On Sunday’s I call my mom. We talk for an hour or so about everything and nothing. We just chat away and the time slips away. Yesterday was no different. I told her about my work and my weekend and about the Christmas knitting I finished up. Then, in a small voice, she asked
“Did you [...]
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On October 17 John and Mandy got married. It was the best wedding ever. Really. The above is a photo of a scarf that doesn’t exist anymore. Can you tell why? Can you see why this afternoon I ripped the entire thing out? What do most Americans do on Thanksgiving Day? Eat and watch football, that’s what. We don’t have Thanksgiving here in the Netherlands. The Dutch don’t know much about Thanksgiving actually. I overheard a colleague of mine (Dutch) talking on the phone with another colleague who happened to be working in Australia. My colleague asked the [...] I got this cone of yarn in the mail today. It’s 150 grams / 600 meters of cashmere/wool. I’m trying it out. It needs washing to bring the yarn to life. This is a mill end. We’ll see how it knits up! I was looking around for a good photo of Bas and I decided on this one. It’s cold and he’s on the move. It was taken 2 winters ago. Bas is a sick boy these days. Who are these people? They just kept coming up to our table and sitting down! :-) This morning while walking to work and passing the public library, I thought “wow, I used to spend my Monday evenings here, in between work and Stitch ‘n Bitch at 7:30pm”. I haven’t done that in a very long time. The last few months it became normal to work until 7pm and then leave for [...] I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I live in a flat country without snow in the winter. I’ve also come to terms with the fact that I will never learn to snowboard. I’m happy to be left with my skiing, thanks very much. So, I’ve decided to sell off what I haven’n [...] While looking around at different kinds of web shops that people have set up, I came upon a web shop for head scarves (hoofddoek in Dutch). Looking at the photos of the scarves for sale, I got to thinking…. head scarves should become a fashion statement. We should all start wearing them. There are some [...] |
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