Weaving in the ends
Another year has passed, seemingly in the blink of an eye. I suspect that it has something to do with…
Category: Design
Midwinter gradient
About two months ago, when I was on holiday in Germany, I brought with me a large skein of handspun…
Inclusiveness includes accessibility
Over a month ago, Ravelry introduced a new website style. Just like that: one day you log in and the…
A Shrubbery!
That’s what I wanted. And that’s what I got! Well, not an actual shrubbery, of course. And I did not…
Mittens for MIL
In the beginning of this year, I improvised a pair of brioche mittens, just in time for one of the…
Finger-up brioche mittens
It has been very cold in The Netherlands in the past week. The “Siberian Bear” came to visit: a cold…
Anticipation
Oh dear, that rabbithole is quite steep… I’m talking about weaving, of course. After weaving my first shawl and wearing it…
Hot right now
I released Sága Cardigan Thursday night, and when I woke up yesterday morning it was on number 1 in the…
Sága Cardigan
It’s done! Actually I finished the cardigan on Saturday already, but it was so hot over the weekend that I…
Hestia is published!
Today was the final day of the test knit for my Hestia shawl. All my test knitters managed to finish…
Waterfall
I’m knitting a cardigan out of Wollmeise Lace in the Ballerina colourway! This project has been growing in the back…
Hestia the second
It’s finally done! I started the second Hestia in September when I visited my brother in Munich, but it has…
Done with Delft
For this painting, anyway. I have tried to intensify the darks a bit more, and to add nicer shadows to…
Neutrals
I’ve been working on my Delft painting a bit more. I tried to give the houses interesting stone colours. I’m…
Sketching and painting
I finished my Delft sketch today! In the past few days I worked on it a bit every day, but not…
Delft
Yesterday I visited the lovely Dutch city Delft. It’s quite an old city, and very close to Den Haag. I…
Three eggs
Happy easter! In Dutch we have an old song: Eén ei is geen ei Twee ei is een half ei Drie…
Dark sunset
Today I painted a sunset, and tried to create real dark colours without using black. It kind of worked, but…
Sock Madness round 2
Today when I woke up, I had an email from the Sock Madness organizers: I’m in team Kweechah Knotweed! Kweechah…
Fun with flowers
Now that I have this nice crafting spot, I have to use it, of course. No problem, no sir! I…
Ready to paint!
We made some more progress on my crafting corner! I had already cleaned out the back part of the storage…
Knit & Knot
Another intense day today: time for the first edition of the Knit & Knot knitting fair in Tilburg! The first knitting…
Wonky me
I still felt like painting this afternoon, so I decided to do a quick portrait study. And not with just…
Grounding
I have been working on the Amsterdam canal painting a bit more. It really needed more depth, because the boats…
Amsterdam Canal
I did it! I have painted on my hot press paper, despite being afraid to ruin it! And it works.…
Sunset at Haagse Hout
Today’s painting is of the same forest as the one from yesterday. You may recognize the bridge (we are looking at…
Forest light
Yesterday was such a busy day that I didn’t get to do my daily painting. When I came home, I…
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