Deze week viel Rusland ineens de Oekraine binnen. Niet zomaar een beetje, nee gelijk van vier kanten tegelijk. Inmiddels is de oorlog daar alweer een paar dagen bezig en het nieuws is aan alle kanten deprimerend. De propaganda-machine van beide landen draait ook overuren, dus niet alle informatie die online te vinden is, is accuraat te noemen. ( Read more... )

Gisteren kwam het nieuws naar buiten dat Facebook en Instagram 'traditionele' foto's van Zwarte Piet (met blackface) verbieden en mensen die regelmatig deze regels overschrijden zullen worden verwijderd van het platform ( Read more... )

This may sound a bit dramatic, but my feelings about Ravelry have changed a bit ( Read more... )

It's been nearly two weeks since we returned from France and entered self-induced quarantine. This Saturday will be 2 weeks exact ( Read more... )

While in France the news reached us about the measures being taken to halt Covid-19. As the week in France progressed, the measures went farther and farther. I found a note on the Ravelry forums that Macron would speak to the French people, and we feared the country would be locked down like Italy. Would we still be able to return home? Surely they ( Read more... )

Last year I had the luxury to be able to skip work when temperatures rose over 30 degrees C - but the hot weather didn't last too long. But this year, like it or not, I can't really skip work. Not that I get a lot of work done, mind you. On Tuesday I came in, took out a pattern that needed alteration, stared at it blankly, and it put away again. I ( Read more... )

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Aanstaande zondag 18 juni is Dolle Griet van de partij op de FeelGood Markt in Eindhoven. Op speciale uitnodiging van de Grote Wolf, krijgt Dolle Griet een hoekje in de kraam met het mooie houten speelgoed ( Read more... )

Since I had so much fun last time I knitted a big project, I decided to track my progress knitting (hopefully) the fastest sweater ever!

This was all muse's fault, who decided I should have a warm sweater. We She made me inquire about yarn I saw on the ZevenKatten website and so I arrived home with 80 euro of lush wool for a sweater last Tuesday ( Read more... )

Shocked as I was at the result of the elections, my first thought was that "what do you expect from a nation who fails to educate their people". But that's not entirely fair, I think ( Read more... )

The pair of mystery socks I had on the needles were finished in record time. The second sock took me just 2 days, thanks to a broken sewing machine in my weekend. Since I can't post pictures yet, you'll have to settle for my description ( Read more... )