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 …
Leaving the frenzy behind
This year I decided to start with the presents for Christmas in advance. I didn’t want again long and late hours of knitting just to be able to finish the presents. I accomplished the first part, the starting, even though the result was more or less like last year: long …
Junk TV
Tomorrow is my birthday. Since I live far from my family we have a tradition of sending presents for our birthdays. I started it sending flowers to my mother, and she and my sister continued it over the years. The presents were mainly flowers: something that you can order from …
Butternut Scarf
Wow! It’s been a while since I published something here. Summer was finally too hot and a I took a little break in my knitting and went temporarily back to crochet. Sadly I didn’t finish anything and it seems that when I turned to knitting I did it for good. …
Where everybody knows your name
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MIVVVP_Nto] When I first arrived in Madrid and we signed the contract of our apartment, I found, very close to it, a shop where they sell yarn, fabric, needles, buttons and all you can need for your projects. The shops was recently opened and owned by three kind and funny …
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 …
Socks: Challenge Accepted!
Since I started knitting I used to admire with envy the beautiful socks other Raverlers posted on their profiles: plain, laced, multicolored, unicolored, …. I confess that I absolutely LOVE Dona‘s socks, and my wish is, one day, to knit beautiful socks like her. I was really looking forward to …