Summer

Finally summer has arrived in The Netherlands,
and what a difference it makes.
(We simply skipped spring this year. Why bother?)






















Some snapshots from the terrace...

The elderflower is blossoming and I simply love it.






















Mint tea and crochet to make a sunny day off complete.
(Another potholder in the making.)






















♦♦♦ Take care! ♦♦♦
PS. A big thank you to Madelief for the sweet mention on her amazing blog. She has a stunning garden I can only dream of... And I do!

Thrifted vintage and some crochet too

A couple of days ago I popped in our local thrift store

with the intention not to buy anything.
Ha!

The results are these two art deco bowls.
The first one is this 'cabbage leaves' Max Roesler from 1930.
Love the mint green...

And this Dutch design from Société Céramique, Maestricht.

Same bowl. Different doily.
Couldn't choose. ;-)

In case you're interested, the first bowl costed me 2,50 euro,
the second one a staggering 6 euro. ;-)

Anyway. This weekend I finished my blanket - fringes & all.
Still have to make the pictures though.
I hope you've enjoyed your weekend too!
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Still working on the fringes, so...

... in the meantime a picture of a small pineapple doily.
I made it a couple of weeks ago.
It's from a Japanese pattern I found online: here.






















Take care!
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Fringes

My blanket is ready! Except...
For the fringes.

Have a nice day!
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Lots of aqua * Lots of loose ends

Last week I promised a sneak peek of my latest
- unplanned *big sigh* - project.
Well, here is a peek of the work in progress.
Or rather, mainly of all the ends I still have to sew in...

I have been crocheting like a maniac for the last 1,5 week.
Really. There's no nicer way to put it.

It's definitely my favourite crochet project so far.
When I'm back with the pictures of the finished throw,
I'll post a link to the blog where I found this wonderful pattern.
(Which I just had to make, without delay, when I saw it.)

There's somebody else in the house who shares my enthusiasm for this project. When I left it unattended for just a few secs, she claimed it as hers right away. :-)

♦♦♦ Enjoy your Sunday! ♦♦♦

Curl up!

Hopefully you've enjoyed your weekend.
Did you have time for reading or crocheting at all?
I did... I actually started another crochet project
(unplanned and it's rather big too...)
of which I'll show you a sneak peek in a few days time.

Right now, when I look outside, it's autumn,
but still I'm happy because there are flowers everywhere... Finally.
(The picture above was taken on a much sunnier day than today.)

Inside - it is definitely spring!

These pictures are from a smaller project,
with tunesian crochet.
Tunesian crochet work tends to curl - a lot.
Hence the pins in the picture below.

I like the texture though, it's a bit squishy.
And the technique is easy to learn when you're used to crocheting.
Have you ever made something with tunesian crochet?

Take care!
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Where have my pastels gone?!

Something I really like about blogging is to be inspired by others,
and to discover that sometimes - to my delight and surprise -
others are inspired by this tiny blog... (Yay!)

Like recently, there were suddenly quite a few visitors
from South Korea to my blog (btw, a country I'd love to visit once).
On which I discovered a lovely South Korean crochet blog
with a 'remake' of my popcorn potholder (remember? this one!)
in similar colours and styling.
This was confusing in a funny way:
At first glance it looked like my own photo,
but there was something slightly different...
Go check it out here!























Recently it worked the other way round
when I came across the wonderful Portugese blog Mi Mitrika
with gorgeous pictures and amazing crochet work. What a delight...
I discovered it on the blogroll of another lovely blog: Pigtails. (Thanks!)

One of the pictures of Mi Mitrika was that of a placemat or doily in bright colours, with lots of red (a colour I normally hardly ever use)
But I was smitten...
So I shamelessly made my own and used a lot of red too.
Although admittedly her colour combi is better - with mustard/ochre
which I didn't have in my stash.
Anyway - it's nice to go bright for a change!

As you can see I got my enamel out too. :-)






















Thanks for the inspiration.
Have a bright day!