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Socks for the family

  When we were away in the Summer I got started in knitting socks as Christmas gifts for all the members of …

Handmade beauty in NYC

I might have missed the Infinite Variety exhibition, but when I was in NYC in August I made it to the American …

An exquisite handmade guitar

Yes, I’m showing off my husband’s work today. He suffered this project so much and the result is so amazing that I …

An enchanted quilt

With my sparse Summer blogging I still haven’t managed to write about all that I’ve been working on. But before we leave …

Away again

Summer is slow in blogland… but here’s what we’ve been up to these past few days. We’re off again to our friends …

Making colourful bowls

First we chose our colours, then cut the tissue paper in small pieces, wrapped the bowls in clingfilm, and started gluing. We …

Spinning wool

Sorry, I’m still on “catch up” mode here… The weekend before last I finally took part on a wool spinning workshop. I …

Summer is here

Happy Summer Solstice to you! Summer is definitely here. I just can believe how quickly Marta’s first year at school went by.  …

Pillowcase craze

I was totally captured by the smplicity of  the pillowcase tote I found in the book Simply Sublime Gifts by Jodi Kahn. …

Too small

Both Marta and Liliana are in need of new sun hats. A few weeks ago I found a free pattern I really …