Creativity has many forms
It’s been a while (again) since my last post. I’ve been wanting to write something, but didn’t manage to for…
Tag: tortie
I'm still here
It has been almost a month since my last post. I haven’t really had the mental bandwidth to write to…
Fibre advent calendar
Last summer, the owner of Schaap & Draak announced that she would be creating a fibre advent calendar this year.…
And another year gone
Time flies! It seems such a short time ago that I reflected on 2018, and here we are at the…
Blanket in progress
A long time ago, I got a Zoom Loom to create little woven squares with. I wove squares with DK…
Advent and Makers December and Freya and ouch
It’s December, and soon we will face the shortest day of the year. I’m not religious, but I do have…
Winter birch shawl
Two years ago, I bought two beautiful skeins of TréLiz Ares Sock yarn in the colourways Emilie and Freakin´ Bacon.…
Freya to the rescue!
Whenever I’m not feeling great, Freya notices and she becomes extra cuddly. I can’t help but smile! Sometimes I wish…
Roseroot top in Nachtblau
When I started knitting again in 2009 I quickly built up a small stash of (semi) acrylic yarn from Zeeman…
Freya and the vet
As you may know, my sweet Freya is already 15 years old. She used to be quite overweight (6 kg),…
The felineship of food
For a while, I didn’t take as many photography walks as I used to, but lately, I’ve been going outside…
Activating the gluten
Because that’s what you need to do when you work with fibre, according to Freya. This is my next spinning…
A Shrubbery!
That’s what I wanted. And that’s what I got! Well, not an actual shrubbery, of course. And I did not…
Feline tales
A couple of days ago, I went out for a photo walk through the neighbourhood. I walked towards the communal…
Snuggle buddy
As you know, Freya is the sweetest cat. She follows me around the house and loves being close to her…
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…
Mithril shawl
Spring is in full bloom now. The pink blossoms are on the ground and the trees have deployed their leaves.…
Spring fatigue
Don’t worry, I’m not tired of spring. It’s my favourite season! But I’m tired because of spring. It happens to…
Le chat qui rit
Lately I have been wanting to draw and paint a bit more realistically, but I have been stuck on finding…
Meeting some new friends
I had already spotted them sitting in the window sill, but lately they have been getting out of the house…
Remember
It has been almost half a year since my dear cat Fiona passed away. On Tuesday September 1st we had to…