Bien there- Carnaval

This week it was Carnaval which is not one of my favorite festivities but...

I LOVE THOSE WHITE BOOTS

Ever since I was a little girl I longed for these boots, but my mom wouldn't let me join the "majoretten".

Done that magic loop

Finally I'm doing the Magic Loop! Offcourse when you are doing it it is really easy. I started a very simple pattern and thanks to the frantically striped yarn it's not too boring. I'm already queing new socks in my ravelry there's at least enough yarn in my stash for 2 more pair. But let's not get too excited before doing the heel.

Life socks.

Done time

Time 's up! The cock cover is done and I am so pleased.

I like the clock so much, I didn't even try to test it. It should run on a battery but I didn't try, it might be broken but that doesn't matter. It's "quit time"for the clock I'll let it rest in the comfy cozy I knitted for him (her?)

Maybe the clock in the cover stands for hibernating I've been doing that too. Curl up in our enormous couch surrounded by wool, patterns an my knitting daghter.

Recently I have become addicted to anoyther hibernating aid: the podcast. I absolutely worship Lime&Violet http://limenviolet.blogspot.com/ hilarious. So far I listened to them while cooking dinner, riding my bike, at my doctors waitingroom , in bed and while knitting.

The knitting my precious shuffle rests on is a ufo (unfinished object) that was lying in my knitting suitcase for a long while. I frogged it ands started over. The wool is beautifully coloured and is very dear to me since I bought it at Terschelling http://www.tante-lies.nl/ the one and only lys(local yarn store) of the island. We will go to Terschelling in the end of April but hope to make a surprise trip earlier. I can't tell you becaus it wouldn't be a surprise now would it?

We do suffer from some serious island homesickness and started this day looking up some footage of our favorite ponies at http://deprairie.wordpress.com/blog/ and on you tube (thank you Yfke)

Bien cold

I've been really cold when I got the key to my new garden. Yes I'm the proud tennant of an allotment.
I know I don't have time to do any gardening but that's allright because my garden is meant to read and knit in. I trust that the plants that are in the garden know how to grow by themselves.
I might add some plants like mint so I can enjoy a cup of tea while reading and knitting and hope that the old plants will teach the new plants the ropes.
With the key came a complete set of rules, an allotment is serious business, it was a great relieve that knitting and reading is allowed as long as I paint my chair green or brown!
I have found a really great website to help me http://www.allotmentgirls.co.uk/ they have have a shop with the absolute best tops and t-shirts to wear while pretending to work your soil.
For now it's too cold to do anything in the garden so I'll just dream about it and maybe knit a plant. And maybe order that slug-top.

Done that

I'm now knitting something quite strange but irresistable: a clock cover! Somehow this ugly clock appeared in my house and I could get anyone else to take it so I decided to do a cover up. While I knit this cover I'm thinking this might be a trendsetting thing. I can see this appearing in glossy magazines and one day some celebrity asks me if she can please buy the clock for a huge amount because it would fit her swiss chalet so well.

Why not.

Ok I'll finish it first so you can have look.

It's always time to knit!

Bien there

to take pictures of Ronja skating. It's been almost 15 years since I lput on some skates!

It's probably safer anyway to watch but my Ronja would really like to see me skating.

What's the worst thing that could happen to me if I do try?

I could fall, break my leg... and have lots of time to knit and read. hmm

For now I'll stick to watch and be proud.

Maybe people will think she takes after her mom when they see her skate so gracefully. Let them think.

The winter is also inspiring me to do some winterknitting. I finished my first pair of selbu mittens.

I used a pattern from http://www.garnstudio.com/.

The have some pretty patterns and a very clever website. The best thing, obvously being dutch, is it's free.

I did make some mistakes but maybe that is to bexpected when one is used to knitting while watching tv.

These mittens are to small for me, I made them for Ronja but as soon as I can lay my hands on some new yarn I'll make myself a pair.

Don't you hate summer?

done that

Made my first knitting pattern.

Slouchy beret
gauge 14 st, 10 cm.

cast on 67 st. on circular needle 6 mm.

knit 6,5 cm in rib knit1/purl1).

knit 1 row

2e row:* knit 3 st. increase 1, repeat from*.

knit two more rows.

purl 4 rows.

*knit 4 rows, purl 4 rows repeat 5 times from*

next row:* knit 3 st, knit 2 st. together, repeat from*

knit 1 row

next row:* knit 2 st., knit 2 st. together, repeat from*

knit 1 row
pull yarn trough the remaining stitches.

super baret 10-14 jr
proeflapje: 14 st op 10 cm.

Zet 67 steken op rondbreinaald 6mm.

Brei 6,5 cm in boordsteek (1recht,1 averecht) 1 toer recht.

volgende toer:* 3 st. recht, 1 st. meerderen, herhaal vanaf *

nog 2 toeren recht.

4 toeren averecht.

*4 toeren recht,4 toeren averecht, herhaal vanaf* nog 5 maal.
volgende toer"*3 st. recht, 2 st. samenbreien, herhaal vanaf*

1 toer recht

volgende toer:*2 st. recht,2 st. samenbreien, herhaal vanaf *

1 toer recht
draad door de rest van de steken halen.