Treasury Tuesday
Yesterday the crochet community was struck by some very sad news ….. The colorful, unique and so very talented “one of a kind” Marinke/Wink passed away last Friday – may she have found peace at last....
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There’s a sigh of relief in this part of the world: the heat wave has come to an end! Although I’m a big lover of Summer, I have to admit it really was a bit too hot this past week. The warm weather...
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When I think of Summer, soft pastel colors come to my mind, hence this week’s Treasury Tuesday full of “pretty in pastel”-crochet! Every week I’m surprised to find so many lovely crochet products and...
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As I told – and showed – you last Friday, I’ve finished my “Love&Kisses”-shawl, and the longer I look at it, the more pleased I am with it …… It’s the beautiful RED that finds its way straight to...
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It’s a grey, rainy Tuesday in my corner of the world, so cheering myself up with some colorful crochet seems the right thing to do. “Crochet coin purses” is what I’ve collected in this week’s Treasury...
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Working my way down the old wip-list, I’m knee-deep in granny squares, tiny granny squares……. No matter their size, I simply love these grand old crochet ladies and the many, many beautiful things...
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I love colors – all kind of colors! Black/white, bright, pastel, earthy, I can appreciate them all. One of my very favorite colors, though, has to be pink ……and this week I had a hankering for crochet...
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This week the city of Amsterdam will be full of ships, tall ships, or to be more precise: Tall Ships! SAIL Amsterdam 2015 takes place in and around Amsterdam’s IJ-harbour from 19 – 23 August. At the...
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All this blogging and talking about the hundreds and hundreds of tiny squares I’ve been crocheting lately in order to finish my “Bétaille Blanket”, made me go search for tiny crochet – miniatures – on...
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Last week I spent some time updating my Pinterest boards (a work in progress …..), and while doing this I found a neat little tool that allows you to pin the Etsy treasuries you’ve made: how fun is...
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In my part of the world Summer is slowly packing her bags, and that’s really making me a bit sad …… I so love Spring and Summer ….. Luckily I can see some good in Fall being upon us: cuddling up...
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Party wise this is a busy time of year in the Dekkers household: as a family of only 4, birthdays of 3 family members are being celebrated give or take within one month. We – read: the children – are...
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There are so many talented people out there crocheting gorgeous harlequin- or diamond-blankets (for instance here, here, here and here). The Solstrikke-blog has the pattern/chart for the diamonds and...
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Yay! We’re celebrating 52 weeks of “Treasury Tuesday” today! Can you believe I have actually made 52 of these collages èvery síngle wéék, since I posted the very first one on the blog on October 7,...
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There’s no way around it: Fall is definitely here in my part of the world ….. Although I’m a big(ger) lover of Spring and Summer, I have to admit that the kind of Fall weather we’ve been having lately...
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This past Saturday – October 17, 2015 – was our 35th Wedding Anniversary …… I felt like saying “thir-ty-fi-ve-years!!” out loud all day – it’s a big number, really. And, every time I did say...
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In real life we could all do with a dreamcatcher, I think, taking care of the bad dreams we might have had, making them disappear at sunrise…… And even if they don’t do their magic trick, most of them...
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We’re enjoying a couple of lovely Fall weeks here in The Netherlands. The kind of weather where it’s chilly in the early morning and late evening, but actually quite warm during the day when the sun’s...
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It’s funny how – generally speaking – the color grey can easily be associated with “dull” and “boring”. However, this week’s “Treasury Tuesday” list of beautiful crochet all in grey simply makes my...
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Sinterklaas and his Piet-helpers arrived safely in The Netherlands this past Saturday. A reason for lots and lots of Dutch kids to be very happy (and a fair amount of adults too, I’m sure)! You know,...
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