Pfff, sinds de komst van de tuin in mijn leven is het hopeloos ingewikkeld geworden -- niet alleen omdat er op andere vlakken ook van alles gebeurt wat mijn aandacht nodig heeft ( Read more... )

Almost as soon as the qualifying round ended, the team names were announced and despite some problems with finding the team I was placed in (the earburn I was supposed to get, didn't work) Kat helped me out there. The teams are named after stars from constellations, and I was placed in Veritate (a star in Andromeda ( Read more... )

Sinds vrijdag ging het niet zo lekker met Doortje. Ze gaf steeds over, een paar keer per dag, en dat het hele weekend door. Eerst zaten er nog restjes brokjes in haar braaksel, maar zondag at ze helemaal niks meer en kwam er dus alleen spuug uit ( Read more... )

I do not love knitting Twisted Stitches. And although these are not mini-cables as the word might suggest, the knit stitches on these socks are all knit through the back loop, making them nice and tight and clearly visible (knit stitches flanked by purl stitches tend to look loose, but knitting them through the back loop prevents this ( Read more... )

Last year when Corona came to party, I focused some of my energy into making my balcony into a lovely garden again, but there's only so much you can do with 3 square meters (and still keep a little place in between to put your feet). I decided to look for an allotment. I love gardening, and despite giving away all of my seeds to my father in law a ( Read more... )

Over spuit elf gesproken ( Read more... )

With the introduction of the new look of Ravelry last year, many people have had side effects from using the site. It only induced a headache for me, but for others the effect could be quite severe. As a result, the Mods for Sock Madness have tried their best to make sure everyone who wanted to participate in the Sock Madness would be capable of ( Read more... )

Dit weekend was het zulk zalig weer dat we twee dagen lang de balkondeur wagenwijd open hebben gehad. Het is niet 'normaal' en ik houd mijn hart vast voor de eerste hittegolf, maar vooral Kwibus vond het heerlijk dat hij gewoon zelf weer in en uit kon lopen. Ik ben er inmiddels ook achter waar het mis gaat: in de winter mag hij best naar buiten, ( Read more... )