february is for fritallaria

Fritillaria, the most cheerful checkered spring bloomer!

Spring in a vase, pretty as a picture!

first day of summer - sweater weather

What to wear on the first day of summer?

A super light striped summer sweater!

New in my ETSY SHOP; an easy to follow knitting pattern with detailed description in English and Dutch version.

And what is it about stripes that they just scream S U M M E R ?!
Probably it has something to do with sailing on those summer seas.

Hop over to my Etsy shop if you want to knit your one-piece summer sweater. It only takes a couple of days.

fond of checkered

A new canvas; lilac lemon on blue checks.

The background is inspired by my blue checkered Vans.

And it's not the first time i used a checkered pattern. One year ago i made a xs woodwoolstool with checkered crochet cover, also inspired by my favorite shoes. And moreover spencers, pillows and mittens.

I'm fond of checkered stuff.

3 lemons on canvas

3 Lemons on canvas.

Lemon on soft pink, lemon on lilac and lemon on moroccan pink.

Size of the canvas is 80 X 60 cm, acrylic paint on cotton canvas.

If you like more information about the paintings or want to buy one of the lemons on canvas, please send me an email (info@woodwoolstool.com) or DM on instagram @woodwoolstool.

rotterdam - sunny stripes & warm wrists

The lilac & orange brown stiped fingerless mittens I made yesterday. Even two(!) pairs in one day.

Actually i made the first pair for myself, and i received a request via instagram, so i made the same pair again.

It's a quick and fun crochet project and I certainly intend to make a few more in the coming weeks.

Do you want to surprise someone with a handmade gift or treat yourself to woolly wrist warmers?

You can download two different crochet patterns for fingerless mittens in my Etsy shop.

Today we took advantage of the only sunny day this week and had lunch with a super tasty sandwich from Koozie at the quay of the Maas.

diagonal striped fingerless mittens - crochet pattern

A new project on my crochet hook; fingerless mittens in a cool colorbination.

Earlier this year I made a similar pair in black & white tweed yarn.

This time I'm making a colorful variant, with lilac and orange-brown yarn.

The first one I've crocheted in no time and because it turned out surprisingly cool, I wanted to share it with you straight away, even before I'm starting the second one.

If you want to make the diagonal striped mittens yourself, you can download the crochet pattern in my Etsy shop.

It's available a DUTCH and ENGLISH version.

A fast, fun and easy crochet project.
The fingerless mittens are very practical, warm and unisex.
You can make the mittens from yarn leftovers, as you will need very little yarn for this project.

Moreover, it's an excellent handmade December gift. Everyone likes to get a handmade gift!

checkered, double checkered

Checkered, double checkered, crochet cushion done.

I started the checkered crochet last month and while I was working on a new design for a pillow cover, I stopped halfway.

Not because I didn't like it, but because I was wondering how amazing this pattern would work on a xs woodwoolstool. Hahaha, these kind of jumps I make more often. Creating something while my mind is already working on the next project.

So I put the unfinished pillow project on hold and I started on a checkered mini stool cover.
You might have seen how cute the checkered mini stool has become. And yes, it's a keeper, the cutest piece of furniture in our new bedroom.

I wanted to make another one for sale and that one was gone in a blink.
Unfortunately I ran out of moroccan mini stools, so fingers crossed if all goes well I can bring new ones from the souk in October.

But luckily another cool crochet task was waiting for me and I finished the checkered pillow cover last weekend. The cover has two different sides. One side is white & lilac and the other side is multicolored with 6 different blocks in checkered pattern.

In the same colors I used for the mini stool cover; white, lilac, raspberry pink, pastel pink, bright blue, pale blue and yellow.

The checkered crochet cushion is now available in my Etsy shop and there is only one.

painting a palette

Work in progress.

I'm painting a simple color block canvas for our new bedroom. Using the colors from Marrakech, Majorelle blue and moroccan pink. I don't have that many colors in stock, so I have to mix colors and use my imagination to fill in the remaining white blocks.

Haven't been paiting on canvas for ages, but it was great fun to work in the backyard with an improvised easel. Being creative helps me to spend these weeks in a positive way and I'm beginning to 'appreciate' the time for new projects.

I am already quite satisfied with the result so far and will finish the canvas tomorrow.

julia sweater - knitting pattern

The JULIA sweater.

A new knitting pattern designed for the JULIA yarn by Zeeman, a Dutch textile super.
Julia yarn is available in 10 different colors; off-white, gray, green, lilac, yellow, red, pink, bordeaux, ocher, blue, baby blue and black. I chose lilac.

When you are a beginning knitter and you would like to knit something else than just a scarf, this is the perfect project for you!

I'm sure you are able to complete this easy-level project.
The sweater is reversible, knitted in one piece, so there are no seems on the shoulder. Both sides have a different look.

It's a great pattern for advanced knitters too, because the tricky part of putting your knitted sweater together, is a lot easier.

You can download the Julia sweater pattern in my ETSY SHOP.

lilac knitted one-piece sweater

First autumn day and I am in the mood to knit. Do you recognize this behavior?

I found some soft lilac yarn at Zeeman, named Julia and I decided to knit a new one-piece sweater.

It goes pretty fast with knitting needle 8mm and it's super easy to knit this one-piece sweater.

My new favorite color is lilac. It started with my lilac jumpsuit that I bought in Vienna in March. Since then I notice that it is slowly becoming my favorite color. Lilac looks great with many colors.

You can find the knitted one-piece sweater pattern in my Etsy shop. The Julia yarn is also available in other beautiful colors, in case you are not to keen about lilac. You need about 6 balls of Julia yarn for the sweater.

il manifesto

On the second day of our stay in Palermo, we came across a bright billboard, on the way to the botanical garden.

We tried to find out the artist of this striking drawing of the woman with lilac & yellow headscarf. So we looked it up and initially thought the number 863 on the sign, would lead us to the artist. Not...

On our way back, we even tried loosen the poster from the billboard (I have to admit), but it was stuck on dozens of layers of posters. In the end we decided to photograph the poster and make a poster of it later.

After a few days when we past this place again on our way to the station, we came to the conclusion that 'our' beautiful poster was covered by a supermarket advertising. What a shame! (for an unknown cola brand, how irreverent...)

Luckily we still had the photo! And luckily now there is a new version at our home, a splendid souvenir of Sicily.

Just in case there's someone who knows the name of the artist, I would really like to know.