Light/shadow

I've been away from the blog for a bit.

Not by lack of want...

I have been Florence Nightingale-ing the loved ones.

Snotty noses a la carte.

Sweet husky voices.

Little cries at night.

Warm tears.

Lots of cuddles.

Even for the sick manchild (smc).

I have lots of things to make though

I made this (Askew) - which ended up wrapped around the smc's neck, -he likes (!)

and can't wait to finish

this (Lumen)

and this (Kakomu)

but

all in good time,

that's

how it

is.

I hope you are keeping well

-Lies

Happy.

I've been making lots and lots of late,

-a cashmere cardi for Noor and

-a supersoft superblue scarfwrap for myself.

Making lots more too, but I can't keep up photographing it all...

My two best ever projects,

-Lieveke (now 5) and

-Noor (now 2)

happily and colourfully celebrated their birthdays con brio.

It all goes too fast.

And luck was my friend all through the week :

after winning the pattern for her new design Kakomu,

I got a massive giftparcel from Kirsten,

crammed with beautiful things,

one of them a stunning scarf in a limey chartreuse,

which happens to be my favorite colour.

The colour of kindness.

The colour of gratitude.

Happy Easter all!

-Lies

Catch up

We all had a tummy bug we did.
Now we mending.
A few things to report :
- i have a winding thingy now
- Lieveke is nearly five and we are doing school visits!
- I made these fingerless gloves for my friend Emily's birthday (on Ravelry)
- Noor really really likes the sheepy
- always have a rainbow in the house.

Hope you are well
-Lies

Holes

People, no more knitting holes.
It was very philosophic and all, but...
the Swiss cheese sarf was the oldest and longest of my unfinished projects.
I cast it off last night and I feel light.
Although it is very beautiful it was a somewhat lengthy exercise with very fine yarn and rather small needlesize. Oh so good to have it finished. Yodel-a-ee-tee (indeed, a cheesy Swiss pun).
More dramatic pics of scarf : here and here
Ravelry details here.

And hey I also finished a most perfectly simple hat and some very complicated socks :)
the Rikke hat : pic and Rav.
the Samourai socks : pic and Rav.



Happy weekend
-Lies

It seems

... I'm having a grey period too.
-:) Lies

Violette

Sometimes I need to make something easy peasy.
This pretty shrug for Lieveke was just that.
She on the other hand, felt like making something complex.
A birdhouse with sliding door and guestquarters.

{Ravelry link : Violette}
-Lies

Song to the siren

Listen to the beautiful ‘Song to the siren’ .

The scaly peaks of the hari pattern and the silvery shine of my little skein of Madelinetosh Merino Light yarn remind me of the perfect mermaid tail…

I always wanted one and so I knitted this small Hari scarf, an amazingly sculpted contemporary piece. A simple and quick knit too. I made the wider version and will attach both ends with buttons, that way I’ll have more styling options (from cowl to scarf to drape to…). I just have to find the right buttons. The yarn is crisp and pearly, the shade silverfox is the perfect (mer)mate for this pattern and...for the song. More pics here.

Sweet weekend all

-Lies