Itty bitty bear cubs

What an adorable pattern! You can find it (it's free!) here on ravelry. I very much enjoyed  knitting these baby hats for 2 friends' new babies. The yarn is Duetto Stampe, a wool-cotton blend, which I liked working with.

And here is one of the Little Heroes with his new hat! 💜 

Repurposed leggings!

An old pair of leggings, scissors, some embroidery thread and a bit of time. With these ingredients I created this pair of funky wrist warmers. Fun recycling!

The Great Wave phone case

I needed a Phone case. So I decided to make one myself, with supplies I had on hand. I knitted a piece of fabric with three small leftover skeins of very rustic wool.  This piece I felted in the washing machine, which made the fabric thicker. This way it protects the phone better. Then I sewed the fabric together with a blanket stitch, attached a cord and sewed on a button. The button depicts Hokusai's woodblock print "The Great Wave of Kanagawa". I like the result: I think the button fits perfectly. And then I came across this cup at the British Museum, which made me smile (even though it was a disposable one...)

The making of:

Rosa Scarf

The minute I saw the photo of this scarf on Ravelry (you can find the free pattern here) I wanted one. I love the simplicity of the rectangle in garter stitch, the snug and also slightly vagabondish style. And now it's finished, I am very happy with it. It was a very boring knit though, rows and rows of garter stitch. The yarn is Pure organic by Veritas  : good quality yarn and I really love the knitted fabric. But I didn't really enjoy working with it, a bit too fluffy for my liking.
The button is a wooden one.

Sooo many rows of garter stitch…

Thinking about the hedgehogs last summer

We have a small garden and it's not very neat. As a reward for this untidiness, 5 little hedgehogs were born this spring, in our compost heap! So so cute!! They have gone their own way now, perhaps one of them will come and visit us again some day.
As a keepsake, I sewed these 5 little hedgehogs. The fabric is tweed from a sample book I bought on the Dutch second-hand website "Marktplaats". I think I'm going to have much more fun with this sample book in the future!

And here are some of the real little rascals !