Posts from — September 2010

Something that made me think how genius certain problems can be solved was Jenny Hart’s idea how to make a red wine spot disappear. She simply stitches a lovely flower over the stain. Isn’t that clever? You saved your garment by even making it more unique. Think of how many kid’s t-shirts or dresses you can save with this technique. Amazing! Makes you want to get dirty all over :-)

UPDATE:

My sister-in-law sent me something in reaction to this post which solves this problem as well and made me burst out laughing. Here in Germany they are called “Kotztierchen” which basically means puking animals and they’re little pins that you can put next to the stain so that it looks like… well.. you know. Haha. The expression on their face is just priceless. Another nice way to deal with a stain.

After I ran out of wool last week and couldn’t run to the store to get more I had to wait until yesterday to finish my scarf. After the first ball of yarn was knitted I was very fast. The whole scarf took about 3 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy. It’s 20 cm wide and 150 cm long (7.8″ x 60″) and since I can’t yet knit round I had to sew the ends together with some left yarn.

I connected the ends by hand as the yarn wouldn’t fit in any needle. That’s what turned out and that I can now loop around my neck.

I’m so in love with this scarf. It’s ultra thick and warm and cozy and it was so incredibly easy to make. A week ago I didn’t knit in my life! Now I have a selfmade scarf – thanks to Paola and Youtube!

I can highly recommend Youtube as a source for tutorials. You can find anything there and sit in front of your PC and just learn how to do things. It’s so easy and for free. Just try it! You have thousands of possibilities.

Today I can finally admit that it’s definitely fall now as the leaves are falling down and I saw my breath in the chilly air. Fall is my favorite season. Summer is fabulous as well but here in Germany summer takes 3 hot weeks and then it’s over. So I’m happy when it’s a bit cold, the smell of the air is to die for and I can sit on the couch, have a nice cup of hot cocoa and finish to knit my scarf. Let me show you tomorrow how it turned out.

Have a happy Monday!

Good Friday to every one,

This has been a fun, relaxing and happy week. I’m still very laid-back and not even the rain can keep me from having sunshine in my heart. I learned to knit (unfortunately I ran out of wool so I have to wait until Monday to get more) which was very fun, I had some project ideas and this weekend it’s my boo’s birthday and we’re planning on having calm quality time. Sunday we’ll run the Komen Race for the Cure and maybe I’ll stop by at the fabric market if it doesn’t rain.

I’ve found this quote on Flickr some day as a title for a photo and I liked it so much. I made the wallpaper very bold this week and I’ll print it out and hang it over my desk so I won’t forget about my dreams and that I have to pursue them. We all should.

Have a nice weekend. Enjoy.

Xo, Lou

I never had much left for knitted things. Still don’t. But Paola inspired me so much this summer when she posted about her knitting adventures that I ran to the store just the day after we came home from our vacation and bought wool and needles. I really want to learn how to knit. Still I don’t plan to knit things to wear except of scarves or MAYBE a winter hat but I’m intrigued by knitting pillow covers or a blanket or a gumdrop pillow.

I searched online for tutorials and patterns and found this amazing site named Drops Design with amazing free patterns and descriptions and was so excited I couldn’t wait to hit the store to buy everything I needed to get started.

Uhm.. I never did this before so I looked for the easiest video tutorial on youtube and found one. Seemed easy! I had wool and needles just like the one that lady has in the video and sat in front of the Mac to try that scarf. The first row took me almost an hour to complete because I couldn’t handle the thick needles and the wool wouldn’t slide as easy as I thought  but I got used to it and just let go of the thought I have to make it perfectly.

After 3 hours it looked like this and I didn’t want to stop anymore. It’s SO much fun!

I will post an update in some days when the scarf is done.