Above is a photo of my stash enhancement from the trip to Zwolle yesterday. What’s in Zwolle you ask and why would anyone want to travel by bus and train with a gimpy knee and crutches to get there? If you are an American living near any major city you will just laugh at all [...]
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I too have participated, and medaled, in these 2010 Olympics. OK, it’s the RAVELympics, but still. I finished my mittens and now have my medal banner image for… and I am indeed a… Here are the last photos of the mittens I made. The left mitten to be exact… Phew! I’m glad they are finished. Even after this [...] 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 [...] As you can see above, one mitten is finished! I’m very happy with it and very proud of it too. It wasn’t really hard, except for the top of the hand and the thumb itself. It was difficult to manage those few stitches and changing colors and keep everything neat and organized. I’m happy [...] A knee operations leads to knitting opportunities. What else can you do when you are completely immobile? Read and knit. 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. Last Saturday, the 6th of February, an atelier of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam became the “Brijksmuseum”. Above are fingerless mitts that I finished last week. I really love them! Here are the specs: On Saturday the 30th, 9 of us went to Kortrijk Belgium to the Atelier of Bart & Francis. In the Amsterdam knitting crowd they are known as “The Belgian Boys”. I first saw them at Zwolle last year and bought the Gimp that I used to make my iPhone case. Not only do they [...] Wow, I have a lot of catching up to do on the blog! Where does the time go? Above is a photo taken in Stockholm, just near the Nordic Museum. This is where I spent my Sunday. It was very cold, but I learned from my Swedish colleagues on the Monday that this was lovely [...] |
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