The reason why I'm not sewing

or blogging that is :)

I'm just too tired. Most evenings when I come home from work I'm too tired to do anything besides sitting on the couch, knit some easy stuff and watch tv.

Not that you are thinking, that I'm ill. I'm def. not ill ;)

The reason are two tiny people inside my tummy :) (sorry I scan the pictures into a pdf file and I'm too tired to scan them again. I will post pics soon!)

I'm getting twins in August and I hope, that the tiredness will be over soon!

The kids and I are well. I get that checked every 3 weeks

You can leave your hat on :)

So, it is still winter outside although we have temperatures just below freezing, so I don't complain ( we got more snow though).
Last year I made my icing swirl hat and finally I had the idea to take a picture on my "dressform", the fake hat were I store my wigs on :)





Pattern: Icing swirl hat by Ysolda Teague (ravelry link) Ysolda will donate 50% of the sale price on all her patterns to Medicin sans frontiers (Ärzte ohne Grenzen) for their work on Haiti until Jan. 31st. Her patterns are awesome, so if you want some, now is the time to get them.

Yarn: Wolle Rödel Maxi. I got this yarn in a swap. Unfortunately it pills a bit as you can see in the second picture

And this is the first FO of 2010 knitting wise:





Pattern: Snapdragon Tam also by Ysolda Teague
Yarn: New Angora by Lang, an angora-rayon-poly-mix that was great to knit!

I think, hats are the way to go in this weather plus I look kind of nice in them ;)

The last FO of 2009

( I admit, I haven't taken pictures of the things finished in 2010 yet, so you are going to get pictures of my last FO of 2009 for now :) )




The pattern is French Press slippers (yes, the yarn harlot made them too and yes, I'm a follower ;) ) and absolutely great! The yarn is Peruvian Highland wool from Elann that happend to be in my stash. I used 2,25 skeins of it, so it is great for using up odds and ends of feltable wool.

Size made: around 40-41is
Made for: Louise
Buttons: also from stash
Time needed knitting: A sunday plus some time for the sewing and felting.
Felting: By my trusty washing machine on 90°C on intense cycle (over an hour)

Recommendation: Highly recommended! Louise likes them very much and I will need to make myself a pair too!

christmas re-cap

A wonderfull snowy good morning everybody,

since the world is still white outside I guess it is o.k. to show my christmas gifts, isn't is?
(I finished 2 projects since christmas but since one of them is still blocking, that will wait till next time. Plus one of them is SEWN! Gasp! And I started another sewing project and traced a pattern for one more! It seems my sewing mojo has return, at least for a while.)

So, here are my hobby-related gifts!

First there was a great parcel from Sarah Jane, which had lots of awesome things in them (like a mini uno-card game!) She send me a ravelry-mug, some really lovely lace yarn ( I got the hint ;) ) and a knitting bag, so I can start another lace project ;) (I just took a pic of the things yarny). The blue ring in front of the mug is a felt ring that my friend Louise made :)
Then there were books! I finished reading the novel that Kerstin send me, started a project from Whimsical knits from Maria and the other two books were given by my family.

Heiko got my some hand-carders and some fiber!(the colourfull ball of pencil roving at the right). Mäddi send me some nice merino (top left) and my family got me some mysterious roving plus some spools for my spinning wheel! Yay!

So, now I'm prepared for a year of using up my stash :) It's just January 10th but I already cut up 5 meter fabric( 2.5 meter are already used up) and finished 2 skeins of yarn. Not bad, not bad. Plus another knitting project was started today. I need more warm socks!

Happy sewing and knitting to all of you. Make warm clothes if you live in cold climate::::

Another one without a picture

Hi there,

I'm sitting here at DH computer writing this post while it is dark and cold outside. I'm sitting at Heikos PC just because it is so much more comfortable to sit at :) My laptop is kind of very slow these days ;) and since I'm here and it is dark outside there is no picture of the first FO of the year and it is something sewn! I made another baby sleeping bag for a friend. It was supposed to be finished shortly after the delivery but lo and behold: I did not finish it in time. But now it is done and I'm happy with it.

I hope to sew more in 2010 than I did last year. I need a couple of new trousers and shirts and I do have a nice stash! Hopefully the later will become the former in the next months!

And I want to re-organise my sewing room. I need to get rid of stuff and declutter. That will also include de-cluttering the cupboard that we do have in the attic. It is full of STUFF. O.k. it also holds our linen ;) But I have to say: mostly Heikos stuff. So that will be something for our vacationtime in March. I also plan to paint Heikos room ;)

So, that are my plans for this year. I'm kind of happy that 2009 is over. The last weeks were kind of stressfull. Now I have a cold and I'm just tired. My job will be keeping me busy too but I try to avoid working overtime. I just need time for me!

I can't believe that the first decade of this millenia is already over! So much has happed. I finished my training for work (that includes going back to school on each saturday for 3 yrs. besides working full time), got married and bought a house with my husband.

We are really happy here and we have adopted 2 cute cats!

Then there was the dark period in 2003 just after our wedding, when I was diagnosed with cancer. I was really really really sick. Looking back though this year totally changed my view on everything. I now know, that I can handle most things with the love and help of my family and friends. I have the best people, that support me. This is a very reassuring thing to know.

Beeing positive about life and how things will turn out is also something I took from that time. Without beeing optimistic I would have suffered so much more. If you want to feel better, you will feel better. There's always something to look forward too.

I think I became a much stronger person during that time and I lost a lot of anxieties.

After getting better Heiko and I travelled a lot. That was awesome. We've been to the east and westcoast of the USA and met great people there like Annika and Deepika. We visited Asa in Sweden. And Frank and his family in the UK (them quiet often ;) ).

The last decade was much about meeting new people and making friends. Beeing open to them and their stories.

Than there were the losses. Both of my Grandmothers died in the past 10 yrs. Both were over 90 yrs old and while the recent loss of one of them still hurts, I'm just blessed to have that much time with them. They both loved me dearly, each in their own way and if I'll ever be able to give back that much to someone that I got esp. from my Granny Annemarie I think I can be just happy.

I think, I have grown very much in this last decade. So what was the first decade for you?