At the beginning of this week Andi wrote a blogpost, and asked her readers to share their favourite fall sweater and why. I thought this is a great idea and I’ve already been inspired by the sweaters I saw on blogs and on Instagram. I […]
Tag: vintage
Wardrobe Jealousy: The secret of Roan Inish
The Secret of Roan Inish is a story about folk legends brought to the white screen without losing any of its endearing fairy tale quality. It is, by extend, one of my favourite childhood films. The film was released in 1994, and for the longest […]
The Rhyme of the Ancient Christmas Jumper
The Christmas jumper. I finished the jumper almost a year ago, which makes this the oldest finished project ever to make it to the blog. I had taken pictures and written a blog post about it many months ago. But my hard disc drive crashed […]
Grandma’s box
Hey there, It’s been a while hasn’t it? I’m sorry, but my exam weeks and the lessons that followed straight after have gotten me out of my blog rhythm. Lessons have started with a vengeance and the past week I’ve tried to keep myself from […]
Dutch Traditional Ganseys
Long time followers of this blog will know that I live in the Netherlands (not to be confused with Holland!). The Netherlands is a nation with quite a bit of craft tradition, most people from the older generations grew up with crafting being an important […]
A piece of Shetland
I am a knitter, a lot of my time is spend with needles in my hand. I knit stuff intended for wearing. I mean; I love the occasional luxurious item, but by far most of the stuff I knit is for everyday use. I am […]
Exams, questions and a vintage jumper
Hello lovely Ladies and Gents, My first post of 2013! How fashionably late am I, aren’t I? Anyway I wanted to pop my head in for this is the day before my two week exam period. It’s would be fair to say that we’re still […]
Friends Findings
Picture made by my friend. You search for it for a year everywhere and then your friend finds it at a book market when you’ve already thought out something else…that’s just typical isn’t it? But isn’t this cool? The pattern photo looks great and stylish! […]
Finished Knit: Vintage Navy Jumper
I finished this jumper a few weeks ago but didn’t really got around to photograph it properly until this weekend. This jumper was inspired by those iconic yoke sweaters from the 40’s with little pitoresque scenes.Like this flower jumper, this bird jumper, this angora jumper […]
Liberation day: The life of Angelique Croon and Koos Vlek (Part II)
So, today is Liberation Day in the Netherlands. We celebrate the end of the second world war on the fifth of may because the German Army in the Netherlands capitulated on May 5th 1945. We’re the only European country to celebrate this on this day. […]