Happy Easter

 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend

Easter Sunday (post 1111)

Months are flowing into each other
with all kinds of appointments that keep us busy.
But luckily there is also time
for stitching and painting
and 
family !
No matter how big the grandchildren grow,
looking for Easter eggs in the garden is always FUN !
So today they hunted for eggs
(hmmm, one is still somewhere hidden in the green !)
and later had a yummy dinner.

Yesterday I finished my first gouache painting
to replace the ones I sold last year on the art market.

I have three more sketches ready
for a few more
(but I surely won't finish them all before May 13,
perhaps only one !)

(detail)

one leaving the nest . . .

The eldest of our grandchildren
is leaving the nest !
(ohhhh I remember that day when daughter
went to live on her own in the big city !)

On the evening of my birthday
she went to Leiden with her friend
to view an apartment . . .
That is a difficult job in Holland :
there is a serious shortage of affordable housing !

It must have been a really lucky day,
because later she called that they had it !!!

That asked for something special :
I followed the lead of my dear friend Hazel
and stitched a tiny house for them
that I gave on Easter Monday.

First dreaming of a house
and now on cloud 9 that they found one !!!

They got the key on
22 - 4 - '22
We wish them happy times there !

(Thanks Hazel !)

Of course there were EGGS on that day too
(and it doesn't matter how old you are !)

;-)

brrrrr : Easter ! (and other things)

I am really sure we never had an Easter Monday
as cold as this one :
with wind and rain and SNOW and HAIL

For our little family Easter means : looking for eggs in the garden.
(Oh yes, we had rain a few time s and then
the Easter Bunny hid the eggs somewhere inside !)

Because this time we had no wrapped eggs (vegan)
I wrapped them myself :

some in alu foil (for outside)
and some in coloured tissue paper (for inside)

In our spring garden there are plenty of places where eggs can be hidden !

The first few eggs are often easily found
because a small part is showing
. . .
but after that, it gets a bit harder

And no matter how small or how big you are :
looking for Easter eggs is FUN !

(as helper of the Easter Bunny, I  always count the eggs,
because after a bit I have forgotten where I put them !)

We didn't find them all (!)
but it was so freezing that we went inside to look for the "paper" ones

Sometimes it's hard to see things
even if they're right under your nose !
(in the white felted shell )

After an hour the weather turned
REALLY  BAD !

*

Last week I mentioned "mending"
and that there were two real things
I still needed to do

The big guy was totally satisfied with my work
and glad that he could wear his trousers again !

My wonderful "knitting-daughter"
made a present for someone :

For the Stitch Club this week
I made this "wrap"

I hope the sun and warmth return next week !!!

(p.s. : still some eggs missing outside !)

fooling Easter ?

Easter on the first of April,

funny  ...

though we're a LOT happier than a year ago

(when we spent the day in hospital !

happy to have left thát behind us ...)

A gray day today

and not very warm too !

Not at all what you expect on Easter.

So why not make our own nice day :

Spring flowers from daughter

a bunch of (good old) Easter bunnies

and one of my gouache paintings that I've been making

the last three months.

A happy weekend to you all out there !

Easter holiday over

Warm sweaters and home-knit socks

it was the best to wear
these Easter holidays !

But in the end

we had this cold but sunny day :

just right to look for Easter eggs 

a big basket to be filled ...

(the garden is so green ... I hope we found them all )

Man made a big browny cake

and we had a lovely dinner at the end of the day.

I used up a lot of Saturday (at the St'nB)

and Sunday doing very tiny crochet

with some of the "birthday-balls" of fine "Scheepjes" cotton !

I made some extra presents

a tiny monkey !

The youngest grandson adores his "Jacobus" monkey(s)

daughter made for him when he was born

and he still sleeps with them !

So when I saw this tiny crocheted monkey

.....

I had to try make one !

(sorry ... only in Dutch)

Though the tiny pieces gave me a headache

(and I could hardly hold them between my fingers !)

I managed to finish one ...

and started on the next !!!

For big brother   ;-)   ... they both LOVE green !

(the "girls" had some crochet flower for their key ring) 

I really LOVED the challenge

but

making tiny amigurumi will NOT be my new hobby !!!

(though I might try one or two .....)

Happy Easter

What a fun day it was !

Looking for eggs in the garden

Chocolate eggs, candle eggs,
and even eggs made of sidewalk chalk !

After that we had yummy brownies
(home baked by Man)
and a gourmet dinner.

(tomorrow will be a rainy day ...
but this one was sunny and good !)
*

Yesterday I went to the St'nB
and could show there
my flat "Peteals"

Mmmmmmm !

BUT

it seems like I don't have enough
for a long (140 cm) scarf
.....
and they
 DON'T  HAVE  THAT  COLOUR  ANYMORE !!!

Is there anyone out there who has a bit left ?????

Crystal Palace Yarn 

"Mini Mochi"

colour 102

Easter weekend (and 4 - 4 - 15)

Oh yes, 

spring is definately coming our way !

(though the weather isn't that nice yet)

The weekend started off

with a very lovely 

(loud, according to Man, when he came back)

group of creative women.

(yeah : "praten en breien tegelijk" = knitting while talking)

The group that used to come together at the Alpaca farm,

is this year "on tour" :

every first Saturday of the month at someone else's place.

(a few more to arrive)

A lot of show and tell

My own work (with Fiona's lovely yarn !) but I didn't

do a lot of the lacy-bit stitches this morning ...

*

On Sunday the whole family had an appointment with the Easter Bunny

and we were glad to have sunshine although

it wasn't really warm yet.

The fun started at th front door : chocolate eggs !

Looking for more eggs in the back garden.

It wasn't easy because the Easter Bunny had done a good job hiding them !

But, with  a little help (of my friends)

And then, when his big sister was making special cupcakes,

the little one was ready to assist !

Mmmmmmmmmmm !

(they were goooooood !)

a fun day

 

Yesterday

the Easter Bunny had a lot of fun

hiding the chocolate eggs,

this time for real.

 

Though there were drops of rain through the day

that didn't interfere

with the "big search"

 

 

For the little one it was all new

and he didn't quite understand what

big sister and big brother were doing all the time :

he liked his little basket

but didn't want anything in it

 

and threw the egg out as soon as

it was put in his basket.

 

Mister Bunny had an easy job hiding the eggs :

the garden is lush and green already.

 

HA !

you may not see his face clearly

but due to the raindrops

a slug

had climbed on top of one of the eggs

(yuk)

.....

 

After the first bite

 

the little one liked what "Easter eggs" tasts like.

 

*

 

Today I received my next

RED

piece of the felting-exchange

 

Ahhh, so sorry it doesn't fit my wrist ...

 

It came with a lovely card in colour

 

Thanks very much Joke !

 

 

(my own piece I'll have to send  this month

is a bit late due to the nasty encounter with the knife,

but will now soon be ready)