I’ve came to spend the weekend with my mother. She’s finally coming out of the pneumonia, but still, I wanted to come and visit her. She’s staying these weeks with one of my aunts at the house that used to belong to my grandparents. The weather is usually worse than …
Category: Knitting
Barswingona
This past long weekend was not very productive regarding knitting. We assisted to an international Lindy-Hop event in Barcelona. With four hours of class per day and then the parties where we could continue dancing and watching the teachers’ showcases, we had no much energy left in our bodies the …
Growing up
Koen’s mother told us last week that she went to visit Koen’s brother and his family. Koen’s nephew was wearing the Puerperium cardigan I made for him, but that it was probably the last time he could wear it; because, as little babies do, Sander is growing up fast. I’ll …
My wonderful sunset Freija is already finished!
This past weekend I couldn’t dedicate too much time to my knitting due to the Swing Madrid Festival. Seven hours dancing on Saturday plus two on Sunday left us brain dead. I managed though to block Émilien and Freija. Émilien is done, but I have problems to find a zipper …
Sister’s socks (Xmas present number 5)
Choosing a present for my sister was far more difficult than for the others. As far as I knew she despised knitted garments, she has lots of fancy stuff and my sense of fashion is light years far from hers. She’s the one who wears fancy stuff, I’m the one …
Nashira and the provisional cast on (Xmas present number 4)
One thing was sure: I had to knit another scarf for my mother and give it to her as a Christmas present. Just after she had her surgery, in September of 2010, she started using scarves and shawls to conceal that horrible T scar. It’s when I started the tradition …
Owlet for my dear 3 year old niece (Xmas present number 3)
When I wore my Owls during Christmas last year, my little 2 year old niece was stunned. She loved the design and those eyes standing out. And she was only 2 years! I promised that I would make it for her one day. Her birthday is in mid December, so even …
The perfect hat for him (Xmas present number 2)
This was initially intended to be a Christmas present, but it was getting so cold that I made it way before Christmas. After the big success of the Artesano Superwash Merino Wool, Koen wanted a hat made with it. We searched together on Ravelry for the perfect hat for him. …
Life is too short to knit with crappy wool (Xmas present number 1)
Ok, this is a bit of cheating, because this one was not a proper Christmas present, but pre-Christmas. Koen’s brother had a baby at the end of October and I wanted to have something ready for him. After searching around on Ravelry I settled on two beautiful patterns that would …
Summer knitting
It is my first real Summer in 5 years. I started knitting last August and crochetting in September of 2009. I’d heard before that during the Summer one doesn’t feel like knitting. At that moment I did not completely understand that statement because it never happened to me… until I …