Had a great week!

Last week I had a great week, free from work, so DH and I decided to go away for some days. We found a rather good deal at a hotel at Antwerp, Belgium. So Tuesday morning  we left and arrived at the hotel at 14.00 pm. We parked the car, checked in and went outside to explore part of the inner city.
We walkes until 17.00 pm and then it started to rain and didn't stop. Walking in the rain isn't fun,  so we got us a dinner at a restaurant and went to see a movie.
After a good night sleep we explored some other parts of the city, visited two musea, had dinner again and spent the evening at the hotel, giving our feet some rest ;-)
As usual I show you some pictures of our trip at the end of this post.
During the ride from our city to Antwerp and back I was able to knit. My cowl, Canadian Lover is finished!

Coming home, we had some days left before work was calling, so I did some stitching and spinning.

Call of the Raven grows steadily.There only are 12 pages left unstitched, so I really hope I can finish her this year!

My borders are also done this week.

As for spinning, I really get a thin thread and I like doing it! This is a beautiful gray with different tones in it.

And as promised, here are some pictures of our trip to Antwerp. The Grand Market, Vlaaikensgang, a LNS, Museam Plantin-Moretus and a walk through the Bell Epoque Quartier.

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!

Busy, busy!

On Sunday I take pictures of what I have been doing that last week, stitch related. This Sunday I did too, but I had some help from youngest DD. She brougth her camera, which is way better than mine.
She took some pictures of her quilt-to-be. Not finished yet, but one day it will...

Besides quilting, which I have been doing a lot this week, I have been knitting. My cowl is growing, it is something you can do while looking television. No, I don't look at the Olympic Winter Games, I am not that sportive :(

  My other shawl, New York City Found, is growing too, as you can see.

As it was Sunday today, I also have been stitching on my Randje per Week. I'll show you some pictures next week. And that's not all, there is a new project on the go, a SAL Halloween, started by the AAN Group on Facebook. Pictures next week!

A new start

No, not a new shawl or anything, but yes, I made a new start. I created a Facebook page to promote my handknitted lace shawls. I am going to sell them and knit on demand. So if any one is willing to buy a unique handmade shawl from me, just go to my FB page and get in contact! You find it here.
The newest item in the shop is winter Dreams. Finished only last Thursday and I blocked it right away.

A new cowl is on the needles, It's a design of Balleeknits and it is called Trees. As I rename my knitted items, mine is called 'Canadian Lover'. When I was a girl there was a wellknown song in The Netherlands. My mother sang it to us children. It is about a girl, named Trees,  that is so happy to love a Canadian soldier (it was just after the Second World War and  as you might know many Canadian and American soldiers were our heroes! So my Trees is now 'Canadian Lover'.

Beside knitting I have a stitching update for you. The monthly update of Call of the Raven is here. Quite some progress!