Elke keer weer neem ik me voor om niet zo lang te wachten met het schrijven van een nieuw bericht, maar voor ik het weet zijn er weer weken voorbij gevlogen. Soms denk ik weleens, moet ik wel doorgaan met mijn blog als het schijnbaar zoveel moeite kost, maar ik schrijf hier al vanaf 2006 en ik wil er niet mee stoppen.
Ik kijk zelf nog zo vaak op mijn blog als ik weer eens iets terug moet zoeken, dus nee ... ik stop niet met dit blog ook al duurt het soms weken voor ik een update plaats. Ja Mees, ik zou er ook moe van worden.
Every time I resolve not to wait that long before writing a new post, but before I know it, weeks have flown by. Sometimes I think, should I continue with my blog if it apparently takes so much effort, but I have been writing here since 2006 and I don't want to stop.
I still look at my blog so often when I have to look up something, so no ... I will not stop this blog, even though it sometimes takes weeks before I post an update. Yes Mees, it would make me tired too.
De nieuwste serie van Opal is de Regenwald 20 jarig jubileum. Dat betekent 20 jaar de regenwoud serie en om dat te vieren heeft Opal 16 kleuren gekozen uit de meest populaire kleuren van voorbij gaande jaren.
After the last post I knitted 5 pairs of socks and I here they are..
The latest series from Opal is the Rainforest 20th anniversary. That means 20 years of the rainforest series and to celebrate, Opal has chosen 16 colors from the most popular colors over the years.
I divided them into 2 groups and wind the first 8 balls into cakes (this way I can feel if there are knots in the yarn). Before I knit a pair of socks with each color, I first knit a pair of scrappy socks with these 8 colors. The colors are: 4004, 5145, 8460, 8467, 8972, 9622, 9770 and 9777.
The Waffle socks, a pattern that was actually intended for DK yarn, but I knitted them with regular sock yarn. The pattern is from Kay Jones, the 4th platium pattern for patrons.
Yarn is from s7ors, the September yarn club.
The Spring Shorty socks are knitted with yarn from The Woolly Chicken in the color Bullfinch from her monthly bird series.
Mijn eerste paar was de Incantation socks van Kay Jones. Het garen was van Nicole C. Mendez in de kleur Happy Halloween.
Sockoween also started again on October 1, this is organized every year by the Bakaery Bears for their patrons.
My first pair was the Incantation socks from Kay Jones. The yarn was from Nicole C. Mendez in the color Happy Halloween.
As a second pair for Sockoween I use the mini skeins from the October yarn club from s7ors. I call them my Autumn Ghost socks, because the gray is the ghost between the autumn colors.
On October 18 we were on our way to Maastricht for my annual MRI, with my 3rd sock for Sockoween on the needle (and back on November 1 for the resultst).
These became the Fairground socks, a pattern by Kay Jones.
The beautiful Halloween self-striping yarn is from Crealien design and is called Sweet 'n Spooky. I choose the gold sparkle skein.
Het vijfde boek voor de Reading Corner cowl was The Christmas Holiday van Phillipa Ashley.
Kay had dit keer 2 kleuren geverfd, een in een traditionele kleur en een in een moderne kerstkleur. Ik had nog een kleur liggen van Little Bishes Stitches in de kleur Merry & Bright die er perfect bij paste.
In addition to shawls, I also like to wear cowls, so that was also worked on.
The fifth book for the Reading Corner cowl was The Christmas Holiday by Phillipa Ashley.
Kay had dyed 2 colors this time, one in a traditional color and one in a modern Christmas color.
I still had a color from Little Bishes Stitches in the color Merry & Bright that matched it perfectly.
De kleur die Kay omschrijft van een rose kamer met uitzicht op zee vond ik in mijn voorraad. Deze streng is van Sandra craftfulness in de kleur Garden Party die er goed bij paste.
Het gratis patroon is van Kay Jones, op hun youtube kanaal Bakery Bears zijn de afleveringen van the Yarny Book Club te vinden.
Garen boord en tussenliggende strepen: Herbstblatt Regina in de kleur Baiserhauße.
The sixth and final book for the Reading Corner cowl is Coming Home from Rosamunde Pilcher (a brilliant book to read).
I found the color that Kay describes of a pink room with a sea view in my stash. This skein is from Sandra craftfulness in the color Garden Party which matched it well.
The free pattern is from Kay Jones, the episodes of the Yarny Book Club can be found on their YouTube channel Bakery Bears.
Dit patroon krijg je gratis bij aankoop van het garen dat je nodig hebt om deze te breien (1 bol terrazzo van Scheepjes in veel kleuren verkrijgbaar).
Hij draagt heerlijk en is lekker warm rondom je nek.
I knitted a cowl for Tante Tuttebol's shop and also wrote the pattern for this Bandana cowl.
You get this pattern for free when you purchase the yarn you need to knit this (1 ball of terrazzo from Scheepjes available in many colors).
It is comfortable to wear and is nice and warm around your neck.
Ik kon geen keuze maken tussen deze 2 combinaties, dus kocht ik alle 4 de kleuren.
Awhile back we went to Het breipunt, because I wanted a few colors of Soft Donegal. With this I wanted to knit the Bombini, a cowl pattern from Kay Jones.
I couldn't make a choice between these 2 combinations, so I bought all four colors.
The first Bombini was a fast knit.
I also saw a beautiful shawl hanging in a stripe pattern and I also bought the yarn for this. This is knitted with Het Breipunt Supersoft.
There are 15 Supersoft colors that blend beautifully into each other.
Two weeks later we drove again to @het_breipunt because I needed 2 colors of supersoft that match the color Robins Eggs. I am going to use this to make Kay Jones' Dobbinwood, a large shawl/wrap. I chose Mariner and Iced.
Also selected 4 Donegal colors for 2 more Bombinis.
Daarna heerlijk uit eten geweest bij restaurant Heidehof.
Then we drove to the Minigolf course in Geldrop, we have been here before and because of the many trees it was still manageable despite the warm weather. I was the big loser again.
After that we had a lovely dinner at restaurant Heidehof.
Hij wordt gemaakt met 36 mini strengen van 20 grams, dubbel gehouden met een draad zilvergrijs. Hier ben ik bezig met kleur 23, dus het schiet op.
Two weeks ago I picked up again the linen stitch blanket, it had been lying still for more than 1 year.
It is made with 36 mini skeins of 20 grams, held double with a silver gray yarn. Here I was working on color 23, so I am making progress.
Garen: adventskalender van strawberryfields yarns uit 2020 en 12 odd balls van haar.
Drops Fabel van DROPS, kleur 114.
And after a few days I was onto color 28.
Yarn: 2020 advent calendar from strawberryfields yarns and 12 odd balls from her.
Drops Fabel from Drops, color 114.
In September, Francien and I also gave another workshop on knitting socks on circular needles at Tante Tuttebol. This was the fourth time now.
Also 3 colors arrived from the monthly Bird Club of The Woolly Chicken, from left to right Nuthatch, Swallow, Goldfinch.
And I also ordered these 2 colors.
The third shipment of my Opal subscription of 2024 (6 balls 4 times a year) arrived this afternoon and the colors are beautiful again.
You could also order 2 balls with speckles, which I really liked (bottom 1660, top 1661). I received the magazine for free.
Laurie Gilmore published 3 books that seemed great to me. After I ordered the first book The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, I pre-ordered the other 2. These also came onto the market within a few weeks. The 4th book will be published in the spring.
De eerste adventkalenders zijn ook weer binnen gekomen en jullie weten wat dat betekend. Voor diegene die het leuk vinden post ik in december weer elke dag een berichtje. Voor diegene die het niet leuk vinden, gewoon de berichten overslaan, heel eenvoudig !
Over een paar dagen komt er nog een bericht want ik heb nog leuke foto's van de kleindochters en aangezien deze post al zo lang werd, post ik ze in een nieuw bericht.
The first advent calendars have also arrived again and you know what that means. For those who like it, I will post a message every day in December. For those who don't like it, just skip the messages, very easy!
There will be another post in a few days because I still have nice pictures of my granddaughters and since this post has become so long, I will post them in a new post.