Surprise! Another pillow case. Yes! Surely there's a little theme going on here.

Well, this one I made as a request. So it's not intended to stay over at my parts of the woods. But it would fit our little pile of pillow cases quite well. 

The kitten turned out super cute... and ever so slightly naughty looking. I can just see what will happen to that ball of yarn in a matter of seconds. And it won't be fun to clean the tangled mess up either....

Miss Kitty is surrounded by pink patchwork and some merry Bonbon clippings. To soften up the edge between the embroidered part and the rest of the pillow I used a wide flowery eyelet lace. And on the opposite side a fine crochet edging. Red and pink, it really does go well together...

I think there will be more of these to follow. They are so much more fun to put on the little beds than the simple store bought ones. And frankly, runny noses, sick children, ear infections and so on result in pillow cases changed quite often (compared to blankets etcetera).... so having a pile of these around wouldn't only strongly diminish my stash but would boost my house-keeping-goddess status a bit further I believe. I hope. I tell myself. Hah!

Remember when it was still winter? Windy, frosty, even snowy at times but mostly cold. A lot colder than right now?

Well, back in those days I knitted protection gear. Better known as scarfs. Some of them already made it onto here. A couple didn't. In an effort not to disadvantage those unfeatured scarfs, I'll show them off now. Even if it's a little out of season by now...

A boneyard shawl in Madeline Tosh Pashmina, color 'logwood'. Just one skein is enough to make this a royal version for children... or a large bandana sized version for adults. Either way works splendid. And is so so so soft...

And then there was another, yes really another... I could knit this pattern for all eternity, flutter scarf without the flutters. This time, for myself. But modeled by my offspring. In Madeline Tosh Sock, color 'posy'. Pretty in pink, believe me!

As much as I really love this upcoming spring, I'm not keen on the prospect of no longer doing winter knits. But sweaty hands and merino yarn are no great friends. So as long as the sun doesn't push temperatures up and above the magical 20°C, I'll persist in doing some more winterly knitting. If anything, I won't be surprised by sudden cold spells after summer. 

Yes I know, my mind often works in ridiculous ways. I tend to indulge it. 

Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.

Another sweet pillowcase for a sweet little head to rest on. 

This time one featuring an artist bunny -I imagine he lives in Montmartre somewhere- and some colorful patchwork as if it were his canvas. A ribbon to his side and a delicate edging all around the opening of the pillow made following my trusty recipe for edgings using a 1.25mm crochet hook. 

I just absolutely love these vintage embroidery transfers. They are so cheerful and innocent looking. Just the thing for sweet little girls. And boys, of course. 

Promises are one of those dangerous things in life. They seem to slip from your mouth without first passing by the 'let's-do-the-rational-reality-time-check' part of your brain. Well meant, that goes without saying. But all of the sudden you realize that you're buried under promises. Or worse, that some of those promises got buried under time. 

Once you have young children, this seems to happen even more often. And so I found myself with an old nagging promise in the back of my head. "yes, mummy will turn that plain towel in your play kitchen into something cute." After months of plain towels just remaining plain, I was pointed out that there was an old promise hanging over us and set to work.

I was also pointed out that pink really is a most beautiful color. So I obliged...

Some soft pink gingham, enhanced with scraps of fabric and lace and some embroidery. A ribbon and a couple of buttons finished it all of.

And at the back sits the plain towel which sparked this promise to begin with. 

But it's a lovely feeling that at least one more promise has been fulfilled.