Moved blog

Today I moved this blog to the place where I have the rest as well, so it is easier to post things on this blog without having to login and logout all the time back and forth, that is frustrating, so now it should work much better.
The only thing is that I need to move photographs as well and add them to this blog, this will happen somewhere within the next few weeks.
With a baby nursing and needing caring it can be difficult to do all in one blow.

Gehaakte stermotieven - Eva Behrens

Years ago I owned a book called: Gehaakte stermotieven, by Eva Behrens (crocheted star motivs). I loved it. For some years now its gone. I have been searching for it for ages now, didn't think of searching online, today I did. So I got lucky. I found it in a few Dutch places. One place was Bol.com, but there the 2nd hand sellers won't send outside of Holland. So that didn't make me too happy. Then I started a search on marktplaats.nl and found it 2x times there. So I have e-mailed the first seller with the question whether she will sell it to me and send to the UK. Hopefully she will. Somehow I really hate it when books that I love disappear just like that.
But then, with our move more things disappeared, which I really hate. I do wonder how this can happen. A whole box I could understand, but one thing only? Or just 2 things, that doesn't make any sense.
Hopefully no moving in the next couple of years.

Myrthestiek said...

Hoi Diana,

dat zijn echte mysteries van verhuizen, ik ken ze maar al te goed ;o).
Mocht het rechtstreeks versturen naar de UK niet lukken dan kan het altijd wel via mij; moet je maar even laten weten dan.

Groetjes Tessa

02 February 2008 09:14

Nappie covers

A few days ago I made some nappie covers for our new baby. They turned out really nice. Soon I will post pictures of those as well. Now I need to continue with some All-In-Ones and some plain cotton nappies. Baby will not wait forever to be born.

Frilled cardigan

YES! Its almost done, and it looks good!
The only thing that my daughter doesn't like about it, is that the sleeves are to her opinion a tad long. I think they are fine. I have also told her that she can now grow a bit and not in 2 months not fit into it anymore, as she is still growing quite a lot. It just looks gorgeous, I will post a picture as soon as I have one, with her in it.

crochet patterns

I have just come to the thought that I haven't found any patterns yet for lingerie which are crochet. I would love to give that a try as well. I wonder what the issue is. Maybe I should make some myself, as crochet is very easy and I have no problems making my own things with that. I think I will have a think about that and see what I can come up with.
Somehow to me crochet is much easier than knitting, and knitting is already a piece of cake. I have already made my own wool soakers for my youngest, without pattern, so I guess I really should give it a try.
The light spots on the top soaker are from the lanolin that I used on it. I make my own special easy to use powder which you can just use on the wool program in your washing machine, coz otherwise it would all take me way way way too long to lanolize and stuff. Quick and easy is how I like it.

Gorgeous Finnish Pattern

I have in the meantime found a translation to English. I am super happy.
http://vikatikit.blogspot.com/2007/12/minttumaari-shawl-pattern-in-english.html
I will put it in the links list, so anyone can find it later as well.

Heirloom knitting

21 december 2007: Today, while browsing on Ravelry I read about the most amazing lace pattern I have ever seen. The Princess Shawl : http://www.heirloom-knitting.co.uk/projects11.html
This is definitely something I will have to make some day. Right now there is too much going on in my life, but I will make sure I will buy this pattern within the next few months to make sure I have it here to make it later on. It is just gorgeous.