winter knitwear - patterns - make your own

Are you knitting yet?

November is pretty much the start of the knitting season for me. I just started a spencer with burgundy yarn.

For inspiration and patterns you can take a look at my ETSY SHOP.

calm crochet mood

Working on another harlequin pillow, just for the fun of it and it's kind of relaxing as well.

Using up my yarn leftovers, sitting outside on the bench under the porch in the front yard.

This time of year, somehow i'm immensely in the mood to crochet. If you fancy to make a harlequin cover for your pillow, you can download the pattern in my ETSY SHOP.

End of summer vibes with a little bit of sunshine now and then. Sunday afternoons like this...

classic blue - pantone color of the year 2020

Haha, so I was com-ple-te-ly wrong about the color. My divination of a golden yellow hue didn't come true.

Pantone Color of the Year 2020 is Classic Blue, PANTONE 19-4052, to be more precisely.

Pantone introduced the new color yesterday as a timeless and enduring blue hue elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of Classic Blue offer the promise of protection; highlighting our desire for a dependable and stable foundation from which to build. As we cross the threshold into a new era, Pantone has translated the hue into a multi-sensory experience to reach a greater diversity of people and provide an opportunity for everyone to engage with the color.

I had to laugh about some of the comments after the reveal. Someone said; very disappointing, looks like Facebook... But most of the comments on the new color of the year are positive.

Although it's not my favorite blue, it is a classic, relaxing and timeless color. Something like Levis 501, comfy and never goes out of style.

winter bedding

Winter ain't over yet.

New items for sale.
Have a look in my ETSY SHOP.

striking skirt

January seems endless.

Perfect weeks to watch movies or read on the sofa and craft (kind of hibernation mode).

Time for another crochet project.
I picked some colors from the wool cabinet for a new skirt.
It's an easy and fun project to work and a striking skirt for every season.
The first pencil skirt I made with 100% wool from Marrakech in 5 different colors.
I hardly wear it, because the wool is itchy and uncomfortable.
So I'm gonna give it another try.
This time I'm not using carpet wool, but a softer type of yarn.

It's also a great project to use your yarn leftovers.

The midi pencil skirt has a nice fit, because the soft crochet-fabric is stretchable.

You can download the STRIPED MIDI PENCIL SKIRT PATTERN in my ETSY shop, available in English or Dutch version.

acting like citizens

New York City - 8th of September - 15189 steps

Espresso at Citizen M
Subway to Union Square
Union Square Greenmarket
American breakfast at The Coffee Shop (old-style diner decor)
ABC Home
Fishs Eddy
5th Avenue
Chelsea Flea Market W25th Street
Broadway
Lunch at Tacombi
Check out Citizen M
Yellow cab
JFK
stopover in Iceland

On day FIVE we acted like New York citizens in the weekend. We visited the great organic Greenmarket on the Union Square and afterwards we had an American breakfast with pancakes and omelet at the iconic Coffee Shop around the corner.

In the afternoon we went to the Chelsea flea market and had a Mexican lunch at Tacombi in the Empire State Building. At the end of the afternoon we picked up our suitcases at the hotel and took the yellow cab to JFK airport. Those five days in New York were unforgettable and we have not seen everything, so we will definitely go back!

Falling in love with NYC is easy...