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gelukkig in de jaren zestig
gelukkigindejarenzestig.blogspot.com
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which is dutch for "happy in the sixties" a blog that documents me discovering all kinds of crafts... knitting, crocheting, cross point, sewing... :)
#45015 in All , #342 in Crafts

my creative space this week... crocheting the pieces for my blanket together!!!! thats right, no more squares to crochet.. all i have to do now is crochet the bigger pieces together into a blank...

18 h ago

today we woke up extremely early - 5 am - because we were selling at the fleamarket! once a year theres a big fleamarket in turnhout, my boyfriends hometown. when we moved last year, we sorted loads ...

2 days ago

 hurray, my socks are finished! i really like how they turned out. :)  more details on ravelry!and ofcourse, i couldnt help but start a new pair! i had this gorgeous yarn (scheepjeswol invi...

22 may 12

i have all these basic t-shirts in my closet, t-shirts i only wear for gardening or cleaning. there is nothing wrong with basics, ofcourse, but basic shirt + basic cardigan + basic pants equals a pre...

17 may 12 1 person likes this

there seems to be something missing on my right foot... i wonder what it could be... a second sock maybe? no second sock syndrome here, im already halfway through the second! the sock, by the wa...

14 may 12

my creative space today: unraveling and ripping out the neckwarmer i knitted some years ago!i was cleaning out my winter clothes and scarves, found it, and realised that i only wore it about 5 t...

08 may 12

let me show you my new swatches today!this grey swatch is called the honey-stitch, it has a honeycomb-kind of structure.. it was a pain to knit though, i was happy this one was finished. :)swatc...

05 may 12

lots of loose ends in my creative space this week...ive been finishing and putting together all my squares for the granny square blanket this week. i think i finally have enough squares for my blanke...

01 may 12

ahh, finally there was enough light in our living room for some decent photos of the sewing project i finished... as you can see, i made a bunch of pillowcases! i promised my boyfriend a year ago tha...

26 apr 12

oops! week 16 (almost) passed and i still have to show swatch 14 and 15! both swatches were lying around, waiting to be photographed... and then a friend visited. she brought us some pretty forget-me...

21 apr 12

inspired by all the creative spaces i see at this blog, i decided to join in! i love seeing other peoples WIPs, so why not share my own.. :) i present to you, this weeks creative space: ive been...

14 apr 12

yesterday i finally finished the knitted birdie!last week i sewed all the parts together but i still had to give this little fellow eyes and a beak... which is really important, cause the face really...

09 apr 12 1 person likes this

another addition to the happy list i posted last week:buttons! as you might have noticed; i LOVE buttons. not that i have many projects where i can use them, i mostly imagine them sewed on my future ...

03 apr 12

some things that made me happy in the last few days: - harvesting lettuce to make room for other jummy vegetables to grow in our garden!! grow, vegetables, growww!! - succesfully turning th...

27 mar 12

after my colleague saw the owl i knitted for my other colleague, he asked me if i could make something for his friend (whos expecting a baby in april) too. we chose a pattern out of "the knitted ...

18 mar 12

its kinda funny; just a couple of weeks ago i was saying how much i love snow (and i do!), now it has been extremely warm and sunny for this time of the year and i enjoyed it so much! sitting in our ...

12 mar 12

i love sundays! getting up early* to do all the necessary things (laundry, cleaning up,...).... which gives me a whole afternoon to do the things i love! i made orange-cinnamon jam and spicy cookies....

04 mar 12

as you might have noticed, im totally into knitting again! (partly) thanks to my boyfriends granddad!my boyfriends granddad (also called vovo) has never wanted anything else on his feet than handknit...

29 feb 12

my wristwarmers are finished! i really, really like them! the subtle grey colour goes with everything and they are quite elegant, too! (my boyfriend disagrees, he thinks i look like a beggar when i w...

19 feb 12

last week i promised you an update on the granny square blanket. well, here are some pictures! i think im almost there, it now measures 120cm x 170cm, which is a decent size for a blanket. and i stil...

11 feb 12

ta-dah! heres swatch no.5; cables this time! so much easier than i imagined... :) its a long swatch, so i could really practice the cable stitch! i like how this swatch is so different in size, ...

05 feb 12

wow, i cant believe its sunday evening already! i had a really busy week, not a lot time left for knitting or crocheting... the only thing i did was knitting my swatch a week for week 4. i hope i wil...

29 jan 12

another week has passed, so here i am with a new swatch. this time it was an ajour swatch, again i was a little dissapointed because it looked a lot nicer in the book. i probably should have used big...

22 jan 12

last week i started knitting with the yarn vanessa sent me. it took some time to find the right project, i have only one skein and i really want to make something pretty with this yarn. (which is 100...

15 jan 12

 just before the new year started, i received a lovely surprise package coming all the way from the USA. i won a give-away by the lovely vanessa at coloursknits, a really nice blog!in the packag...

12 jan 12 1 person likes this

a little while ago, i found this book with knitting stitches on the fleamarket. i was thrilled, because it contains 400 or more knitting stitches! i wanted to start knitting immediately!so i came up ...

07 jan 12 1 person likes this

on the third day of the new year, i want to take out some time to look back at the previous year. it has gone by so fast!! when i was finally getting used to the working life, i moved out of my paren...

03 jan 12 1 person likes this

one bed/couch-sock is finished! i didnt have enough of the green yarn, so i used dark blue for the toe. you need a little imagination since the sock isnt sewn together yet. (the colors arent great on...

29 dec 11

remember the "at-my-boyfriends-place-pr oject"? well, now that i live together with my boyfriend i decided it was about time i finished it. so i did!the crocheting-part was finished some time ...

17 dec 11

ta-daaaaaaaaaah! after all those posts about christmas decoriations, finally, our christmas tree!! filled with 8 knitted christmas balls, 4 handmade felt balls (tutorials here and here), pom-poms, li...

11 dec 11

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