiddag ben ik er nog mee aan het werk geweest. Mijn huiswerk van [...]

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Unsatisfied!
The last days I was working on a sock design. 
I have frogged the sock, as a perfectionist I was unsatisfied of the result.
Why? I don’t know yet – it just doesn’t feel right.

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Trees or truncks
 
Visiting the national park “Biesbosch” a few weeks ago I did see a lot of beautiful tree trunks.
Lot’s of willow, my favorite tree – Helygen Celli – holy place among the willows. 

Could walk there for hours. Looking at the trees, love the structure, all the moss, the smell of the moist enviroment, a [...]

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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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