I love glass and beautiful bottles I tend to keep.
Here is one of these bottles I decorated with a piece cut off a felted wool sock. I embroidered some abstract flowers onto the fabric. The yarn is a Nepalese hennep cotton blend, naturally died with walnut.
The result is quite stylish I think...
This textile collage is again composed of textile waste material. Every piece of fabric has its own story: my son’s old sweater, a napkin from my grandmother, our old worn curtains, the fabric of a lampshade,... It’s these stories that make working with textiles so worthwhile for me.
After juggling with different combinations and sewing the pieces together, a lot of stitching has been done here. I chose neutral tones for a calm atmosphere.
The reading woman is inspired by the stunning engravings by Gwen Raverat.
I have been working on this hat for quite some time. It was my travel knit and since we are not travelling at the moment, there was little progress for some time. But at last, it got finished, just in time for some cold spells this spring. It's a Purl Soho pattern which you can find here. It's a double-layered hat : you start knitting the first hat from the top down with colour 1, then continue right on with the second hat in colour 2, bottom up. You tuck one inside the other and connect them with a little tassel. It's reversible, so two hats in one!
The yarn I used is Ashford Tekapo 3ply (brown and off-white). I bought it at Wolboerderij Blij Bezuiden, a small sheep breeding farm in the South of the Netherlands. Besides their herd of merino sheep they have a wonderful, friendly shop and lots of knowledge and energy. Here I learned how to spin and I’m so happy with this skill, it’s a very relaxing thing to do!
