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Hand dyed merino sockyarn in a bright and funky color combination …. ,
the way I love them, this skein is as me ….,
shades of velvet, jade, violet, green, lila and pink
Not for sale :-)
Posted on January 6th, 2009, read the blog: Jade & Velvet
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 [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2008, read the blog: X is for … a happy X-mas!
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 [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2008, read the blog: Y is for … Yule
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 [...]
Posted on December 12th, 2008, read the blog: W is for …
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 [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2008, read the blog: T is for …
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 [...]
Posted on November 13th, 2008, read the blog: S is for ….
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 [...]
Posted on November 1st, 2008, read the blog: R is for ….
Three nice bobbins filled with fresh handspun Jacob Sheep yarn.
I still want to learn more about the technical use of my camera. Most of the time I use the P-option of my camera. This morning I thought it would be fun playing with the Depth of Field again.
The first three images are compressed jpg from [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2008, read the blog: Bobbins
Looking for a pattern for the Noro sockyarn,
I found most available patterns to complicated to work with this yarn.
Just stockinette didn’t appeal to me either,
so I knitted a simple stripe, using the strand from the inside and outside of the ball..
Now I have a second sock problem.
This first sock, above on the right has nice [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2008, read the blog: WIP: Noro socks
Quiet
a photo of skein of yarn transformed with photoshop
Posted on September 12th, 2008, read the blog: Q is for …
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 [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2008, read the blog: P is for ….
