wordless wednesday

felting-exchange

Ohhhh, Februari already !

Sometimes days go by so quickly ...

A few days ago I got my Januari piece 

of our felting-exchange

and time and again I'm pleasantly surprised 

by the ideas of other people.

And what's more fun :

there's always a lovely card to accompany the little felted piece !

This time there were funny gold glittering specks

and I don't know what they're made of ...  

Thanks very much J.

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My double knitting is going swell 

 Rows of blocks upon rows of blocks

like slowly building a (scarf)  wall 

It's so much fun to see what colour combination 

the skeins come up with !

;-)

another beginning

After aproximately two weeks of ice and snow

it started raining warm water last Sunday.

The neat white covering 

disappeared rapidly over night.

But look what I discovered this morning

Little green sprouts sticking up their heads through the mud :

covered by the thick snow blanket 

they were probably getting ready,

thinking the time would be right

.....

we'll see, in the near future ...

The bright yellow Eranthis (winterakoniet) are always the first to pop up.


(Aaaaah ... still a loooong wait for Sus .....)

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EXTRA
There is an important but not so nice story here for people who like felting !

a rose ... and a beginning

Since it's almost the end of the month

I had to make haste to finish 

the little felting-exchange piece.

Ha, just like last month

I made a serious mistake 

so I had to do it all over again

(that's learning ... is it ?)

I had to make something with flowers or leaves

and it just jumped into my mind :

a rose

is a rose

is a rose

(the first ánd second attempt)

Almost dry and waiting for a few stitches ...

it's on its way now to J.

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Last Stitch'nBitch-Saturday I went to Rotterdam,

but if the weather had been as bad as it would turn out later

I probably would have stayed at home !!!

Snow and an icy wind :

not so nice when you're on your bike ! 

We were five, who defied the bad weather ...

and ofcourse it was fun 

as I showed my trumpet flowers of Loani Prior

I got an e-mail of the "Queen" 

about the pattern of her double-knitted scarf !

Though it took me quite some time looking at You-Tube 

to manage the double-knit

.....

I started a gauge swatch today

(with two skeins of Noro Kureyon Sock 

that were patiently waiting in my stash)

with the result 

a "positive" and "negative" side

.....

yeeeeaaaah !

Thanks Loani !

trumpets

Last weekend we sounded the "trumpets"

for our birthday boy :

9 years old !

Blowing the candles 

(and making a wish ... ?)

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And there were other "trumpets" that I found here.

When I'm honest I must confess 

that I'm not thát keen on tea cosies myself ...

Though I must really laugh when I see all those fun designs 

Loani Prior comes up with :

she really is the Queen of tea cosies !!!

But these little trumpet flowers came with a free pattern 

I simply hád to try

A little leftover Noro Kureyon Sock did the trick

Mmmmmmmmm ...

lovely little trumpets !

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In the garden we have lots of food for the birds,

they badly need it, in this snowy cold wintertime !

Sparrows, finches, all kinds of tits and the occasional robin,

blackbirds, starlings and turtledoves ...

While the water is frozen

the moorhens often seek a safe place high up on the pergola

... because there are cats wandering around on the ice !!!

(Aaaaah just too bad : all that snow makes the ice

unsuitable for skating ...)

nice and cold

The grandchildren visited us today :

the youngest one in his child seat on mom's bike.

Because of the cold weather

he had cheeks like little red apples !

 He adores the cáts

(and they like hím)

Oooooh, how he loves their long soft swishing tails 

Yes ... they (still) like him ...

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Cóld weather is sóck weather !

I had to make a short (painless) visit to the dentist again today

so :

wearing my new socks 

and another pair started to knit on the boat.

Another ball Magico 

(Meilenweit , Lana Grossa)

The cold freezing weather makes that 

the ice skate fever is building up in Holland ! 

13 - 1 - 13

Oooh, what a wonderful bright and cold 

Sunday

We went to a birthday party 

and when we drove back, there was this thin slice of moon

kind of lying on it's back

but you could detect the shadow of the rest

A wonderful sight !

(no picture, my moon pictures always go wrong)

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On the boat yesterday to the Stitch'nBitch group

I did what I always do :

knitting !

The work on the mitered red vest is nearing the end 

as to knitting squares, 

only the half ones at the bottom need to be done.

But I also have something simple with me, because

 talking and knitting 

not always goes together quite well,

so these are my latest socks

(Magico yarn) 

(Ha, also have the wonderful "mystery" socks to continue

with the pink yarn J gave me for my birthday,

but that's NO option doing while talking)