tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22353031038995199842024-03-08T12:33:55.129+01:00Colour Crochet LoveColour Crochet LoveViolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072929239520430693noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235303103899519984.post-59662944397970555412017-07-18T11:25:00.001+02:002017-07-18T11:25:33.430+02:00Broken-hearted<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US">More than a year without
blogging - a year full of shock, tears and disbelieve. Since I wrote my last
post one thing has happened that changed my life, my feelings towards life and
left me utterly devastated. My beloved father died from a heart attack on </span><span lang="EN-GB">Whitmonday</span><span lang="EN-US"> last year while spending a short holiday
together with my Mum in the Netherlands. He was just 64 years old, a tall,
strong and good looking man with zillions of ideas what to do the next coming
years. He had retired just a couple of months before he died and his joy and
delight about this new period in his life was entirely infectious.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I remember that I talked to
him on the phone just a few days before he died. About this and that, nothing
special, we just exchanged snippets of our daily routine. I told him that I had
just cleaned and oiled our old wooden garden table and that we probably needed
a new table soon. He was so enthusiastic and full of energy that he suggested
to build a new table for us. He told me about a construction manual for a table
he had seen in a magazine. </span>He had so many plans ...</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The
months following the funeral were very difficult for our family. We had
always relied on the strength and the power of my father, he had been
the one who organised everything, he was the back-up of my mother, my
sibs and me. I was shocked and dumb for many months. I couldn't find the
words expressing my feelings towards what had happened. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The
big problem for me was that the world didn't stop turning, not for one
day. We took a few days off from work and the children out of school but
then life went on as if nothing had happened. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We were left to step back into the world, where everything looked the
same but for us, every movement and every breath felt weighted down by
this stifling cloud of sadness. How were we supposed to function?</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There
is really nothing good that comes out of the death of someone you love,
but the past months I have learned that the intensity and groundlessness
of the pain
you feel is a testament to the love you shared. And while I know that I
will never arrive at a point in my life where I’m alright with the fact
that
my father has gone so early, I know that I am immensely lucky to have
loved and been
loved that much by anyone. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">More
than a year has past now, we have managed all the difficult days, his
birthday, Christmas, Whitmonday and the day of his death.And slowly,
very slowly I feel that I want to step back into the world. I started
again to sing in the choir and I decided to start blogging again.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I
didn't stop crocheting during the past year, oh no, not at all. My
crochet projects helped me a lot to stay afloat. I needed my yarn and my hook even more than before. Hooking time helped me to relieve my sorrows and pain, to calm down and find some peace of mind.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had a basket full of
yarn oddments that my grandmother had left me when she died more than 9
years ago. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At
that time I didn't know what to do with the yarn, I didn't do any
needlework but I couldn't throw it away because my grandmother had loved
knitting so much. So I kept the yarn for no real purpose. Quite a
couple of years ago I started to crochet some granny squares, having a
blanket in mind, but my squares looked all wonky. I stopped again.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Last
year, after my father's death, I felt an urge to do something with that
neglected yarn of my grandmother. I wanted to crochet a blanket that
would absorb all my sorrow, a blanket full of reminiscence that would
keep us warm. As you can see in the pictures the colours are all
different kinds of blues, greys, ecrus and some green. I unpicked all
the squares I had already crocheted. I realised that I had made some
mistakes right at the beginning and started anew. It was such a
comforting project, every day I was looking forward to the evening when I
could just sit on the sofa and delve into my yarny comfort.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I was so happy that I unpicked all the old squares, the difference between the</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> old sq</span></span></span></span></span>uares and a new one is evident, isn't it?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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It was such a wonderful project for me at that time, a very simple
pattern, using yarn that was 'family' and made me feel connected to all
the ones that I had lost. I made rapid progress, though it was a little
tricky to use all the yarn because it was so different in thickness an
quality. Sometimes I had to use two strands of yarn and sometimes I just
changed a hook size.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To connect the squares I had to buy some balls of yarn and I chose a light grey for it. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The blanket looks like an old school blanket from the seventies, doesn't it? I really love, love, love it. It is old-fashioned and oh, so cosy. The blankets I made before were all made from Stylecraft Special DK and this is the first blanket made from wool/acrylic mixes. The feel is so much nicer, much softer and warmer that I decided not to buy any new purely acrylic yarn anymore. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This blanket is much used here in our house, especially the male part of my family prefers this blanket in more muted colours.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Oh, I am so glad to have written a blog post again and I hope that you haven't forgotten me. I wanted to write much earlier but I just didn't know how. It was a very difficult post for me, the next one will be much easier I guess. I am happy to be back again, I will show you more things I have done during the past months soon.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the best for you and the ones you love,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Viola </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">The weather here in Northern Germany is brilliant! We have lots of sun, a little wind and nice temperatures. I even got a little sun burn on my forearms while I was happily crocheting on the terrace yesterday. But I wanted to finish my Lollipop Cushion by all means and it was late in the evening when I sewed on the last button. But now it is done!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And I <b><span style="color: blue;">L</span><span style="color: magenta;">O</span><span style="color: orange;">V</span><span style="color: lime;">E</span></b> it!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"> I really loved playing with all the colours I had left, always wondering if the remaining rest of a colour would be sufficient for a solid granny square. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">Very quickly I knew how the front of my cushion should look like and in no time at all I had all the solid grannies I needed. If you look for a good pattern to make them, just have a look at the lovely blog of Heather from <a href="http://www.littletinbird.co.uk/free-crochet-tutorials/granny-square-pattern/">little tin bird</a>. Her explanations are very good.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">After joining all these colourful grannies, I immediately knew that this cushion would need some extraordinary edging. I thought about so many different patterns but no one really caught my eye. Then I remembered this pompom edging and after a good search on pinterest (I am a Pinterestian, I really am), I found a good explanation of this stitch on the wonderful blog of Robin from <a href="http://onceuponapinkmoon.blogspot.de/2013/09/pom-pom-edge.html">once upon a pink moon</a>. The only thing that I change was the number of chains. I wanted the pompoms to stand a little upright, so I just crocheted two chains instead of three.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">But then the question of how to do the back occurred again. I had this problem already when I made my first cushion <a href="http://colourcrochetlove.blogspot.de/2015/07/flowers-flowers-flowers-my-granny.html#comment-form">here</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">And I really hate that question. Most crocheters write that they just take some fabric they have in their stash and they sew a back with a zipper in a breath. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">I am not able to do this! It takes me ages to sew a cushion and when I think about a zipper I sweat blood. So again, I decided to crochet the back. I had enough yarn for more solid granny squares, but I made them differently. Just one more row and I changed colours after the first row.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">This is how it turned out in the end and it is such a little colourful piece of joy that I immediately knew how I would call it:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">This cushion matches perfectly my handmade blankets. It looks like it just has to sit in front of the Villa Villekulla blanket, doesn't it?<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which side do you like more? I just can't decide, I like both sides!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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almost half of the sewing of one side I always recognised that one side was
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Dutch readers will probably recognise the buttons I have used, I bought them at HEMA, a Dutch chain of stores that sell wonderful bits and pieces. I just love these colourful buttons and they are perfect for my Lollipop Cushion! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And here is one last photo I want to show you. In April I had won a give-away hosted by the lovely Franca from <a href="http://www.righedafavola.com/site/">righedafavola</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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Violahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072929239520430693noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235303103899519984.post-64090159618773708022016-04-25T18:52:00.000+02:002016-04-30T19:47:10.449+02:00My Villa Villekulla Blanket: Tadah!<div style="text-align: center;">
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you as astonished as I am? Yes, this is my second blogpost in one day.
But I forgot to write about the blanket I made during the winter and
which I took with me to Denmark to take some nice pictures at the beach. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After I had finished my <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Tiny Granny Blan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ket<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">" <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(you can find pictures of it <a href="http://colourcrochetlove.blogspot.de/2016/03/back-again.html">here</a>) </span>I had so m<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uch left<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">over yarn that I decided to do a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nother b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lanket. I was not feeling well that time, around autumn last year<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, and I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">was looking for a simple pattern that I could just 'hook away'. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I chose the </span>granny s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tripe pattern, just simple granny clusters in all the Stylecraft Special DK colours I had in my sta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sh. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And here it is hanging o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">v</span>er the railing of our holiday house in Denma<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rk: </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> My wonderful blanket that gave m<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e so much joy when I made it<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span> Every time I started hooking these <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rows I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">forgot about my worries and my <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">poor health<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Ho<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oking is a kind o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">f meditation when the pattern is easy, isn't it? <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Working on this <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">blanket was really therapeutic. I didn't really care for the col<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">our sequence<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, I just wanted to use up all that was left from my other blanket. So it was very easy t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o wo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rk on this blanket, no pondering about neither the pattern nor the colours.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am in love with this <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">colourful blanket<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and it is doing very well on the beach, as well.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is a big bla<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nket, as all my blankets are that I have made so </span>far. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">W</span>e are all tall in our family and it is important <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for all of us to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">have warm feet when snuggling under a cosy blanket. It is 2,02<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> x 1,35 m and I used the follo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">wing 18 colours: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pomegranate, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Plu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Fondant, Lavender, Spring Green, Aster, Turqu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oise, Lipstick, Shrimp, Saffron, Meadow, Green, Magenta, Sherbert, Cloud Blue, Claret, Wisteria and Clematis. </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This blanket is <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">frequently</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">used <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by all of us but my son likes it best. He always tries to get this blanket<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> when he is snuggling on the sofa. I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t ma<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">kes me very happy seeing the kids using what I have made. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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I still can't believe that I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ha<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ve</span> the patience and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the perseverance</span></span></span></span></span></span> to finish <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">blanket.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> And there are even more ide<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as for blanket in my he<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ad. I think that the blanket fever<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> got me<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">However<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> t</span></span>his is a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n illness I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">like to have!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today has been a typical April weather. There is a country lore that says:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'April, April, er macht, was er will' </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(April is doing what he likes)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> And this morning it looked like this:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was snowing heavily and everything got white in a few minutes. My poor little plants, lettuce, spinach and parsley were covered with snow. But it didn't last, half an hour later the soil was fuming and the sun came out again. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I wanted to write about our family holidays in Denmark. We rented a house in Veijers that was situated only 100 m away from the beach (the North Sea again). </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was our house, a cosy place to be. There are a lot of holiday houses in this area, all are situated in the dunes.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">It is great to walk through the dunes passing little houses on the one side and overlooking the ocean on the other side. Pepples loves to walk these little paths!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One day we went to Billund, LEGOLAND! We have been there already several times when the kids were smaller, I even had bee<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n</span> there when I was a kid, almost 35 years ago! Going there evokes so many lovely memories for us that we couldn't resist going there again. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> Unfortunately I got a bad cold the other day so I had to stay indoors. But it didn't really matter too much, I was able to read and crochet and my family went swimming and enjoyed themselves. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">I got better soon and we were able to go to the beach again. It <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">wa</span>s such a pleasure for us being there. One sunny day when we were strolling at the beach, the boys playing football, my girl and I collecting beautiful stones and shells, there was fog approaching the beach very fast. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">The sky looked amazing and it changed almost every minute.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">I could show you a gazillion number of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ph</span>otos, I was so fascinated by the surroundings that I took many, many pictures.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"> I am a true ocean girl, if I could I would move to the coastline and watch the sky and the horizon every day. I would listen to the whisperings of the sea and the sand and the crying of the seagulls for the whole day. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> And the sunsets, of course, There is no better place in the world to watch a sunset than a beach - in my opinion at least. All your worries and thoughts and anxieties just fade away - together with the sun - while watching a beautiful sunset. I always calm down, my mind gets empty and I can forget about everything. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">And my daughter coloured several of the stones we had found at the beach to write me a "Happy Birthday", isn't this cute?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">The weather was not so good that day so we decided to go to Esbjerg, a larger town nearby. And there was a Sostrene Grene shop where you can find wonderful things to decorate your home and - yarn. Especially soft cotton yarn that is not expensive at all and it comes in wonderful colours. And it was my birthday, hey, what do you thing I did? I helped myself with another birthday present ...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> At the beginning of our Easter holidays we went to the Netherlands for one week. We are so lucky that my parents have a holiday house there, just a few hundred metres away from the North Sea. I just love it there! The house is situated in Ouddorp, a small village in the Dutch province Zuid-Holland, approximately 40 km south of Rotterdam.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was just me and the kids, J couldn't get the week off, he had to work. But the children had asked their best friends to accompany us, so it was me and four kids and our dog Pepples, of course. We had never tried this before and I wondered if everything would be fine. But it was not only fine, no, it was a great week. The children were really excited to show their friends around. The weather was wonderful and we were outside almost all the time. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has been a wonderful week. I read two books (!), crocheted a lot and most of the time I was the first in bed! We will definitely do this again, the kids had so much fun with their friends and I had lots of space for myself.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">... the wind is blowing and I wonder where spring has gone. It looks like November outside! This is just a quick post to say hello after our wonderful holidays. I will tell you about it later.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So today I decided to take it easy, drink lots of tea, forget about the piles of laundry and the sandy floors (I wonder why we always bring back so much sand after a week at the sea) and start a new crochet project using all my scraps of yarn. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking at the above picture I suddendly feel happy! I took this picture last summer, just a few days after our holiday in the Netherlands. I felt quite relaxed and I was looking forward finishing my Japanese Flower Scarf. There were just a few flowers missing because I had run out of yarn. I ordered it immediately but somehow, when the cough started again, I lost my interest in this wonderful scarf and it took me several weeks to finish it. But one days somwhere in the middle of autumn - I can't really remember anymore when - I added the last flower, weaved in the last ends and could block it. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since then I have worn this scarf a lot, the texture is soft and delicate and it drapes wolderfully around the shoulders. The yarn is DROPS Belle, a mix of cotton, viscose and linen, it is perfect to
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">I have <span style="color: red;">L</span><span style="color: blue;">O</span><span style="color: lime;">V</span><span style="color: magenta;">E</span><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">D</span> </span>working on this project, making these flowers is addictive once you have started. I already think of making a wooly scarf in bright bold colours and one in pastels or even natural colours - I just can't decide. It is such a lovely pattern and very suitable for carrying around!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">I was working the colours totally at random and using the join-as-you-go method, so I had to pay very careful attention to the placement of them. But I managed quite well, what do you think?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">GEEZ! I really look tired! The last year truly drained me of strength. Next week we'll spend a week in my parents cottage in the Netherlands. Long walks at the beach, enough sleep and good food will hopefully do me some good. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">...and almost feeling well again.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am back here after an unintentional break of more than half a year. I am really sorry for this and I am stupendously happy to be back again. I missed you! But I really had a rough trot the last months. I was ill almost all the time.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">COUGH - my mostly hated word at the moment. I coughed many, many months, days and nights, almost non-stop. And when it was getting worse I got high fever and a real bad cold. Nobody could find out what was wrong with me. One doctor thought that it was allergic asthma but he couldn't find out what the allergenic substance was. My GP finally asked me if my problem could be a psychosomatic one and if I would be willing to recieve a therapy. I almost agreed because I was truly worried that I would never get better again and there
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everything I did. It was so hard to keep going, my illness affected our daily life enormously.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But then J and I finally found out what the problem was. It was the new laser printer my husband used in his home office. I couldn't tolerate the toner powder of this printer. His office is on the first floor right next to our sleeping room and the toner powder just spread everywhere.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first thing we did was to banish the printer from our house. Then we started to clean up. I washed all our clothes (oh my, have you ever washed everything you have at once???) but it was a good opportunity to weed out all that was old or no longer fitting. We cleaned everything, the shelves, the cupboards, the books, Cd's, we even moved the all furniture to clean behind them. I also washed all blankets, cushions and the plush toys of the children. Woohoo, long live the washing machine!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My bronchial tubes are still a little inflamed and sore and I easily feel tired and worn out but life is getting better from day to day! I keep on telling me that I just have to be a little more patient and then one day I will feel strong and cheerful and I will be my happy self again!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enough about that. I have to show you lots of things. Working on my crochet projects has been one of the few things that really distracted me from my worn-out state during the last months. Crocheting is kind of a therapy when everything is going wrong, isn't it? At least for me it is.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">First of all, I finished my 'Tiny-Granny-Blanket'. Do you remember it?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is a large blanket consisting of 532 mini-grannies, the size is 2,00 x 1,45 m. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Here are my two crochet blankets.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">They are real beauties and already well-used on the sofa. My son loves the ripple, my daughter the granny, it makes my heart sing in joy when I see my kiddies snuggling down in these blankets. </span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWLMIU1mS_iLvWKok2ZVj9pr3Rhx76uIlfh9Vk2p9qeFxX2iXt0nwEEOyrwo6KMlrqE8juoEMhxmjeKV3BlMLh_39QWWmRhZQTZ1Jbo7EP_lYRV8omDYv1c0OSlSbu2FS5lLE6U6Z-BCc/s1600/IMG_9607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWLMIU1mS_iLvWKok2ZVj9pr3Rhx76uIlfh9Vk2p9qeFxX2iXt0nwEEOyrwo6KMlrqE8juoEMhxmjeKV3BlMLh_39QWWmRhZQTZ1Jbo7EP_lYRV8omDYv1c0OSlSbu2FS5lLE6U6Z-BCc/s640/IMG_9607.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There is so much more that I want to show you but this is it for today. I have to decorate the house for spring and Easter, we just managed to put away the snowmen and snowflakes - no more snow for me, please. I hope that spring is coming soon, I long for the sun and some warmth. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Today I wanted to write a proper tadah-post, presenting my holiday project I planned to finish yesterday. I wanted to block it over night and take some beautiful pictures in the garden. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">'Aber hier, wie überhaupt, kommt es anders, als man glaubt'</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">(Things always end up differently than you think).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">This is a quote by Wilhelm Busch, a German poet and humorist and it just describes what happened to me yesterday. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">While I was happily hooking the last flowers for my scarf I recognised that my amount of yarn was decreasing faster than I thought. When I reached the second last flower I had to face the fact that I wouldn't have enough yarn to finish this scarf. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">What a disappointment! So here are just a few photos of my scarf missing two flowers, without all ends sewn in and all wobbly-bobbly because it is not blocked yet.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">We are back home - home after three wonderful weeks of holidays at the Sea. It's been a peaceful and relaxing family time. We all enjoyed it very, very much.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"> My parents have a holiday house in the Netherlands, so it is quite comfortable and inexpensive for us to spend time there. The house is in Ouddorp, a small village next to the North Sea, approximately 50 km south of Rotterdam. It is quiet a trip from us to get there (about 600 km) but I just love being there.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">My earliest childhood holiday memories are connected with the Netherlands. We often drove there just for the weekend. Bathing, walking at the coastline, building sandcastles, eating Kibbelinge (small pieces of fried fish), Poffertjes (tiny pancakes) or Stroopwafels (syrup waffles), all this was and still is heaven for me. Almost 17 years ago when my parents decided to buy a holiday home in Ouddorp I had been more than happy, hoping that this could become a second home of mine. And that's what it is today - my safe haven. A place where I am able to breathe again when life is trying to overrun me.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">When you are spending your holiday in a place you know so well there is just no obligation to do any sightseeing because you have already seen everything. But there are things we all want to do or see every time we go there. A bicycle ride to Goedereede, the neighbour village with the best bakery by far, But our most favourite place is the beach, of course. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">This wide and sandy beach with endless skies where you can leave all your cares behind... </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">I will soon come back to show you my summer crochet makes, nothing big, just something light but beautiful. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">I hope you had a wonderful summer time, as well.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lately quite a few blogger write about their UFOs (unfinished objects) that are lying around in their baskets, on shelves or hidden in a cupboard. I always read these blogposts carefully, looking at all these beautiful works which would be finished if someone just spend a few hours working on them. I have to admit that I can happily join this club. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am a starter, not a finisher. I love to let the inspiration get me. I see something in a book, on pinterest (oh, how many hours can you possibly spend there looking at all these gorgeous works...) on a blog or in a shop and I know that I have to start immediately with it. And if I have the right yarn at home, nothing can stop me to start something new. I don't know how many UFO's are spread all over the house. As I don't have a special craft room, I tend to put my works just everywhere. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It would be a <b>LOT </b>of work to collect all my UFOs and write a blog post about them. I really don't feel like it at all, it's summer time, isn't it? Though it is raining again, sigh...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> But back to my UFOs. I promised myself to finish at least one UFO before I start something new. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">And the beginning is easy, of course. I am quite enthusiastic about this promise. So I started with a cushion cover that I began already last year. It worked up quite quickly and I enjoyed making it because the pattern was so easy and very nice to work. You can find the free (!) pattern on the wonderful Dutch blog of Stephanie from <a href="http://handwerkjuffie.blogspot.de/2014/05/granny-madelief-patroon.html">handwerkjuffie.</a></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the first days of the school summer holidays and we are enjoying it a lot. My daughter is having a great time at her riding stable this week, she is a happy, happy girl.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My son is also very happy, his best friend who is living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the moment is back for summer holidays. The two boys are having the time of their life, chatting, playing football, swimming and doing all the things twelve year old boys love to do. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am in a much slower mood now. I start the day with my mug of tea sitting outside and enjoying the quiet peace of the summer garden. It is such a good feeling to slow down, to get rid of the hectic rush and strict time schedules.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A couple of weeks ago I came across a book blog that reviewed quite a lot of books received by the publishing group Random House. I got curious how this works and visited the <a href="https://blogger.randomhouse.de/bloggerportal/index.html">bloggerportal</a> of Random House. It was very easy to sign up and as soon as I had filled in a registration sheet I was able to have a look for crochet books. I found several interesting books and asked if I would be allowed to review some of them. First I didn't get an answer and soon I forgot all about it but then one day I received a parcel filled with four books! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I couldn't believe my eyes!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So here I go! The first book I want to write about is a crochet book by Nicky Epstein called "Häkelblüten". It was published by Bassermann Inspirations in 2014 and the original American edition "Nicky Epstein's Crocheted Flowers" was published in 2007.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The book includes more that </span></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">40 different crochet flower patterns and additional patterns for garments with floral embellishments. Every flower is wonderfully photographed and staged. The whole book is a pleasure for the eye.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The book is divided into 5 chapters. The first chapter "Mehrlagige Blumen mit Blütenblättern" (multilayered flowers with petals) contains eight different patterns, there is a pattern of a sunflower I will definitely try. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second chapter "Blumen in einem Stück gehäkelt" (flowers made in one piece) includes patterns for a pansy or a poinsettia and there is a wonderful stole that I would start immediately if I had the right yarn for it in my baskets. Just have a look...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Isn't this a beauty? I will make such a wonderful stole for my self one day. Oh, my list of future projects is growing from day to day. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The third chapter is called "Blumen in Drehtechnik" (</span></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">cord flowers), it includes several different rose patterns and an inspiration for embellishing a bridal gown:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I would love to wear this but as I am already married I just can't imagine any other occasion that is appropriate for such a dress.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The forth chapter deals with "Filzblumen" (felted flowers) which I have never tried before. But there are some pretty patterns and I could imagine to give it a shot one day. <br /> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The last chapter is called "Blätter, Kugeln und Kettenstich" (Leaves, balls and chain stitch) and includes several leaf and flower patterns. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I tried out two of the patterns of this book and it was fun to make them. The instructions are very clear and there is not only the written form you can follow, every pattern also consists of a diagram, here is an example: </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first pattern I tried is called "Barockblüte" (Baroque flower). My version looks totally different from the picture in the book, mainly because Nicky Epstein often favours luxurious yarn with silk or other materials that shine or sparkle. I just used a simple cotton yarn but nevertheless I am quite happy with my flower.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tomorrow will be the last day of this school year and I am so extraordinarily happy about it. The last weeks have been filled with a lot of school work - not only for the kids, appointments and events. Life has been hectic, busy and demanding. We all are in desperate need of a break. But I am sure that from next week on we will slow down, take it a little more easy and hopefully we'll be able to enjoy summer. Summer?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This summer is a 'to be or not to be' summer here in North Germany. One day we have lots of rain and it is cold, next day the sun is shining and you throw off the jeans and the jacket you have worn the day before. We have a big rain barrel in our garden that can save 1000 litres of rainwater and it is loaded to the gunwales! Usually we don't have any rainwater anymore in July and our lawn looks like a beginning steppe. But this year everything is different.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nonetheless I still feel summery. I want it to be summery. I long for summery days. And if the weather doesn't cooperate, I have to make my surroundings summery. That why I started a small little summery crochet project, using cotton yarn from my stash. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A while ago a visitor asked for a tutorial on how I join my granny squares using the 'join-as-you-go' method. I thought I could try to work out a photo tutorial, this is my first one, I hope that everything gets clear, ... here you are ....</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My blanket is made of 3-row granny squares. I generally have no chain
in between my granny clusters and 2 chains in my corners and that is
what my Join-As-You-Go Tutorial will be based upon. </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I work my tutorial in US terms (which </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">make </span></span></span>much more sense to me than the UK terms, sorry for all my readers from the UK).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Start with one completed square.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Crochet a second square until you are making the last round. In the last round you just crochet two sides and then you begin to join the second to the first granny square. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When you reach the end of the second side of your granny (the last 3 double crochet cluster) make one chain </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">like you normally do in a corner.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Then lead your hook
from the front to the back to fetch the yarn in the pink corner of your first granny, pull
it through the corner and then your loop. It is the easiest if you twist the hook while pulling the yarn through the corner, so that you won't drop the yarn.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Next you make a chain without joining, just like normal. </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Make your second
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now you have connected the corner of your first granny with the corner of your second.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-GB"> To join the side of the
blue granny you repeat the joining procedure in every space between the granny
clusters: Lead your hook from the front to the back to fetch the yarn in the space
between granny clusters (don't forget to twist your hook), pull it through the space and then your loop. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> When you reach the second corner, you do the same as in the first one: Make a chain, then lead the hook form the front of the pink corner to the back to fetch the yarn, pull it through the space and then your loop. Next you make a normal chain. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Your grannies should be connected by now and you can finish the last round of your second granny.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Now I want to join a granny to a corner with 3 granny squares (a grey one on the right, a red one in the corner and a light blue one on the left). I start with making 3 clusters of the granny I want to join (the pink one in my picture). </span></span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This is my progress so far. I joined already 199 grannies. What a joy! </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My other blanket is lying neglected in the basket. But I will continue with is soon, so that I can show it to you, as well. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Take care of yourself,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Viola </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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Violahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072929239520430693noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235303103899519984.post-20461471826151577842015-06-20T17:52:00.000+02:002015-06-21T11:34:22.555+02:00Spice up my hooks!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I started crocheting I used some old crochet hooks my grandmother and my mother-in-law had given me a long time ago. I didn't think about 'good' or 'bad' hooks. It was just a hook, wasn't it? But one day I needed a hook size I didn't have in my stock and so I went to our local yarn shop to buy a new hook. It was a Clover with a soft grip. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">What a</span><b> <span style="color: red;">D</span><span style="color: orange;">I</span><span style="color: #38761d;">F</span><span style="color: magenta;">F</span><span style="color: purple;">E</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">R</span>E<span style="color: #cc0000;">N</span><span style="color: #f1c232;">C</span><span style="color: blue;">E</span></b><span style="color: #990000;">!!!!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't believe how easy it suddenly was to crochet even for several hours. The next day I searched the Internet getting more information about the world of crochet hooks. You can get very cheap ones and ones that cost more than the yarn you need for a blanket. I immediately fell in love with these wooden hooks.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Last year my siblings gave me this set as a birthday present. I was so happy! It is very comfortable to crochet with them, I enjoy it a lot but sometimes I just need a thicker handle. But I have so many crochet hooks already, I don't really want to buy more of them. I just can't throw things away that are still usable. I love to repair, to renovate and to find a different usage for something no longer suitable. I wear trousers, shoes and shirts that are more that 15 years old, our furniture is a mixture of old family heirloom and flea market finds. We always keep things that might be used otherwise. And things we do not keep, we try to give to someone who </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">still </span></span></span>could use it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"> I just don't want to be part of the throwaway society though I am aware that it is not possible to escape entirely from it. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Back to the hooks... What to do with the simple metal hooks that do not feel comfortable to work with? Do you also have quite a few of them lying around? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The lovely lady in my local yarn shop told me about the possibility to make a handle for hooks using polymer clay, here in Germany called Fimo. You can get it in all different kinds of colours and I chose red and white just to start with. My daughter was enthusiastic about helping me and she couldn't wait to start. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First we put some white Fimo onto the hook. You have to knead it a little until it is soft.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">You really have to roll it for a long time to get it soft and smooth. Finally we were able to cut pieces. But I already realised that the inner circle was not really round. So maybe no polka dots? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once the hook was covered, we use our hands to gently roll the hook,
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That's how they looked like after baking. The left one was our first. The next one is a polka dot hook now. We just put little white dots on the red clay. The other two were made by my daughter. Very creative indeed! And she got hooked on spicing up even more hooks! A couple of days later I had to buy green and blue clay and we started again. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Three more hooks that are wonderful to work with and they look wonderful, don't they? I really love to crochet with them! All in all we embellished seven hooks, here you can see them in all their beauty! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> And though it is just 13 degrees above zero, no flip-flop weather, no homemade ice tea and sunbathing in the garden, we still enjoy German strawberries that I have bought on the market. The ones in our garden are still far from getting red...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">Dark chocolate brownies topped with mascarpone cream and strawberries is a treat you can enjoy in all weathers. </span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you also have something to enjoy this weekend. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ripple blankets, granny square blankets, flower blankets, v-stitch blankets, granny stripe blankets, mandala square blankets...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have tasted blood. My first ripple blanket is finished and I already dream of having handmade blankets all over the house. We are a proper blanket family.We all four love to spend time on the sofa reading books and it doesn't matter if it is cold or not a cosy blanket is the icing on the cake.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We love '<span style="color: magenta;">Gemütlichkeit</span>' (cosiness?).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I think that this is one of the most wonderful words in German, <span style="color: #38761d;">Gemütlichkeit</span> is one of these rare all-embracing words that evoke so many positive connotations. '<span style="color: #073763;">Gemütlichkeit</span>' is a warm and </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">friendly </span></span></span>atmosphere in which everyone feels fine. It is characterised by equilibrium, security, </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">jauntiness</span></span></span> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and </span></span></span>absence of any conflicts. '<span style="color: red;">Gemütlichkeit</span>' does not like hectic rush, it tolerates no excitement, no quarrel, no worries. '<span style="color: #bf9000;">Gemütlichkeit</span>' doesn't get along with coldness, rigidity and diet :-).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So in short, if you want to feel '<span style="color: #351c75;">gemütlich</span>' you need a blanket!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That's why I started a second blanket and a third on top. I know I shoot for the moon starting two blankets at a time but I just couldn't decide with which blanket to begin with. The first blanket I want to talk about today is a really easy pattern. Just teeny-tiny colourful granny squares sewn together by the 'join-as-you-go-method'. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">I already crocheted 350 small circles, each granny square will have 6 ends, that will make 2100 ends!!! How could I possibly deal with so many ends in the end? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am totally in love with this project and even my daughter likes to play with all those colours. Today she sat next to me discussing which colour to choose for the next granny square I wanted to join. It was fun to talk with her about soft and bright or complementary colours, about which combination we liked or disliked. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I already know that this blanket will be loved and cared for in our family. That we will use it daily and hopefully it will accompany us for a long time.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is cold again here in Northern Germany. We all hope that the summer will come back soon. But the weather is perfect for a evening on the sofa joining more granny squares to my wonderful blanket. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">has come to live with me! Have you seen all the Nordic Shawls (pattern by <a href="http://myrosevalley.blogspot.ch/">Anette</a>) that are displayed on so many crochet blogs? As soon as I had seen all these beauties I knew one day I would try this beautiful pattern. </span></span></span></div>
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eyes on in some old Jane Austen films, I just see cosiness, warmth and femininity. And it is a very functional garment, as well. I often take a shawl with me when leaving the house. You can use it as a pillow in the car, you can sit on it on the beach, you can put it around your head when a strong wind is </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">suddenly </span></span></span>blowing. And it is a good cover for children when they start freezing (after having an ice cream, for example). </span></span></span></div>
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I was reaaally excited when I bought the yarn for this shawl. I have a soft spot for the Drops Cotton Merino yarn and it was no question for me that this yarn would be the right one for the pattern. The colour choice was quickly made, I love the beige shade of that yarn, especially combined with different shades of blue and green.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I do wear this shawl as often as I can. It really looks good with jeans and a white tunic. It is too warm to wear it these days but in the evenings I am very happy to get it on my shoulders again.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am really in love with this piece of crochet happiness and I can only say thanks a lot to Anette for such a nice pattern! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last but not least I want to say a warm welcome to all new followers. I am so happy that you like my little blog and the things I create. I really love to read your comments and as soon as the weather is getting worse again, I will have a look at all your blogs, as well. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have a nice weekend with lots of sun and fun!</span></span></span><br />
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Violahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072929239520430693noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235303103899519984.post-30960135362320069062015-05-06T22:40:00.000+02:002015-05-20T11:35:41.450+02:00Hurray! My first and wonderful rainbow ripple blanket is finished!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is a post I thought I would never write. If someone had asked me one year ago if I would ever start to crochet a blanket I would have answered " Are you crazy? I will never buy such a great amount of yarn to start a project I am sure I 'll never finish!" And then after marvelling at so many beautiful blankets in the net I started a ripple blanket just a couple of months later. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided upon this pattern because it looks just lovely and there are not so many loose ends you have to weave in as with a granny blanket for example. I used the pattern written by the wonderful Lucy of <a href="http://www.attic24.typepad.com/">attic24</a>. When I started the first stitches I always told myself that it could become a baby blanket, my brother is 33 years old and I am sure he will have a child sooner or later. But then the pattern really got me. It was so soothing and almost meditative to crochet these ripples that I never wanted to stop once I started. I don't know how many times I told my children "Oh I just have to finish this row before... </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> ... and so on and on and on. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But my children loved this blanket very much as well and they were quite proud that I didn't forget it in some of the baskets or on some shelves where it would lie forever and ever. Instead they encouraged me to go on and to finish it. Lovely them! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So here it is and please forgive the huge amount of pictures!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And when I finally finished the ripples, I pondered long about the edging. I knew that I wanted to make one but I wasn't sure about pattern. Just a couple of single crochet rows? Or some kind of shell stitch? But then again I found a pattern on Lucy's blog I liked a lot. You can find it <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2012/12/interlocking-ripple-ta-dah.html">here</a>.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I like this neat yet simple pattern very much, it puts the finishing touches to my blanket. What do you think? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My happy, happy blanket full of sunshine and felicity! It feels so good that I managed to finish it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just read a quotation by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that he must have written with crocheters in his mind: </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Glücklich diejenigen, die im Praktischen gegründet sind und sich zu gründen wissen!'</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I haven't found a good translation in the net but I can give it a try (if someone has got a better translation, please let me know!): </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Happy those who are established in the practical and who know how to establish themselves.'</span></span></span></div>
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this was the first time I took my lovely blanket outside. It was a fine
and sunshiny day but as we are living in the Northern part of Germany,
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was quite find, wrapped in my new blanket, sipping a cup of hot tea and
feeling happy, oh so happy!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am so very, very happy with my blanket, though I am of two minds about the Stylecraft Special DK yarn. It is a pure acrylic yarn and I think that you can feel it. Lately I crocheted quite a few projects with a cotton/merino yarn and the difference between these two yarns is enormous. The feel of the cotton/ merino mix is much softer, warmer and more comfortable. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;">That's why I stopped blogging, I just couldn't find any words worth writing. There was nothing for me to say. I had a hard time to cope with daily life. But it didn't stop me from crocheting though. To grab a needle and some nice, colourful yarn felt like a relief and while working up my stitches I temporarily forgot about all sorrow. I did some nice little things in candy colours, something springlike that really soothed my mind.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then after Easter our holiday began. And it's been a wonderful, gorgeous, phantasmagorical holiday! We went to the small Canarian island of La Gomera for almost 2 weeks and within a few days I felt so much better. The weather was gorgeous, about 20 to 24 degrees, the sun was almost always shining and the air felt light and warm. We soon forgot what day or time it was, we went swimming and hiking and strolling around small villages. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We had lovely food, I especially loved the ripe avocados there. They
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> La Gomera has been a place for us to relax, to enjoy nature, to find silence and to dance with the
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My children and I had the influenza. It caught us out of nowhere. We were all <br />knocked out for 5 days with high temperatures, headaches, cough and pain in the limbs. Now the fever has gone but we are TIRED, having pudding instead of muscles around our bones. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is difficult to manage the daily chores, even having a shower requires lots of energy. But it will get better and J is our hero, he stayed okay and brought us tea and medicine and everything that was required. For several days I couldn't even crochet, my head was to heavy. But then I started again, choosing thick felting yarn out of my stock (hooray!) to make another hot water bottle cover because my old felted one had a hole. </span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I made it for my mum as a birthday gift. The yarn I used was pure cotton yarn and this time I wanted to use pure wool.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I chose an undyed yarn and with hooking needle 8 I had crocheted the body in no time. The head is a ripple pattern and it is really chunky. There is just no possibility to touch the rubber of the hottie accidentally!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">As I look at this picture I realise that both items have a cross stitch on their front. Yes, I do like cross stitch on crocheted items a lot at the moment. Though I do not like to cross stitch though. But the effect is always very nice that why I pull myself together.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">I will finish this post now. I am exhausted and my hottie is waiting for me on the sofa. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">Don't come near the influenza virus! It's no fun, not at all. But if it already hit you as well, take your hottie and join me on the sofa. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Last weekend my young sister (she is just 24 years old!) and her boyfriend spent four lovely days here with us. It was so nice to have them around! We talked for hours, drinking tea or coffee, munching delicious food and playing 'The legends of Andor', one of our favourite parlour games at the moment.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Saturday was a fairly sunny day here in Northern Germany and we decided</span> to do some Hamburg sightseeing. We went to one of t<span class="hps">he most beautiful</span> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">districts of Hamburg,</span> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Blankenese</span>. It is a district that is situated directly on the bank of the River Elbe. Here <span class="hps">live</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">beautiful</span> people<span class="hps">!</span> <span class="hps">You will notice</span> <span class="hps">it immediately when you reach</span><span class="hps"> Blankenese</span>. You are<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">welcomed by</span> <span class="hps">villas</span><span class=""> surrounded</span> <span class="hps">by beautifully landscaped</span> <span class="hps">gardens.</span> <span class="hps"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">And in the middle</span> <span class="hps">of this district there is</span> <span class="hps">the sweet</span> '<span class="hps">Treppenviertel'</span> (stairways district). Many narrow paths are just made of staircases and they are often named after someone who has once been the owner of a piece of ground there. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en">Walking up and down these staircases always feels a bit like being on holiday. We admired beautiful views, tiny houses,</span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"> small gardens...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">or a funny sign in a window (when too perfect dear God angry').</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are so many details worth exploring there. </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">But it is quite an exhausting trip</span><span class="hps"> if</span> <span class="hps">you really want to</span> <span class="hps">sneak into every nook and corner</span>. <span class="hps">It</span><span class="">'s worth it</span><span class=""> yet!</span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><br /> W<span class="hps">hen we took a break to recover our breaths, we</span> were<span class="hps"> </span><span class="hps">rewarded</span> <span class="hps">by beautiful</span> <span class="hps">views of the</span> <span class="hps">houses</span> <span class="hps">and the</span> <span class="hps">Elbe.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> sitting outside of one of the most tiny cafes called 'Treppenkrämer' (staircase monger). </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When walking around the 'Treppenviertel' we're always magically gravitated towards the Elbe. It's just a river but it feels like the sea. You can take long walks on the riverbank and if you are lucky big container vessels or cruise liners pass by.</span></span></span><br />
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Violahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072929239520430693noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235303103899519984.post-55940861085316847612015-02-11T17:43:00.001+01:002015-02-11T17:54:55.773+01:00A cheer for a warm and cosy poncho!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;">I finally finished my poncho. The crocheting was done already last week, but I knew that I had to block the edging and I hate to do it. So the poncho was lying around, sadly asking why I didn't wear him (her or it?, I don't know yet). So on Sunday and Monday I felt a flush of determination, took all my T-pins and the iron and started to block one section of the edging after the other. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now this is it. Finished while I am in need of it - usually I finish a winter work in summer and the other way round. But this time I am lucky, delighted, successful, glad, cheerful, happy and </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks a lot for your nice comments on my last posts. Your warm and encouraging words fill my heart with joy and comfort. </span><span style="font-size: large;">And a warm welcome to my new followers, of course. I will have a look at your blogs - as long as you have one - as soon as possible. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">This night my younger sister and her boyfriend will visit us for the first time since they are together. She lives more that 400 km away, so I am happy that they finally have found time to come. They will stay until Sunday and I am sure that we will have a super-duper time.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">When I saw it I knew that I had to make it for me! But without the fringe, I do not like fringes at all. They never seem to stay clean and neat with me. But I decided that I would think about the border later on, I ordered the yarn immediately. I had worked with Drops Nepal before, it is a chunky yarn, a mix of wool and alpaca and therefore quite gentle to the skin.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;">It was so easy to start with this project. Hooking up these rows with a 6 mm hook works up extremely quickly and soon I was able to start with the stripes. I chose the colours randomly, using the main colour grey/ purple once in a while. Soon I had done the 16 rows of the original pattern. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I happily crochet row after row and in between I squeeze myself a fresh juice from apples, pears, carrots, beetroot and fresh curcuma (it is said to be very salutary). </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Something fresh and healthy to get well soon.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AGAIN! It's more than a month ago that I wrote my last post.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I didn't feel good the whole autumn and winter. I couldn't get rid of my cold, I felt exhausted and tired all the time. That's why I asked the doctor to check the blood parameters. Unfortunately the liver function test results were far from good. Two days before Christmas eve I had to go to a hospital in Hamburg for a second, more detailed test. Three weeks later I went there again to undergo a Laparoscopy of the liver (it is an operation with the help of a camera). This operation failed due to several unfortunate and painful circumstances and I have to do it a second time in a couple of week's time. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really fear this second operation not knowing if it will succeed this time. And I fear the pain as well, of course. But in the end I hope that everything will turn out good and my private motto for the year 2015 will be: </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is an uncomfortable and strange feeling to know that your body is not working well but you just do not know why. And then there are the obligatory questions the doctors ask: "Do you drink alcohol regularly?", "What about nicotine and caffeine?" Okay, I do not smoke, and I only drink green and herbal tea, that's easy, but alcohol? A glass of red wine once in a while, on Friday or Saturday evenings, is this regularly? And is this dose likely to cause liver dysfunction? Impossible, isn't it? Now I try to live a healthy life, no alcohol at all, freshly squeezed fruit juices and green smoothies for breakfast and lunch, lots of fruits and vegetables and only a teeny tiny little bit of chocolate or cake once in a while. How can I possibly live without a sweet treat? </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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knowing that there is something wrong and that I have a good reason to
feel exhausted and tired makes life a little easier than before.</span></span></span>
I allow myself daily rest now and I don't have a guilty conscience
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I finally finished the poncho for my little girl and best of all she loves it!</span></span></span></div>
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crochet this poncho I didn't follow a pattern. I just had a picture of
it in my mind because I had seen so many lovely projects in the net.
But before I tell you more about my own poncho </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would like to share a couple more beautiful crochet ponchos that have inspired me ....</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The one above is really wonderful, made by Karen of <a href="http://mixture43.com/2014/07/21/p-p-pick-up-a-poncho-again/" target="_blank">mixture43</a>. I immediately fell in love with her design and I knew that I had to do something similar. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And this one you can find on Beates <a href="http://beatesbunterblog.blogspot.de/2014/05/kunterbuntes-dreiecktuch.html" target="_blank">beatesbunterblog</a> (it actually is a shawl, but it could have been worked as a poncho, as well). My daughter especially liked the colourful stripes but she decided that she didn't want any grey colour. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And there is, of course, the poncho of Lucy from <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2014/02/attic24-poncho-ta-dah.html" target="_blank">attic24</a>. It is a wonderful stripy poncho in a beautiful combination of colours. So much inspiration! I could have started with 3 or 4 different ponchos at once. But then I ordered the yarn first.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Drops Cotton Merino, a yarn that is warm and very gentle on the skin. And best of all the range of colours is wide. </span></span></span></div>
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dark green, turquoise, jeans blue, ice blue, red, powder pink and
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Look! The sun is shining today! </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Woolly goodness in the sun, just beautiful!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And the little bird that usually brightens up our locker suddenly wanted to nest on the poncho, as well.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And the sun again, I so much love to see the sun! I will stop this post now and take a walk outside. We had so much rain and fog the last few weeks and only a teeny tiny bit of snow last weekend. Want to see the smallest snowman ever? My daughter wanted to have one but it's been not enough snow to form a proper one.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See you soon, Viola</span></span></span></div>
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