THE VOCA PEOPLE - a sunday to remember

We went to their concert on sunday - SENSATIONAL!

Well worth the 3 hours travel and 4 hour night! If you get a chance - GO!

Remembering a good person

One of our neighbors has left us last week. A very friendly person, with a great sense of humor.
We will remember him fondly.

A different kind of knitting

I think that's fabulous!

Those who save us by Jenna Blum

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Must read! A brilliant book, coming from the most unlikely author. She made it a point to be realistic and clever about the story and all the people in it.

I'm very much impressed!

I will re-read it, and can't wait to get my grubby hands on her second book, stormchasers.



Oh, yeah, read within 24 hours.



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Just in time delivery

I'ts amazing, my timing.

This evening I've met with my friend at 10.40 pm on a gasstation smack in the middle of our little villages.
To hand over a wet Big Harringbone Cowl ;-)

She's going on wintervacation in a few hours, and I've JUUUST managed to finish it ;-)

Felt like a rather clandestine handover - well, it was just my incredible timing.

She likes it, everybody happy. Especially me!

Yarn: King Cole Merino Blend DK
5 skeins



started on february 10th.

I've cast on 293 stitches ot account for the thinner yarn:


And that's it!:


wet and all - completely according to the given measurements in the pattern.

I LOVE Herringbone - first time I could actually knit it, thanks to this Tutorial.



There's another one on the needles for me ......

{This moment}

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

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Traveling woman

Almost exactly a year ago I started to knit this shawl.

The yarn is from the Dutch Round Robin, which I participated in once.


The colour immediately brought the recipient to mind, as she dresses in this colour almost always. - Actually, she dresses in black, with either purple or red accessories. I wish I had my dressing down like that sometimes.

The humble beginnings:


The pattern is Traveling woman,
by Liz Abinante.



Sometime in April I made another picture of it, but was not really speeding forward ;-)
I think it was a {This moment} shot.


I loved the pattern, it was very easy to memorize - and to remember - when I picked up the shawl after a long rest. The tiny needles got to me, I could not really see the progress....


Finally I finished the shawl yesterday, and because I will meet the recipient tomorrow, it's blocking now.


Yeah, I will weave in the ends. There are lots and lots actually, it is a handspun yarn, and very poorly so sadly. Never in my live I had so many breaks in one skein.
The things one does for a colour..........



I hope she likes it!

Pinterest, the thing we all needed

Source: via gnomeangel on Pinterest

It's cute, handy and THE place to keep your bookmarks!
Love it!

First steps with the CSM "Sue"

As I've told you before, I fulfilled myself a longstanding wish. I bought a Circular Knitting Machine from the last century - or is it the century before the last ?!?

It's a Legare - send to me from Sweden - by a lovely raveler, Caprifool..

With the machine came a boatload of wool - all of which has to wait to be documented. The most used was the email he sent me to get me started.



How to assemble the machine, and a handful of very useful youtube video's and pointers. I'm gonna share them here when I get to them.

First up, how to make a setup - bonnet.

This is the result:


He gave me instructions how to make heel- forks - to weigh the work down when making shortrows.
Here they are:



Three forks from the second- hand- shop, 25 cents.
An old napkin I kept for the colours, which I love - repurpose.
A bag of dried peas from the kitchen, approx 50 cents
A length of lint to make the bows.....
and the third weight houses some old rings, it's heavier than the two with peas, and is used in the middle.

Today I had a few hours to practice heels.
The fifth was the first I've managed without dropping a stitch, the sixth had me lose one, which I noticed right away. So I'm really happy with the improvement.



The video that Caprifool sent me, I've watches at least 120 times by now ;-)
No-wrap heel on the CSM.

Go have a look!
Another video, which I will see hundreds of times in the following months is this one:
Kitchener stitch to close the toe.

So, lots of entertaining things to keep me busy, thanks so much Caprifool!

{This moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

The first sunny day without frost.......

and I'm out in the allotment digging ;-)



and the evening is spent like this!