For the Love of Textiles

2013... A KISS for You. LOVE Everywhere. A Warm HUG...

The water from the river Ijssel -just 2 streets from our house- is rising. I always love this when it happens.  Nature has his own rules. Sometimes it is floading over the street behind the quay.  It won't happen this time...unfortunately.. So over the last days we made walks -while I push the wheelchair- among the river almost every day. I have found out that most people are very kind to "wheelchairpeople and their pusher". We can go on the little ferry as the first ones...people stop their car so we can cross the street etc. And because Bram is wearing a great hat (originally mine, and No, I didn't knit that one... but it looks so great on him) he gets a lot of attention. Even in the Supermarket last week a lady came up to us to tell how wonderfull he looked with that hat.. She was right ofcourse! So we took a walk on X-mas day with Jim (4 already!)and his Parents..and No, that red blanket is not specially for X-mas. The wheelchair. I reme...

When we were in Utrecht with my class, we also went to a pop-up shop named: DepArtmentStore ..just opposite the museum. Packed with all kind of beautiful Handmade design.. And there he was... Waiting for me to be taken home.. I couldn't resist.. His name is: Karel-Jan. He is made by L ammers en Lammers. . And he now lives happily in our house. Don't know exactly why I fell for him? Perhaps the Sweetness of it..the little cut out heart.. The Nostalgic feeling he gave me... The little golden boat on his head, which looks like a crown.. (In my youth I have made loads of those paper boats).. Anyway..he is now standing in the window, but I hope to have a better place for him. Inbetween 2 windows, so he can look down on the crowd.. Perhaps his little sister with her red shoes will accompany him one day.. Ofcourse I will knit the coming weeks.. I have finished the Stripe and Dotts scarf.. My Odinn needs more knitting.. There is a FairIsle vest... And I want...