Life is good!

I hope you all can say this from time to time: life is good! It is good in simple things, the sun on the terrace, no work related stress, finishing a knitting project that turns out really well, enjoying a quiet Sunday on your own terrace.
My Sunday was filled with finishing a knitting project that wasn't a really big one, but somehow I couldn't find the time to get it finished. Yesterday I did, got it washed and blocked and today I made tassels and took pictures. Another project done Lighten Up!

My Randje per Week is done too, I'm still right on schedule.

And I started another beauty today. In fact I started two. First of all I made a start on Molly Malone, using two beautiful yarns from DyeForWool. 

And the second one is a no-brainer, Unchained Melody, using a Prism Yarn. A yarn that doesn't need a complicated patteren.

Only a few weeks and summer vacation starts, so I will have plenty of time to knit and stitch. And there will be Ascension Day and Whitsunday too, so plenty of  holidays to come!

Spring arrives!

A bit early, but she certainly is coming, spring! This week it was warm for the time of the year and the trees on my small terrace are showing they survived winter. I am always happy, seeing these small green tips on the branches.

Yet I have been sitting on the couch (of course I took a break now and then to go for a walk outside), stitching and knitting. That is, in the evening, because I had to go to work during the day. By the way, this week is free from school, vacation!

Call of the Raven is showing some progress again. I now stitch two pages at the same time, from right to left.

My spinning has given me a ball of yarn, 70 grams white merino. I decided to knit a babyhat again. Plain white. 

And there is progress on both other knitting, Canadian Lover and Lighten Up!

New York City Found

A strange title, you may think, but it is the name of my last finish. The yarn for this beauty is a gift from my youngest DD. She brought it home to me after her trip to the USA. And as we share such beautiful memories of our week together I was looking for a song about New York. You might know I name my shawls after songtitles ;)

Another picture I promised to show this week is the latest picture of Randje per Week, the series of borders a group of international stitchers is doing.

Last week some dear friends and I went ro a large craft fair. Stitching, Quilting, Knitting, it was all there. And I did buy some beautiful things. I'll show you a picture :)

The next day my livingroom looked like this:

I started right away. this will become another shawl. It is so much fun and relaxing to do! Meet the beginning of Lighten Up!