Double Tracing Wheel

This weeks finding

a double tracing wheel

"it marks and traces seamlines and cuttinglines simultaneously"

powder to work with


How usefull and nice at the same time!

How do you make traces when cutting fabric?

What's on?

Still knitting in between working at school, teach knitting and crochet at home

cleaning and preparing for internal housemovin

being a bit sick

and having two webshops!

SO, what am I knitting?

A Trees #2 in soft laceyarn from Fyberspates

(bought at Woool in The Hague)

A BIG purple cowl on hook 5,5 mm with piepyarn from Zeeman

And a scarf in a silk/wool blend bought at Victor & Rolf from Belgium ;)

nature and attic

A few days ago, our attic looked like this.

The walls are finished now, but need painting..

It turned out great, 3 extra rooms!

(so it will give me my own craftstudio downstairs)

Coming days/weekends will be filled with cleaning, painting, decorating and moving things.

Lots to do.

This green moss is still in my head, since last Christmas.

We were in Belgium, The Ardennen. During our walkings I saw this great moss.

And want to knit this pattern somehow.

Keep you posted.

Other nature-themed thing: these cute fabric covered buttons.
There will be new old buttons in the shop today.

finding

Found in the thriftstore in Twello (NL)

4 curtains

Does anyone recognize this print?

Can you tell me more about it?

Please do!

Alpaca with Tweed

for a 1 year old

oktoberthoughts

A little tentsick, that's how I'm feeling.

The summer was long, warm and together.

This shows how our mornings were..

It's raining cats and dogs overhere in NL.

That's why I was thinking about the summer.

BUT:

the Herfstvakantie started for us,

the Handwerkbeurs is 3 days in town

having a premiere-party in the Schouwburg tomorrow

and selling these beautifull buttons overhere!

so

Life Is Good

new listings

these buttons are all in the

Ballee Buttons Shop

Somebody told me that these white buttons were used for linen sheets

and pillowcases

buy them here

take a look!

Julija's Shop Antwerpen

we had a little birthday party overhere this weekend

Little "aap" turned 3.

And another birthday party in Antwerpen from a friend.

So we went shopping first!

I discovered Julija's Shop a while ago on the internet and to see the shop live is really superbe!

They sell wool/bamboe/alpaca/mohair and more from La Droguerie.

Buttons, beads, books, patterns, fabric and all in a great atmosphere and a very nice shop.

I'm happy!

They sell also online (via the blog)

And I grabbed a treasury this morning
tender and white

this nice coloured skein is handspun by me

and handdyed by Jon from Easyknits.co.uk

happy buttons

How happy can a person get making photo's of buttons?

VERY happy!

Love the shapes, colours, simplicity.

buy them here

milestones all over the place

- its almost 5 years ago that I started blogging

(first posts here)

- Ballee Buttons Shop is bringing her first sold items to the postoffice!

- and in the Ballee Shop are almost 100 items sold

So time for a party..

How?

Don't know yet!

Spinweekend

Last weekend was filled with spinningwheels, wool, sheep (not real ones) and very nice people.

I went to the Landelijke Spingroep weeekend in Elspeet.

150 spinningwheels and spindles

men who are worlds thinnest threadspinners

a show-and-tell with great work,

like these 2 blankets.

The lady has own sheep, spin and knit these (heavy) beauties herself

and almost everybody got a sheepthemed thing with her/him

see the whole collection overhere on my Flickrpage.

Also an overview of all kinds of wheels

(ashford, louet etc.)

I met a lot of people from Ravelry, and its very nice to have faces now with the names.

Had great talks and chats, thanks!



And also thanks for all the comments about the mushrooms in my latest post.
The pattern will be available very soon (for free in NL and E)

fall

If you're on the Landelijke Spindag this weekend

and you see these things growing at my wheel,

say hi!

the darkbrown yarn is made with my spindle

(#2 attempt)
and this was #1 try yarn on the spindle (the green one)

new items in the Ballee Buttons Shop on Etsy!