Pink and Barbara

Episode 8...swap anyone?

Hi 

here is episode nr 8 of the podcast.

 

Shownotes:

I am making this bag from Quilt-it & Dotty

Here is a picture of the bag:

Would you like to swap with me?

I would love to swap small 2 by 2 inch pieces of fabric with you for my thimble quilt. Send me an email at: [email protected] to get my homeaddress and send me an envelope with pieces of fabric in beige/white brown or pink. I would love it to have a print I can cut out. I will send you back the same number of fabrics and the small template to make your own thimble quilt. I will send you fabrics in the color that you would like (please note I don't have batiks, purples, novelty fabrics etc. please look at my blog and at my quilts to get an idea of what kind of fabrics I have) Let me know if you would like to swap...

In Dutch:

Vind je het leuk om lapjes met me te ruilen? Ik wil graag lapjes ruilen die 2x2 inch zijn voor mijn vingerhoedjes quilt. Stuur me een email voor mijn thuisadress en stuur me dan een envelopje met stofjes in roze,bruin en wit. Ik zou graag stofjes willen waar ik een motiefje uit kan knippen zoals de roos hierboven in het voorbeeld. Ik stuur je dan hetzelfde aantal lapjes terug met een malletje voor je eigen quiltje. Ik stuur je graag stofjes toe in de kleurtjes die je leuk vind. Je kunt op de website zien wat ik voor stofjes heb. (ik heb geen fele kleurtje, batiks enz) Stuur me graag een email naar: [email protected] als je wilt ruilen!

I am knitting my sin miedo socks. You can see them here

The blanket I am working on is called Hemlock ring blanket by Jared Flood

This picture is taken from the Jared Flood website..please visit him here

Molly's blanket is called the Zig and Zack sockblanket you find it here

The book I reviewed is Broderie Blanche by Marie-Noelle Bayard you can find it in french here

I hope you liked this episode and see you next time...and I will try and say uhhmmm a bit less!

Hugs Barbara

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A bit of everything...

Hi!

 This is a post with just a bit of everything in it.

It looks like spring is finally coming to Sweden. The snow is melting a bit and it has been sunny for some days, which really makes me happy!

I was knitting on my shawl. I had to rip back a bit and start over. It is I am sorry to say the most boring knitting ever.  So I started my Sin Miedo socks. They look great! I have learned to cable without a cable needle on these socks and it working well. They are fast as well because I am so curious obout how it will look and what to knit next.

I have also been trying to bake my own bread again and I think I have the right formula now!

Molly is doing well. This week she has discoverd her hands so she is cewing  and slobbering on them:-) This is a video I made this morning:

 

Have a nice day!

Hugs Barbara

Sunday update..

Hi!

This sunday I don't have so much to show you since I have been working on the same things as last week. So instead of a whole episode I will give you a small tour of the babyroom.

 

I did finish my babyquilt and the quilt for the play-penn. You can see this in the small movie I made of the babyroom. Also Håkan has finished my beautifull rocking chair..and you can see this in the room as well..

Here is what the old chair looked like..in the movie you can see the new version:

I am still working on the socks:

And the shawl:

So hopefully more finished things again next week. I do need to hurry with these presents..

Hugs

Barbara

Episode 3: binding and knitting charts tips

Hi!

Here you can find the 3rd episode of the podcast. It is in 2 parts so your download time will be as small as possible...

Part 1

 

Part 2  

I talk about:

The baby cardigan: Milk Infant Top by Pixie Purls

Sin Miedo socks (ravelry link) from rockandpurl.com

Studie book of taupe colour by Yoko Saito

 Enjoy this weeks podcast!

Oh no...it is a podcast....

So I tested to make a video-podcast... it was a lot of fun...I never had so many giggle attacks..*s*..you feel like a complete idiot but after a while it went ok..

The first 20 seconds are grey and I don't know why..but it is normal again after 20 seconds so hold on! I will try to inprove some things like sound and light untill next time..but as said..it is just a test.

 

Part 1

Here are some of the things I talk about:

Hexagon bag frame

Cindy blackberg stamps

Ingrid aka Supergoof

Gerda from Kijk daar is

Nelly's quilt from Quiltmania 78...(please look in my catogories to find all the information)

Trick or treat baskets from Blackbird Design (please look in my catogories to find all the information)

The Dotty weekend from Quilt it and Dotty

Part 2 :

Again: The first 20 seconds are grey and I don't know why..but it is normal again after 20 seconds so hold on! I will try to inprove some things like sound and light untill next time..but as said..it is just a test.

   

 The fabrics for the bag are from Petra Prins

Sensational Knitted socks

The yarn for the socks are  Lucca from BC garn

Quiltmania is the magazine I talked about.

The videocast I like are: theknitgirllls and Around the Twist

So please let me know what you thought....and leave a comment.. 

 

Oh before I forget..Pinkandbarbara is now on plurk again..so get a membership and friend me there!

 

Hugs Barbara

 Please note: I have given links to online stores so you can see the product I have talked about..but please don't forget to support you local quilt or yarn store!

Finished things last weekend

I had this great weekend this last weekend. You know the kind of weekend where you don't have to do anything and find the inspiration to finish some things. I had a friend over for some crafting and finished a great trilogy of books, and just relaxed....

I finished DH socks that were supposed to be a Christmas present but didn't quite work out like that, since I took the knitting with me to Holland. I then send it back to myself because I only had carry-on on the plane and didn't want to loose it.

It took more then 4 weeks to get here!..and then it was to late for Christmas. But they are done now and he loves them!

The pattern is called: thuja

I knitted it in Lorna's Lace Shepherd Sport 100% super-wash. Color 304 Black Watch on 2.75 needles.

It was kind of a boring knit since my DH has enormous feet! I am so happy to be done.

I also made these Baby booties for a friend who just had a little baby girl.

The pattern can be found here. In Dutch as well! 

I made it in 100% cashmere, it is so soft. On 3 mm needles.

I also went to the book sale that we have every end of February and I bought these books.

I can't wait for spring and digging in the garden. 

A present in the mail

Just before I went to Holland I got these lovely socks in the mail from Cathi They are a belated b-day present. I absolutly love them. They came in this cute packaging.  Thank you Cathi I wear them almost every day! 

Sideways:

Duckie Socks

I have made some wonderfull socks. I love them and wear them as often as I can. It is a free pattern on Ravelry made by Samantha Hayes. The  pattern is easy so it is easy to remember especially if you use 4 needles instead of 3 then you will have every patternpiece on one needle.... loved knitting them. I knitted them in Lorna's Laces shepard sport.

Love them!

Checking in

Hi!

I am just checking in quickly since people are starting to wonder where I am.

I am in the middle of making on big post with all the photo's of the bag swap. I am in the process of collecting all the pictures. I am still waiting for some, as soon I have them it will be on the blog.

I had my friend Dorry over from Holland last week and we had a great time. She has the 2 cutest girls and we got along great. My DH and her DH found out on the first night already that the both loved boardgames, so they had a good time too. We had great weather so the girl played outside after our activities and that meant...quilting time for us! This picture was taken at Anundhög which is a very old stone ring.

I finished my sock! It turned out really well for a first sock. The second sock is also in the making.

I am still working on the shawl, which is driving me a bit insane. But I just love the way it looks so I will keep going just a while longer. The thing is that I used a thinner yarn then the pattern so it is taking me much longer and way much more stitches then the pattern says I need.
The problem is that I have seen a cardigan I just HAVE to make, but need to finish the shawl first. So I am trying my hardest not go an buy yarn already..because as soon as you do that you need to cast-on as well and then you are gone and the shawl will never be finished..:-)

Today I am going into town. I have the greatest skirt that I bought in 1994, and have worn it almost every summer day since. It is my absolute favorite but it is getting sooooooooo worn out, so I can't wear it in public anymore only around the house. So I am going to look for some nice fabrics and just duplicate the model. It is such an easy skirt, it shouldn't be a problem. I gotten and overlockmachine when my mom passed, so that makes it even easier.

Hope to be back soon with some more pics!

Barbara

Just Happy

Hi!

To start with..I am not a great wife in terms of cleaning and things like that. I keep a clean house, don't get me wrong. Definitively not a bio-hazard, but maybe there is some dust in some places. It is just that I always catch myself thinking of the other fun crafting stuff I could be doing...know what I mean?
But I did found myself feeling cluttered. You know how it is...you buy a new chair and you put the old one in the extra room, keep doing that for a few months and you can't get into the extra room anymore. So we did some mayor decluttering last week. I cleaned out some clothing out of overstuffed closets...a bit of the garage..spring sun shinning trough my windows reminded me that the windows had to get a wash. I even went trough some of the cupboards and looked at some expiration dates. How many half-full bottles of shampoo can one person have!? I must say...we have room to spare now...some empty shelves! I feel so happy that it is all done. So today I have been sitting down and not having to do anything...I just love that feeling. I have some guests coming later this week and staying for 4 days... and I am done before the come...and just 10 minutes...YIPPEE!

And I just have this sense of being happy...got great friends and made some nice new ones, everybody is really enjoying the swap, happy in the new house and so on.
Some really nice things have happened as well. I went to the dentist and she saw something that needed mending, a small piece of cement of an artificial tooth was coming of. I hate the dentist and needed to get injections and stuff, so had to come back. But when I got there last week and opened my mouth it was gone. I had brushed the piece of cement off. So I could just get up and leave!
We bought some new garden furniture and it was cheaper when we went to pay for it.
I found my favorite CD after it being lost in the move..
It is just small things like that.  I have even managed to forget all the lawyer stuff...

Okay...now back to the crafting things that make me happy too:

This is the progress on the sock. I am almost done. I am now at the part where you need to decrease for the toe. It has some small mistakes..but I am happy so I don't care.

Being a baglady/girl I of-course needed a bag to put the socks in. Kris send me this lovely fabrics with the bag I got in the bagswap and I used one in the brim...thanks again Kris..just what I was looking for!  I needed something that I could just take with me in a hurry and could stand on the floor and on my little table. It has sidepockets for all the small things. Having them on the outside means you can reach them at all times and it doesn't get tangled in the yarn! This is the prototype. There will be a pattern coming. So this is what it looks like standing:

This is the bag folded up ...ready to go with me in any other bag:

See the cute flower???...I got it from my new friend Tracy..please visit her and her shop with nice things. I ordered some jewelry from her and I love them..!

I was looking for a small notebook for the knitting to keep track on which row I am on and found this one:

Okay...now since I don't have to do anything I am going to start a new bag tonight...see you later!