Abfabulies

(T)raining

We’ve had quite a cold and wet spring over here. Very good for the plants, very good for our newly installed rainwater collector system: Go washing machine, go toilets! Less good for our moods… Then, all of a sudden, the sun came out. Hello vitamine D, bright-coloured dresses and sunburn! (Yes, lesson learned, never forget sunscreen. Subjects in the sun...

From skirts to trousers…. and beyond!

It’s hard to believe, but my first year of pattern drawing classes is coming to an end. Only a couple more classes left. It went so fast! Shortly after New Year’s, we finished up drawing skirt patterns. In theory, I should now be able to draw up any type of skirt for any size and any posture. In practice, I’m...

Preparations

Here in Belgium, the tradition when a baby is born is that all people who come to visit get a little souvenir. The treat that comes with it can be just about anything, but in 99 percent of the cases, you’ll get chocolate dragees covered with a sugar coating. I remember them being just white when I was a kid,...

Happy eggster!

A very happy eggster to all of you! May your day be filled with loads of chocolate 🙂

Pac-Man hat

When I was a kid, about 9 or 10 years old, I saved up to buy a Nintendo Gameboy. The original grey one. Remember that one? I was addicted to it. I remember that it was summer and that my parents and I were out enjoying a nice, hot evening. Well, they were. I was with them, playing on my...

Interchangeable knitting needle sets – what to pick

It all started with a 30th birthday party and an amazon gift voucher. And ended with a certain visa card slightly grunting. And me anxiously waiting for the mail woman. What I ordered (among others): the Boye interchangeable needle set. Seems like a simple enough thing to do, but believe you me, it wasn’t. For some reason, most companies who...

Baby yeti giletti

Eerst en vooral bedankt om mijn emopost van vorige keer te lezen. Jullie commentaren betekenden echt veel voor mij. En zoals iemand mij heel lief in mijn gezicht zei: volgende keer wanneer ik emotioneel loop zal ik alles eerst nog ‘s grondig herlezen voor ik iets post. Beloofd 🙂 Over beloftes gesproken: ik had beloofd iets over het afgewerkte baby-truitje...

Thundersocks – Free Lion-o knitting chart

The second sock is finished! Actually, it has been finished since November, but I haven’t had the time until now to create the third chart. Guess what character got the honour to go on my left foot… That’s right, Lion-o! Thundercats will be really on the move now. You can download the pdf here, and find it on Ravelry.

Vintage sewing tin

My dad went on a daytrip to the Netherlands and saw this vintage sewing tin. And for some reason (I really can’t imagine why, hehe), he thought of me and bought it for me. Isn’t it lovely? Since we had the first snow of this winter only yesterday, I thought today would be a great day to take the tin...

SnB’s boob tube

Another pattern straight from Debbie Stoller’s lot. How do you like my boob tube? Sorry about the quality of the pictures. I wanted to redo some nice ones, but I just don’t have the opportunity to do so at the moment. These are taken at the house, which is basically still a building site. But at least by now the...