not a station: April 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Looking good

Now that the blossom is gone you can see how many cherries should be growig here. But usually the birds get to them before we do...

Ends

Weaving in ends is not my favorite task…

... but it's worth it.
I made bags from the grannies I made from scraps. The last bits became handles and then I was all out of this yarn. I love making do with thrifted scraps.

A green tunic

It's done. Finally!
I'm no sure if Iike it though. Too green? Too tight? Probably the last. I'm working on that. ;-)

One of the girls is going to a fantasy fair. And though she promised me I wouldn't have to help her make a dress this year (like we did last year and the year before), suddenly plans changed. A different group of friends, a different idea about costumes. They were going as the seven deadly sins (I know - how do they come up with things like that?) and she was going to be "anger".
I asked her what kind of costume she was thinking about and she said: a long dress. Big and red.
We decided there was no time (or money) to sew a dress from scratsch, so I found this gem at the market.

Not "big" enough, so I added three layers of tule.

That sounds easier then it was, but the result was great. She loved it.
And, well, I've got to admit, these silly dresses are actually quite fun to work on...

A gift

A few houses from ours there lives an old woman. I think she doesn't like how my garden looks, since she brings over plants from her garden almost weekly. And then we talk a bit. That might be another reason to come over. My garden is filling up fast though.
This afternoon I found these in my kitchen when I came home from running some errands.
I do like them. They're in my garden already.

Dandelion

Stash

After some (actually a lot) reorganizing and moving around this is how my yarn stash looks. Not as pretty as it used to look, but now I can clearly see that I don't need to buy anything else for a while...

Blossoming

Pictures of blossoms again. I know. But I love it so much.

Not yet

After finally finishing those endless fields of green in stockinette stitch, I found out I also had to knit about two meters for a tie. So much green, so boring... But now I'm really almost there.

View

Blossoming

Greenhouse flowers

(taken while visiting "kom-in-de-kas" (which translates as "come into our greenhouse" and that's what this event is all about, gardeners welcoming public into their greenhouses) in our village)

One day I will be a normal woman with lots of different outfits to wear.
I found these vintage dresses and skirts on a market and just couldn't leave without them.
The good news? The skirt on the right fits.
The rest doesn't. Ahem. But one day...