Have you ever had a project in mind but were just waiting for the perfect yarn to jump out at you?   If so, then you will understand my recent experience with the Dreambird pattern on Ravelry.  I first saw it ages ago but just wasn’t sure what colors I wanted to do it in, what yarn was going to work …

I can’t believe I didn’t share my photos of the Veluwezoom!  I was looking into the archives of my blog to find the photos and realized I never posted it, how can that be? Back in November Xander and I got together with our friends Candace and Fran for a photo walk through the Veluwezoom.  It was so beautiful and …

According to Bailey… it’s Chestnuts!!

Hrmm I think I may have… perhaps once or twice. Yeah, I definitely have!  LOADS! Yesterday was the first day of Autumn here in the Netherlands and what a great summer we’ve had!  Normally, I spend my autumn posts talking about what I love about the autumn but I’m pretty sure I’ve done that to death and you get the …

It’s that time of year again when I start gushing over how much I love the fall.  I did it last year… and the year before, twice even!  So why should this year be any different? This weekend we went to a big Thanksgiving dinner for an expat group I belong to for expat women in Holland.  One of the …

I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since my last I LoveThe Fall photos and posts. This is one of my favorite times of year for so many different reasons. I always get the feeling like I should be out buying pencils and getting in as many bike rides as I can before the snow. I love going out …

Oh man am I ever getting sick. Within the last few hours I went from feeling perfectly fine to feeling like my head is going to explode. My throat hurts, my nose is stuffy and I can’t stop sneezing. I’m positively miserable! Xander came home last week and wasn’t feeling well, had a bit of a cold for about two …

I’m so happy to show you this new design! I’m also pretty impressed with myself that I managed to get the scarf blocked and photographed in the heat we are having here in France at the moment. Look at me, keeping on schedule like a boss! If you are also in a hot climate at the moment, you may be …

When we realized that we weren’t going to the states and that my husband would be free to work from home wherever he wanted, there was only one place on our minds – FRANCE!  After spending so many holidays there over the past number of years, we had both totally fallen in love with the countryside, culture, lifestyle and weather. Living …

My new fair isle hat design is complete and as promised, here is a better look at it! I even came up with a name for it already, which is surprising as I often hum and haw for ages over the name. I’ve decided to name it after La Benaize, a river that runs through the woods next to the …

Wow, so it’s been a while! It has been almost seven months since I last posted about this hat and so much has changed in that time! So much to write about that I’m not even sure where to start, which is why I haven’t yet.  Anyway, I had originally designed the hat for a trip we were planning for …