Tour de Fleece: Finish!
Last Sunday was the final day of the Tour de Fleece! It always goes so fast, and I’m amazed at…
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Élévation
Élévation is the title of a beautiful poem by Charles Baudelaire. I found it on Reddit (of all places!) where…
Pavane
I’m sure you have noticed that there haven’t been many fibre-related posts, lately. I am still spinning my large purple…
Healing the superego
Healing the what? The superego. It’s a term coined by Freud back in the days. The superego is the ethical component of…
Weak at the knee
In my previous posts, I have mentioned that my knee was not doing too well. A few years ago, I…
Year in yarn
Last night, on New Year’s Eve, I did indeed go to bed early. I didn’t go to sleep early, though.…
A Janus moment
Janus is the Roman god with two faces. He represents doorways, transitions, beginnings and endings. One of his faces looks…
I need my space
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post, and that is because I went on holiday for two weeks.…
Happy New Year!
I know that it’s already January 4th, but here in The Netherlands you are allowed to give your well-wishes for…
Weird week
Freya and I have been spending a lot of time on the couch and in bed in the past week. I have…
Space and silence
There are some things that I really need in my life, and those are not often available if you live…
Good night
I’ve been playing with a sweet little gadget lately: a Korg MicroKey 2 Air, which is a midi keyboard for…
Hot right now
I released Sága Cardigan Thursday night, and when I woke up yesterday morning it was on number 1 in the…
Tour de Fleece week 1
It has been a busy spinning week! And of course I had to work to (so inconvenient…). In the first…
Rainy days
This past month has been very, very rainy. Usually it doesn’t rain that much in Den Haag. Living next to…
Contrast
I have just had a very busy two weeks! I started on a new job last week, then went away…
Drüggelter Kunst-Stückchen
Last night I returned from a visit to the annual Drüggelter Kunst-Stückchen festival in Westfalen, Germany. This art festival has…
Dutch Knitting Days
Last Friday and Saturday the Dutch Knitting Days were taking place in Rijswijk, which is really close to where I…
Finished Rose & Thorn Socks!
My socks are done! In only 4 days! And I hardly knitted on Tuesday… I never knew I could knit…
Knit & Knot
Another intense day today: time for the first edition of the Knit & Knot knitting fair in Tilburg! The first knitting…
Lots of work…
Today I decided to clean up our storage room a bit more. It’s a very narrow room (about 1.7 m…
Moonbird
It arrived! It arrived! My moonbird spindle is here! This gorgous Midi Pu Yok from Malcolm Fielding came to live with…
Spring is early
It’s spring here! This winter has been very, very warm compared to what we’re used to – you can hardly…
Woolly surprises
I am destashing some spindles, and I’ve just sold two of my MirkwoodArts spindles. They are so very pretty and…
Spindle house
About half a year ago, I made a simple storage solution for my supported spindles, from a cardboard box, 4…
Cats
Yesterday I started a new drawing. This is the first new drawing project after my hummingbird postcard. The reason I…
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