this weekend

N. 1st swimminglesson (left to the pilar)

Statensingelconcert

weddingfood

:)

Black Adonis

On the needles

Adonis in black

pattern: Tora Froseth

and because all the girls in the house have their birthdays these days

we have a lot of visitors

this is my dad with my children

(more pictures)

perfect gift for the baby in your life

Now in the Ballee shop

100% wool
handspun
handknit

pattern:

Wooly Bear Handknits Design

busy hands

handspun babyvest

soon in the shop

pattern is overhere

Just listed the finished beauty

in the shop




100% wool
but very light

WIP's

This (brown handspun by mother 30 years ago) yarn will be a test crochet

and this beautifull yarn is turned into

Areia in Red/Gray
shawl

still need to be blocked
after that in the shop!

shop update august

French Alpaca wool, ready to be carded in three colours

soon in the shop, handspun and handknitted babyhats

and a new batch of Klompjes Stitchmarkers!

buy them here

delicious big skein of handspun Falkland wool

300 meter

Babouches

Just to be ready for coming fall and winter

Babouches

pattern by Chezplum

circle project

I'm obsessed by circle shaped motifs etc lately

this is a detail from a church nearby Metro Abesses in Paris

Ballee in Flow Vakantieboek

knitting at the moment

Areia in Evilla yarn

my name and my shop were in the Flow magazine (dutch)
Yippie!

A few months ago I was phoned by Flow, if I could explain how crochet works in words (!)

The writer did a great job, its well written (with good pictures and story of Sarah London)

summer 2010 -2-

A very blurry cellphone picture

but I'm sitting on the ground spinning some alpace

with a spindle

The lady with the (ashford) wheel is a Croatian/English lady living in the Dordogne

and has her own flock of sheep

She was really nice, gave me a bag full with raw fleece for spinning

more about that one later!

Knitting behind the Notre Dame in Paris in a lovely shaded park

finished this beauty
buy it here
(just a perfect gift for the coming months!)


and this one is on my needles right now

love the colourchanges

summer 2010 -1-

Back in Rotterdam

after almost 4 weeks France

Just some random pictures

Yes, we were in Paris

and in Versailles

After cleaning up all our campingstuff (and washes)
there will be more knitting/spinning related posts (and pictures)

for now
its always good to be home again
:)

The Ballee shop and the Ballee Buttons shop on Etsy are both open again.

Please come by and take a look at all the knitted items for coming seasons!

How is your summer?