my first granny squares:


i'm making 4 different squares: 2 yellow and 2 green, always with a white border. i love the color combination, bright and cheerful!



what do you think?

(also check out my "granny square counter", on the right of this page)

5 reasons why spring is so much better than winter:

1. spring is the perfect time for squeezing our feet into pretty, open shoes.

2. letting the dog out is so much more enjoyable in spring.

3. having pink things all over your garden makes everyone happy.

4. reading in the grass makes a good book even better.

5. spring is perfect for going on long bike rides.


anyone else longing for spring as much as me? reasons why? do tell!

i'm in crocheting heaven! i finally received the cotton wool i ordered some weeks ago at HobbyGigant.nl and it finally arrived!
this is going to be one of my biggest crafty projects ever...





i'm going to make a granny square blanket!
it's going to be a lot of work, but the good part is that you can easily crochet on the train, on the bus, while watching tv, while talking to someone, while waiting... i'll post pictures of some finished squares some other time... but i'm loving it already. i love the colors!!

i'm also considering this project as finished:

because i was only practicing my crocheting skills with these squares! i made about fifteen of these squares so far, i might make a pillow cover out of them.

a lot of starting projects lately, i know... as i said, i like working on a lot of different things at the same time. :)

all you knit is love!
two years ago, i knitted this scarf for my boyfriend. we went to pick out "masculin" blue wool and i knitted it in seedstitch, which is very pretty and easy. knit, purl, knit, repeat this till end, same on the other side. unfortunately i decided to "knit up" all the wool (because it was expensive) which resulted into a really long scarf. he decided it was too long for him to wear, and it turned he didn't like the stitch too much. (he's rather picky about clothes, accesories and shoes) so i ended up wearing it!



anyways, knitting eases my mind and calmes my nerves, so i started yet another knitting project...... i like working on different projects at the same time, so i can change and it never gets boring.

but this one has been a pain in the ass so far! i'll explain why someday. ;)

after making my spool rack my boyfriend said he wanted to make me a sewing box too. we were already deciding how big it should be and how many compartments it should have, when we went to a flea market and found this:



for only 10 euros it was mine. when we brought it home, we decided to give it a little more color, so we took it apart and painted all the black parts into a toilet-ish green.
which resulted into this:


isn't it gorgeous??



unfortunately, my sewing space is rather small and i have to put it next to my (tiny) sewing table... but once i move out of my parents house i promise i will find a better place for it.



also check out my spool rack: i sorted my sewing thread by color, it's even prettier now: