a bit more challenge

Due to my work for the market

the last three weeks,

Sara's Challenge came a bit to a standstill

So I had to catch up a bit today.

According to Sara's instructions

there was first a bit of knitting 

(or crochet)

and integrate this into the needle felted page.

I didn't make any halfway pictures

so there's only the finished page.

I took some double sockyarn for the crochet.

Different stitches, and some chain loops at the end of the piece.

The needle felt is thin behind the crochet (left)

and thicker on the right side.

This time I just started with the crochet, and no further plan.

What to do next, what "line" could be there ?

The chain loops made a wavy line so then

"gymnastics with a long ribbon" jumped to my mind !

I'm always amazed, how these girls

make their wonderful exercise

with the loooooong swirling ribbon

without tripping over it !

(A tiny sketch on the back of an envelope to know what the girl must look like) 

*

And my "pink ribbon" lottery rabbit went in the mail this afternoon

to a new home in Kamperland.


(oops ..... it's already Saturday ... wrong date ...
off to bed  ;-) !)

a bit of this and that

Oh my, what a wonderful bright full moon,

earlier this evening.

I love it when the moon is there, in a still rather bright sky.

I recieved my May felting-exchange piece

last week. 

It was a bit late, but never mind :

it's supposed to be fun, not a must.

But that doesn't mean it is easy

to imagine what it must look like.

On the card that came with the piece 

Jolan told that she tried different things ....

But when she was sure what to make for the Sara Lechner Challenge

(that we're both in) 

she started all over again and was happy

with what she made for me 

 ... and so am I 

Finally,

(though there wasn't a lot of money in my lottery box)

the little rabbit goes to Mrs Clement

in Zeeland

68

;-)

knocked out ... but it was fun

This morning the alarm went off early
because daughter and I were making our trip
to the market in Zeeland.

The forecast said sunny weather
but heavy thunderstorms late in the afternoon,
well, we would deal with that later.

When we arrived in bright sunshine
we set up the small marquee
(that we bought yesterday)

in a lovely spot next to a walnut tree.

One of the boxes with yummy stuff to unpack

After our two makeshift sides were fastened
there was quite a bit of wind
.....
would it remain standing ???

The wind was probably caused by some storm elsewhere
but it died down relatively quickly
pfffffffffffft !
(relieved)

THIS was what our stall looked like 

with daughter's wonderful sun-and-moon rug as focal point !!!

Daughter brought her spinning wheel

 and we had a little lottery for Pink Ribbon

Later the sun came out again and it became really hot !

Lots of friends visited and we sat together

in the shade of the walnut tree.

We got many compliments on our work

and we sold some items too    ;-) 

But the daughter of the owner made a tour along the stalls

in the afternoon, "that heavy rain was expected soon" !

That was the signal to end the fun ...

much earlier then intended.

But on the way back we still expected (and got) 

a lot of traffic on the road.

At home, Man had some dinner ready for us

and only then I realised how knocked out I was

but :

we had a fun day !

 (and we hope our buyers will be happy with their purchases)

many, many stitches

I work in waves.

Waves of felting,

knitting,

drawing,

stitching.

These last few days I did many, many, many stitches.

On the back of this number 2 tiny quilt

you can see them far better than on the front side

(hi hi hi, I like this picture)

It all started like this :

an idea, a glue-stitched background

and some snippets of cloth.

(this time most of the snippets came from Sus,

a lovely present she once sent me)

After a lot of stitches with one or two threads embroidery floss

.....

this is the final face,   meooooow !

But, as I mentioned before, I work in waves, so :

another start, number 3 : grass !

And

(it's getting monotonous)

many, many, many more stitches

.....

WHAT'S  THAT,  HIDDEN  IN  THE  GRASS ?

(I'm not cheating)

it's me : 

Cheetah 

(15  x  15cm)

Why am I working so hard ???

Daughter and I are going to a market on 2nd Pentecost

(this Monday)

in Ouwerkerk, Zeeland

(and I will also take these beauties with me)

Hope to see you there  ;-)

wordless wednesday

today felt like stitching

Suddenly came to me, that

today felt like stitching.

I collected some bits and pieces this morning,

then a book to read the last bit till the end,
and some other business after lunch ...

so late in the afternoon I finally could get started.

Three very thin layers to start with

and the pointy turquoise piece :

a star it would be.

Ofcourse I began with glueing the green

layers to the white base

(probably will never do it any different 

since learning that from Jude !)

It felt so good to stitch again

O yes, that black and white strip will be definately in there somewhere !

After dinner I continued till the daylight was fading  somewhat,

I don't like stitching with lamplight in summer.

Here's a friendly face

and the strip is so narrow

I could thread it through a needle and pull it through

to the front :

a star with a tail 

The project I was working on the last few days

has almost come to a standstill :

At this moment the ball of yarn is almost gone ...

and I'm NOT finished with the pattern !!!

So ...

what shall I do ?

Frog the last bit and make it smaller ?

Buy a new ball ?

Ask around if anyone has a bit of this colour left ?

?????

Don't know yet what to do

.....

(ha, that's funny, now that I see the pictures together :

similar colours !)

change in the garden

The heavy rains of some days ago are gone

and there is more sunshine again,

but the garden has changed.

The beautiful poppies are gone ofcourse,

but also the lots and lots of Allium roseum

are over now

no seeeds, but tiny tiny dark red brood balls,

each one a promise for a new plant

in the future ...

but ..... I have really enough of them 

so I cut or gently pull them out.

When I accidently also pull the white bulbs 

I cut them off and will keep them for a friend 

(so she can enjoy their abundance as well !)

But with these Alliums out, there's enough else left

enough so to take some flowers inside

(Rose, Nigella, Prunella, Phuopsis, Ornithogalum magnum) 

There is always something to do and to enjoy in a garden

*

Man is thinking about making a new stitch-and-burn mandala

a beautiful flower on its own

(keep you posted about the progress)