May 30, 2009

Baby Booties

Made them before
but these beauties are for sale


made with new (the yellow gingham inside)
and vintage cotton (the flower outside)
0-3 months
just a perfect babygift!

May 28, 2009

Orange!

!Viva La Orange!
100 gram - 170 meter
2ply
100% blue faced leicester




May 25, 2009

autumn fire

bfl roving from
bought in November 2008
making a 2ply on my Louet

got to get used at the "tweed"-ish look



170 meter



before blocking the yarn (or stretching)
more pictures on Flickr



May 23, 2009

May 18, 2009

antwerp

We went to Antwerp last weekend.
Dropped the kids at Oma
and had a great time.
Walking, a little shopping
discovered the Kammestraat
and had great food and drinks
that's all you need!

at the pub near the Kathedraal



May 13, 2009

hippie and buttons

this is what our son left on the table when he went to school
named:
" hippietransformer "
:)
100 white/ecry/yellow buttons
soon for sale in the shops (sidebar)


May 07, 2009

briar and booties


For a new baby:
supercute booties
made from a vintage linen towel with apples and pears
lining: cotton

created by Aimee Larsen
myhomespunthreads.blogspot.com

and a very soft knit on the needles
Ysolda's design
yarn: Lana Grossa Meringo (with angora, VERY soft)

more details overhere (ravelry)






May 06, 2009

heart cakes in red

kids (and me) have a lot of time this week
its holiday

one of our favorite things to do:
baking cakes!

found the heartshaped silicon bakingcups at AH

the red foodcolour at the Chinese supermarket

(rotterdam, near the Euromast, the chinese boatrestaurant/shop)





May 05, 2009

lily's for mother in law

Lily's in the Valley
the favourite flowers of my mother in law
made from this book
Hookerama (Ravelry link)

used some stashyarn (licorne cotton and phildar silk)
a fun and easy crochet!


May 03, 2009

Ardeense Granny's

we were in the Ardennen (Belgium) last week

besides other knits i've crocheted these squares


made with Noro silk/something
love the colours!

this is 1 skein




it will be a blanket