We will be away for a couple of weeks, not always with an Internet connection, I guess. So to tune in, some pictures of our first part of the holidays, what it might look like.
Knitting is packed, let's see what they say on the plane...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The Day Before
Packing, packing, packing...
We will be away for a couple of weeks, not always with an Internet connection, I guess. So to tune in, some pictures of our first part of the holidays, what it might look like.
Knitting is packed, let's see what they say on the plane...
We will be away for a couple of weeks, not always with an Internet connection, I guess. So to tune in, some pictures of our first part of the holidays, what it might look like.
Knitting is packed, let's see what they say on the plane...
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Knitty Titty Graffiti
Yesterday was World Wide Knit in Public and Yarn Bombing Day.
My bombshell was a leftover from my husband's birthday present, the prototype for the boob, featured also in Annkari's blog post about some fun we had at Oldenburg Knit Night a couple of weeks ago.
In May we have a had the first Knitting Summit for WWKIPD and this week a second secret meeting where we talked about the whereabouts and whatabouts of the action.
Last night six women met at a restaurant (at a different place then our weekly Oldenburg Knit Nights, for a change) and started knitting/crocheting. A quick and hefty thunderstorm outside and inside later we were ready and equipped.
Busy hands.
Working together.
Finishing touches.
OK, I had this one spare breast.
And had to find a good spot for it.
I liked the combination of both pink graffitis, sprayed and knitted.
But eventually turned the boob around, because in my first time knitting graffiti vanity I wanted it to be seen... while waiting for green light.
Thank you girls! What a great night.
My bombshell was a leftover from my husband's birthday present, the prototype for the boob, featured also in Annkari's blog post about some fun we had at Oldenburg Knit Night a couple of weeks ago.
In May we have a had the first Knitting Summit for WWKIPD and this week a second secret meeting where we talked about the whereabouts and whatabouts of the action.
Last night six women met at a restaurant (at a different place then our weekly Oldenburg Knit Nights, for a change) and started knitting/crocheting. A quick and hefty thunderstorm outside and inside later we were ready and equipped.
Busy hands.
Working together.
Finishing touches.
OK, I had this one spare breast.
And had to find a good spot for it.
I liked the combination of both pink graffitis, sprayed and knitted.
But eventually turned the boob around, because in my first time knitting graffiti vanity I wanted it to be seen... while waiting for green light.
Thank you girls! What a great night.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Happy Birthday!
Time for a little fun. Recently I saw a pattern on Ravelry and thought it would be just too much of a pity not to make it for my husband's birthday.
A cuddly pillow. That is how it looks like from behind.
OK, nothing special...
But that is the front view.
And from the side.
Ravelry notes here.
The nipples were made using this pattern here, round 1-7.
A cuddly pillow. That is how it looks like from behind.
OK, nothing special...
But that is the front view.
And from the side.
Ravelry notes here.
The nipples were made using this pattern here, round 1-7.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Fresh & Organic 20
The last fruit & vegetable box before the holidays!
fruit: apples, pears, bananas, cherries
veg: asparagus, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, scallions, cauliflower, beetroot (even the distributor avoided tomatoes, cucumber and lettuce this week..., I still eat it)
And before five weeks of restaurants and yoga festival food start, I totally channeled my creative activities into my own kitchen. Very inspired by Heidi Swanson's blog and her new cooking book, I roamed the local ethnic shops for special spices and interesting ingredients. Results that not only pleased my own palate but were also very much appreciated by the man in the house - tastes better than wool!
(Clara is definitely not a spice girl yet...)
fruit: apples, pears, bananas, cherries
veg: asparagus, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, scallions, cauliflower, beetroot (even the distributor avoided tomatoes, cucumber and lettuce this week..., I still eat it)
And before five weeks of restaurants and yoga festival food start, I totally channeled my creative activities into my own kitchen. Very inspired by Heidi Swanson's blog and her new cooking book, I roamed the local ethnic shops for special spices and interesting ingredients. Results that not only pleased my own palate but were also very much appreciated by the man in the house - tastes better than wool!
(Clara is definitely not a spice girl yet...)
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuning In
... for summer
... for the holidays
... on a special day
... with my new world receiver
(if you can receive the world at home, where do you want to go?)
... for the holidays
... on a special day
... with my new world receiver
(if you can receive the world at home, where do you want to go?)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Holiday Preparation
With two more weeks to go, things are getting serious... filling out forms, finding passports, test-putting up tent... For me, the first serious sign for the getting-mentally-prepared-process is choosing my knitting projects for the holidays.
And as knitting guru Elizabeth Zimmermann says in the Knitter's Almanac, shawls make great traveling companions.
And as knitting guru Elizabeth Zimmermann says in the Knitter's Almanac, shawls make great traveling companions.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Fresh & Organic 19
EHEC-free organic delivery:
Countries of origin:
Germany: potatoes, kohlrabi, spring onions, red radishes, Batavia lettuce, strawberries, Savoy cabbage, mushrooms, cucumber
Spain: water melon
Italy: cherry tomatoes
Ecuador: bananas
Countries of origin:
Germany: potatoes, kohlrabi, spring onions, red radishes, Batavia lettuce, strawberries, Savoy cabbage, mushrooms, cucumber
Spain: water melon
Italy: cherry tomatoes
Ecuador: bananas
Thursday, May 26, 2011
More Jewelry
I have become a regular customer at the new bead shop down the road. And with the birthday of one of my mother-in-laws, a great chance to create something special. In autumn I knitted this shawl for her.
With the red-and-black-colour-combination in mind I set out to make her matching earrings.
with little pink roses
And then I thought a necklace would be nice, too.
A perfect little gift, I think.
PS: My other mother-in-law gets the recently finished Multnomah Noro. For Christmas. Or probably earlier, within the next days. There can be cool Northern German nights. But that's another story.
PS II: No, I am not married to two different men. It is my father-in-law who remarried.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
A Day Off
With my real life voice nearly completely gone, I need to recharge my batteries for the four yoga classes I am teaching on Wednesday...
What is a yoga teacher without a voice?
Fortunately, I don't have to talk too much from Friday to Sunday when I will attend the First German Kundalini Yoga Festival, which is happening just around the corner from here. Just get inspired!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Work in Progress
Knitting...
Blankets... more for winter... (???)
How I photograph things:
What it usually looks like around the picture in focus...
Current sewing progress...
more for summer... (!!!)
Blankets... more for winter... (???)
How I photograph things:
What it usually looks like around the picture in focus...
Current sewing progress...
more for summer... (!!!)
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Doll Couture
Weekends are becoming doll dressing days. I discovered the German edition of the French book Vetements de poupées: Crochet et couture
by Carole Atzu. Now I am prepared for all wishes and occasions.
I chose a little crochet cardigan.
I don't know, but maybe it is because the designer is French, even crochet looks classy, reminding me of bouclé. A very thick texture; I used nearly two 50g skeins of cotton yarn, the cardigan seems to weigh more then the doll. But a couture result!
The buttons come from a thrifted and then felted cardigan.
I did some modifications of the original pattern: two coloured, the buttonholes are smaller, the sleeves five rows shorter and I added the bottom edging. My crochet hook was a size 2,5 instead of a size 2. And so it fits Clara's Waldorf doll who is taller then the 30 cm dolls the clothes of the book are designed for. Ravelry notes here.
by Carole Atzu. Now I am prepared for all wishes and occasions.
I chose a little crochet cardigan.
I don't know, but maybe it is because the designer is French, even crochet looks classy, reminding me of bouclé. A very thick texture; I used nearly two 50g skeins of cotton yarn, the cardigan seems to weigh more then the doll. But a couture result!
The buttons come from a thrifted and then felted cardigan.
I did some modifications of the original pattern: two coloured, the buttonholes are smaller, the sleeves five rows shorter and I added the bottom edging. My crochet hook was a size 2,5 instead of a size 2. And so it fits Clara's Waldorf doll who is taller then the 30 cm dolls the clothes of the book are designed for. Ravelry notes here.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Fresh & Organic 18
Unpacked and in random order:
potatoes, carrots, bananas, cucumber, apples, red bell pepper, zucchini, Batavia lettuce, asparagus, tomatoes, apricots, red radishes, onions, spring onions, kiwifruit
Friday, May 20, 2011
Beautiful / Practical
That is what my stitch markers used to look like:
Practical. They served their purpose within their aesthetic usefulness.
A couple of weeks ago a new Bead Shop opened in Oldenburg and nearly every day I was cycling by, but the opening hours of the shop didn't coincide with my schedule. I have not really worked with beads before (not speaking of the children's kind of play with wood and plastic beads).
I had stitch markers in mind I had seen with fellow knitters and on the Internet. I found this helpful German tutorial here.
Yesterday I also found a time gap and got started.
The owner of the shop was even so nice as to lend me the tools for a day.
Ready in a couple of minutes at the end of a busy yoga day.
And sooo beautiful.
I went to bed with a happy feeling and new glittery ideas.
Practical. They served their purpose within their aesthetic usefulness.
A couple of weeks ago a new Bead Shop opened in Oldenburg and nearly every day I was cycling by, but the opening hours of the shop didn't coincide with my schedule. I have not really worked with beads before (not speaking of the children's kind of play with wood and plastic beads).
I had stitch markers in mind I had seen with fellow knitters and on the Internet. I found this helpful German tutorial here.
Yesterday I also found a time gap and got started.
The owner of the shop was even so nice as to lend me the tools for a day.
Ready in a couple of minutes at the end of a busy yoga day.
And sooo beautiful.
I went to bed with a happy feeling and new glittery ideas.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Long Road to Multnomah
I am here. Multnomah. Not the county, but the finished shawl. Starting the trip on January 3rd I arrived there last Wednesday, at last. Two skeins of Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn. The shawl in progress was carried around, taken to the Bremen Town Musicians and waited patiently while I was facing the mental challenge of skeins of wool that didn't seem to get smaller and endless rows.
But then, while watching the six-hour-marathon Royal Wedding of Wool & Cake and knitting, I began to see the finishing line.
I have never been to Multnomah County and don't know what the landscape looks like, but my Multnomah is vast (a wingspan of 173 cm or 5' 8'') with long plains of garter stitch and soft rolling hills.
Breathe out.
(Ravelry notes here)
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