tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66859308086398402262024-03-05T14:39:15.133+01:00Out of the grey, into the rainbowRedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-52934214435265935452015-12-27T15:23:00.002+01:002015-12-27T15:29:15.259+01:00Comfort"I need more boobies in my life!", he exclaimed.<br />
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I'm quite happy with the result, but the best boobie project so far is still the ball I made for another friend:<br />
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Two and a half years ago, when I sat down to answer the survey in <a href="http://craftoutofgrey.blogspot.be/p/meme.html">this meme</a>, I tried to list all the crafts I ever dabbled with. I'm sure I did much more than that together with my mum or at school.</div>
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Earlier this month, when chatting with a knitting club member whose mother is Swiss, it turned out that she too felt like there was much more crafting going on in Alpine homes than in these flatlands of Flanders.</div>
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One craft I don't remember learning however (though there were definitely hand-woven mini-rugs around the house), is weaving. But did I catch up fast this month! A little bit of research on <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/redsamur/weaving/">Pinterest</a> led to an overall idea and a first project.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"> 4 foam mats to reduce "wiggle"</li>
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So I had a look, a think, rummaged a bit in my box of upcyclables and
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RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-52321968302311580202015-09-14T21:23:00.003+02:002015-09-14T21:23:42.494+02:00199<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-73862197608964205682014-04-03T20:33:00.000+02:002014-04-03T20:33:38.190+02:00Frautbe Collective<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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FO: Hopefully a dress worthy of a dryad</div>
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RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-44934861296916279722014-02-28T12:43:00.002+01:002014-02-28T12:45:52.293+01:00Plant craftI'll be the first to admit that I do not have a green thumb. When I was small, I used to collect cacti, and that's about it. Helping mum in the garden was not a chore I looked forward to.<br />
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Here in my new apartment, I started out with 2 fake plants, to brighten up my kitchen cabinets. Then, a sempervivum caught my eyes. As it did well for several months, I became adventurous and asked around for a plant that would have a positive influence on room climate and not be toxic to cats - as Akuma has a bad munching habit. The mother of a friend of mine provided me with three baby spider plants (apparently they're common as muck around here and virtually indestructible). Akuma ignored them for three days and had a bite on the fourth. So I needed to find a way to keep them in the warmest room with the most light and out of her reach.<br />
They're doing fine since that first attack. With the latest addition, Pogonatherum Monica (funny name, as I had just cast on for a Pogona shawl by WestKnits) I didn't want to take any risks and provided protection from kitty teeth the moment this plant entered my life:<br />
A big vase and huge marble found at 2nd hand, 2 green plastic pots I had gotten for the Ikea Fejka, some ribbon I used in a previous project, a plaster star fish that was part of an art display here at the beach, artificial green sand and a cheap necklace I had initially bought for some window art.<br />
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Why do my plants wear jewellry, you might ask?<br />
A) To celebrate their arrival in my life<br />
B) To draw my attention to them (Ooh, shiny!) so I keep checking their water supply and general health.<br />
<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-63124305340448583512014-02-26T00:05:00.002+01:002014-02-26T00:08:58.759+01:00Swants on the beachA large portion of my creative energy and time went into making Swants in January and February.<br />
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As I am a vampire <sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*)</span></sup>, the photographers at the event had a hard time taking pictures of me in my swants, so here they are in a "selfie":<br />
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yarn: Botany Lace by Araucania bought at Stoffenhuys Paulette<br />
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yarn: Special DK by Stylecraft<br />
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yarn: 4 strands left-overs held together<br />
needles: 12mm</td></tr>
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-47981236677616579992013-12-02T18:59:00.000+01:002013-12-02T18:59:53.589+01:00X-Balls Tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Last year's was only done in the afternoon of Christmas Eve and taken down that same night, because little Moku the cat couldn't be trusted with it.</div>
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This year, I started preparing for the tree in November, finished it yesterday night and decorated it this morning.</div>
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-58651227608123541202013-11-30T23:12:00.000+01:002013-11-30T23:12:34.718+01:00Needle felting lessonSince finishing Lalupe (who's now happily sharing a windowsill with her older brother Dagobert), not a lot has happened on the dry felting frontier.<br />
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-52382879488543136392013-11-26T11:14:00.001+01:002013-11-26T11:14:36.253+01:00Draggins!Somewhere on the intarwebs... a picture from an etsy shop got reposted.<br />As a knitter, my first thought was, "I can do this!". But I know myself, and at the moment, starting a project is easy, finishing is not. So I decided to knit four mittens at once, one pair for a friend, one pair for myself.<br /><br />This is how it started out:<br />
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This was almost finished (I had switched to my pointiest circs for ease of cabling):</div>
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<br />So glad I was able to finish them, so happy to have them off the needles. So green.<br /><br />
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RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-44192114484259523172013-10-09T06:12:00.001+02:002013-10-09T06:12:56.078+02:00Cancelled Color CravingI got stuck in the last three rows of Clue I and when I had time to pick it up again I also had a peek at the FO's of others:
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RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-63806814261000997232013-09-29T16:26:00.001+02:002013-09-29T16:26:50.447+02:00Feeling grateful and honouredNot only did I finish my shawl, I also grabbed the chance to have it photographed by the lovely Ameria during our last knitting session in Bruges. Thx AJ!<br />
One of those pictures is even featured on the pattern page now, which is a great honour on Ravelry:<br />
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-9253710961642759422013-09-16T20:45:00.000+02:002013-09-16T20:54:10.271+02:00NahuatlI think I finished my fastest project of the year yesterday:<br />
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The triangular scarf Yexcampa Tlamachiotili only took me 3 weeks to knit!</div>
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Great fun project which puzzled many who witnessed me knitting this in public.</div>
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Once this was bound off (by the fumes of my yarn), I could start clue 1 of the WestKnit's Mystery KAL.</div>
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At the moment it looks rather bizarre, but appeals to my inner dragon and I love love love the colours (though in this photograph the lime/petrol combo looks more like yellow/blue. I hope it'll photograph better on a less rainy afternoon).</div>
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So here it is, the first half of clue 1 for the Ixnēzcā shawl:</div>
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In case you're wondering about the strange title of this post and the names of my projects: I have decided to hencefort name all my projects in the language of the Aztecs, which is Nahuatl. For reference, I'm using the <a href="http://whp.uoregon.edu/dictionaries/nahuatl/">Nahuatl Dictionary of the University of Oregon</a></div>
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RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-27376936975282561612013-08-26T21:04:00.000+02:002013-08-26T21:04:46.514+02:00Waiting for WestMy knitting friend <a href="http://www.dominiqueknitting.blogspot.be/2012/09/samenbreien-knitalong.html">Dominique</a> took part in a Mystery Knit-Along last year, creating a lovely version of Stephen West's Rockefeller. So when I discovered that she'll knit-along in another of Mr West's mysteries, it didn't take me long to jump right in. The project name "Color Craving" matches my crafting into the rainbow motto too well.<div>
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However, the MKAL only starts on September 13th, so until then I'll keep my hands busy with more colourful stitches:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />And last but not least [imagine drum roll here], K is back in blogland! Best news of the week so far, but it's only Monday ;)</div>
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RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-89615385945829257802013-08-18T11:40:00.000+02:002013-08-18T11:40:29.756+02:00Latl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A year ago, I took Crazi Henri along when my crafty friends Rozemie and Karin took me to the international teddy bear and doll fair in Bruges. Karin fell madly in love for little Henri and asked if I ever had the time and felt like knitting another one, could she have one too?</div>
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As summer progressed and we started making plans for <a href="http://breienenhaken.blogspot.be/2013/08/int-doll-and-teddy-bear-show-in-brugge.html">another visit to that show</a>, I started knitting.</div>
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Meet "Latl" (short for Teocuitlatl, "gold" in the language of the Aztecs, Nahuatl), posing with Henri during a coffee break in Bruges yesterday:</div>
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-46619032961817263642013-08-15T11:01:00.001+02:002013-08-15T11:01:55.953+02:00Lazy light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Half-way August, the light is starting to be lazy, but the critter knitting needs to continue.</div>
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-46949705278039610232013-08-09T12:56:00.000+02:002013-08-09T12:56:04.444+02:00Crazy Critter LadyHelen over at <a href="http://breieninoostende.blogspot.be/">Breien in Oostende</a> called me "our reigning queen of knitted and felted critters" in her post about Dagobert the dragon. This got me wondering how many knit and crochet toys I have made in the last 6 years (you've seen the<a href="http://craftoutofgrey.blogspot.be/search/label/needle%20felting"> felted ones here</a>).<div>
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This represents 56 different projects, with anything between 1 and 6 versions of the same pattern.</div>
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How many did I give away as presents? 50.</div>
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RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-35799102192313293752013-08-06T23:40:00.000+02:002013-08-06T23:40:51.766+02:00Ostend & Bruges SnB Blog Updates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Dagobert Superstar</div>
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-8975213388947890652013-08-03T20:17:00.000+02:002013-08-03T20:17:26.840+02:00Quickie BlingSometimes a crafter needs an instant gratification project. Crochet jewellery can provide just that.<br />
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Today I had some fun with cotton yarn and a treasure of buttons / oversized sequins I had purchased many years ago</div>
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-9061248180952514592013-08-02T20:31:00.000+02:002013-08-02T20:31:43.073+02:00When it's done, it's finishedHe's finished!<br />
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Oddly, the pattern didn't include a tail, so I had to add one.<br />
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I'm very happy to have finished Dagobert (there were moments when I didn't think I would). He'll be a great companion for knitting events. I love Annita's patterns for the fact that she works in a very organic way. Each feature grows naturally from the previous one, the knitter doesn't have to spend an afternoon attaching body parts. "When it's done, it's finished", as a famous Buddhist monk is sometimes quoted.</div>
Sunday I'll help a knitting friend get started with another of Annita's patterns, Suusje the mouse, if I'm not mistaken.<br />
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And I'll cast on for yoga socks with the same yarn now. Not for yoga classes though, but for a four session introduction to meditation, taught in the lovely Begijnhof in Bruges:<br />
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<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-14668299326580991772013-07-29T21:16:00.000+02:002013-07-29T21:16:46.694+02:00Knit it again, S.Finally I can talk about this project!<br />
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A dear friend of mine told us last year that she'll be expecting a baby this spring. This, of course sent me into a mad search for a cute pattern. Once I had whittled it down to two designs, we had the following text conversation:<br />
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me - bunny or sheep?<br />
her - bunny<br />
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We didn't need to say more ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pattern: Flat Foot Floogie by <a href="http://www.fuzzymitten.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Prime</a><br />yarn: Bergere Sport, purchased at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/youri.maenhout" target="_blank">Stoffenhuys Paulette</a></td></tr>
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Yesterday Bunny went to live with baby S.</div>
<br />RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-46115371892559282352013-06-29T13:18:00.001+02:002013-06-29T13:18:57.317+02:00I'm still standing<span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">I'm still standing after all this time</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">Updates have been few and far between in June, as I was struggling with some motivation-, inspiration- and energy issues. But I'm still crocheting and knitting, and hope to return to beading and needle felting soon.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">These are my current WiPs:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">A stash-busting project, using the pattern <a href="http://sarahlondon.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/crochet-apache-tears-free-pattern/" target="_blank">Apache Tears by Sarah London</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An irrisistible little dragon by <a href="http://zijmaakthet.blogspot.be/2013/01/mooi-groen-is-niet-lelijk.html" target="_blank">Zij Maakt Het</a> (Dutch blog)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What is it with me and dragons?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First and foremost, the dragon is my Chinese zodiac. Not quite water, not quite air, not quite real, not quite there. If I ever get a second tattoo (and I do want one), it'll be dragon-related. Often, they're green, and green is one of my happy colours. Scales are sexy.</span></span>RedSamurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016140240877523487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685930808639840226.post-6206226293277260062013-06-28T11:51:00.001+02:002013-06-28T11:51:33.527+02:00Bruges SnBWe had a lovely meeting a few days ago:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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