Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Snowmen instead...

What a horrible discovery - I found out that the lovely crafting day at "Skals Haandarbejdsskole" is canceled this year, due to the 10th anniversary of crafting day!! Emil is very dissapointed...and so am I! We have to do something else instead. Perhaps something inspired by these absolutely fabulous snowmen? They are made by this amazing woman who loves to inspire other people...

Or we can do some work on our secret christmas-project. I can't reveal too much - but have a look at this georgeous webshop where we bought the materials for it. Look at the categorie "kits (laves af børn)" which means: kits to be made by children. I'm sure you will find something interesting...

Monday, October 29, 2007

Hmmmmm...I must say it looks good!

This weekend has been dark and rainy. The fact that we have just gone into summer time and had to set the clock back an hour, surely didn't make things brighter... I finished these brown flowery trousers and another pair of brown trousers with the most pretty little houses. I sew on the bias tape on both pairs - a cozy task...Have a look here if you want to see how they turned out!

I also got very inspired by the blog "hverken fugl eller fisk" to start knitting a sweater for my husband. He is however quite particular concerning knitted sweaters. I don't know how many times I have found a pattern for him to see, which he unfortunately didn't like. But the one yesterday was "actually very nice...hmmm... I must say it looks good!!" So now I must buy the pattern and some beautiful yarn, while he still likes it...

I still long for embroidery. It has been a while ago since I embroidered. I have lots of ideas in my head, so now I only need to find out what to embroider on. Probably some children's clothes. Maybe a little shirt or a dress?

On Thursday my son, his friend and I are going to crafting day at "Skals haandarbejdsskole". This is an event that takes place every year on the first Thursday of November. Actually it has exited for 10 years this year. I think that it is the most wonderful idea, and many girls and boys go there and have a very good afternoon. They can try out different ways of crafting and get lovely cake, buns and drinks. At the end they proudly get to bring home the things that they have made - many lucky parents can look forward to nice handmade presents...

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Bias tape and rolling rhino

On this blog I have a link to a lady called Nelly Gaskin. She is a very talented ceramic artist.
I have seen her things here www.evajessen.dk and they always make me smile.
Nelly Gaskin has many funny ideas and I like the colours she use as well. She makes things with hers hands that I never would have thought about - and that is so fantastic.
Yesterday I bought some beautiful knitted fabrics, which I am going to use for sweaters for boys ( there is not enough nice boy's clothes in the shops!! ). Bias tape in pale pink and pale blue and lots of tiny safety pins also went home with me...I have too much fabrics but I have decided to make my piles of fabric smaller, before I buy more! ( I am not too convinced about the truth in this sentence myself....!! )

Today I will try to finish a bigfooted bunny for our little neighbour girl. She turns 4 tomorrow and is the most beautiful girl with white hair, sparkling eyes and a big smile.