Hello!
These two simple swatches are all there is to show you of my knitting at the moment. I have plenty of knitting plans and ideas, but it’ll take a while for them to transform into something bloggable. So I thought, Why not take a break? A nice, long summer break! I can certainly do with one. How about you?
Now, before you think that my blog will come to a standstill, that’s not what I mean. What I mean is that I’d like to take a break from talking about my knitting. I’d like to take us on a few outings and write about some other summery things. Mainly knitting-or-other-crafts-related, of course.
I don’t know exactly what it’s all going to look like, and I can’t guarantee that my knitting won’t sneak in here and there, but I hope that it’s going to be fun and something to look forward to every week.
To start with, I’d like to take you on an early morning walk and share a recipe.
Ha Marijke, wat heerlijk! Ik heb op deze regenachtige ochtend een fijne zonnige ervaring gehad door je blog te lezen. Allerlei eigen herinneringen komen op, dank je! En die lekkere haverkoeken ga ik absoluut maken!
Hé, wat leuk dat je even komt buurten. Je reactie doet me goed. Veel bakplezier! (Het meel heet trouwens in het Nederlands ‘gebuild tarwefijnmeel’.)
Lovely post, as always! Thank you for the recipe! I hated oatmeal as a child, now I love it.
Same here – I think it’s the combination of oats with milk that didn’t work for me. I like oats in all kinds of other combinations.
Such a lovely walk – thank you for taking us with you. We have been walking a lot more recently and you have inspired me to think about writing a blog post about our outings too! There is something so refreshing and rejuvenating about being outside in the fresh air.
Please do! I’d love to see a little of your surroundings.
Marijke,
So glad I signed up for your blog. The bicycle ride was wonderful. I even felt a breeze in my face ?. Loved the crocheted curtains. My nana from England was a seamstress who also did lace tatting as well as making pen wiper dolls. She was so talented. And my husband’s grandmother crocheted while she and her husband were lighthouse keepers on Lake Superior in the States. I have the pieces of what was to be a lace bed spread, but I don’t know what to do with them. May I send you a photo for your input on what I should do?
Hi Tory, What an interesting story about your and your husband’s grandparents. Googling ‘pen wiper dolls’ taught me that they are literally dolls used to wipe excess ink from the nib of a dip pen. Interesting, I’d never heard of them. I’ll send you a pm on Ravelry about the pieces of the lace bed spread.