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KIP-ping 2010

I’m struck by how much I look like my mom. She can often have the same concentrated look, which results in a frown when I don’t feel like I’m frowning at all. You can’t avoid genetics after all.
This photo was taken during the KIP (Knit in Public) Day in Amsterdam. We had a photo and [...]

Once a Year

Friday was my birthday. It was a pretty fine day.
It just happened to be one of my normal Friday’s off work (2 per month) which was handy. I went for a little jog in the morning, then DB and I headed to Amsterdam for the afternoon. We went to see Hinke’s showing at the Weterings [...]

Happy Friday

It was only a 4 day work week, but man it felt like the longest week ever. Friday after 5 I really needed a beer. The sun was shining and the tables had been set out on the terrace in front of Vapiano, so the team met up for big glasses full. It wasn’t exactly [...]

Busy Monday Night

Last Monday night there were 17 people at Stitch ‘n Bitch in de Jaren in Amsterdam. SEVENTEEN! I think it’s a record. We had to move two of the big round tables together and still we didn’t all fit. Three sat off to the side at a small table. I think they liked it that [...]

Parool Oscar Weekend

Last weekend I spent over 20 hours in movie theaters. I saw 8 Oscar nominated movies over 2 days. WEEE!
How did I manage this? The Parool Oscar Weekend of course. This is the second year that we’ve gone and this year we went for both days. We left the house both Saturday and Sunday before [...]

The Queen of Brioche

Yesterday at the ABC Treehouse in Amsterdam was Nancy’s book launch event. In case you don’t know, Nancy is the “Queen of Brioche” and in case you don’t know what that is, check her web site. Her book, Knitting Brioche: The Essential Guide to the Brioche Stitch, has been available for a couple of months now [...]

(Rav)Olympics Fever

The official Olympics in Vancouver (or “Svencouver” as the Dutch are saying now) and the official RAVELympics have also started over on Ravelry. Teams have been created. Events are set up and running. Ravelettes are participating.
Me? I’m team captain of Team Pootje Over and I’m participating in Mitten Mogul by knitting a pair of two [...]

Rijksmuseum = Brijksmusem

Last Saturday, the 6th of February, an atelier of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam became the “Brijksmuseum”.
(For the non-Dutch speakers, “Rijk” rhymes with “Brijk” which rhymes with “brei” and “brei” means “knit”.)
The word went out a few weeks earlier (via Ravelry, via knitting groups, via a blog) that a knitting event was organized at the museum, [...]

Nothing Like Snow

This is what our street looked like last night when I finally got home. All that traffic isn’t normal, but everything was backed up with the snow. Tonight when I got home it wasn’t much different. This is far more snow that we are used to having here in NL. This is not normal!
The trains [...]

It Must be November

Who are these people? They just kept coming up to our table and sitting down! :-)
This is a photo of half of our Stitch ‘n Bitch table last night. These are the 6 “newbies” who were there. The 5 “old timers” are sitting on the other side of the table. We also have 3 “old [...]

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