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  • Two Clowns

    Two clowns are sitting in a chair in our spare room. They are knitted clowns and they remind me of my two grandmothers. And that is not because my grandmothers were clownesque figures.    The mother of my father died when I was a toddler so I ca...
  • Blocking the Cold Mountain Stole

    Today I have finished knitting and I am ready to block my Cold Mountain Stole.This is what I did.The blocking process: 1. I threaded a cotton yarn through the edges of the stole       2. I put the stole in the bathtub filled with some ...
  • Another shawl

    We had a chilly evening. An evening that calls for a nice wrap or shawl but my Cold Mountain Stole is not finished yet. Suddenly I remembered the shawl I crocheted  two years ago and had forgotten all about. It has been waiting in the closet for ..let's ...
  • Stole progress

    When you are not making any mistakes then it progresses rather fast!I made a quick picture. The stole is lying loose on the floor. Thats why it looks so uneven.       Voortgang omslagdoekAls je geen fouten maakt gaat het vlug!Heb even...
  • Computer problems

    We had some bad weather. A lot of rain and an awful thunderstorm about 10 days ago. A stroke caused considerable computer damage. Fortunately most of it could be repaired. Now I am able to put an entry in my weblog again. Didn't do a lot of knitting but I...