Stitches and Thrills

I just finished another kitty hat. I'm actually working on another project: a custom order scarf. But yesterday I had some train traveling to do. This means: starting on a new hat. The first threequarter of a hat I always knit on a circular needle, which has a lot of benefits in the train: 1. you don't poke your fellow traveler 2. you don't lose any stitches 3. it fits in my handbag! 4. there is no wasted time, when the train stops for 10 minutes in the middle of nowhere 5. never loose an opportunity to hand out a businesscard =^x^= I get a lot of questions about what I'm making, where I learned to knit, how it works with the circular needle... And voila:

Last year I experienced the wonderful street theater show "Alice" by Theater Gajes in Leiden. I love the costums, the surprising twists and the adaptation of the tale. As they perform above and between the audience you are really drawn in the fantasy world, and you even get caught up in the chase. They are still performing this show in Holland and Germany . On their website I saw the announcement of a new production: Don Quixote . I hope they come to Leiden again!

Karin Hilton Designs: Absoloutely fabulous pillow covers. If you got a weak spot for England (like I do) these are a must. She's got different designs (Union Jack, staffordshire terrier), but the QE stamp are my favourite! Her shop's at karinhiltondesigns.etsy.com .

After knitting a zillion kitty hats, one would like some change. I saw a girl in the shop I work with a big headphone over her beanie and...the Headphone Hat was born. I am thinking about making a cotton crochet version for summer, but for now there is this knitted acrylic one . Plus point is that unlike the kitty hat (which, face it, is really a girly thing), the DJ Hat is unisex.

Mijn schoonzus exposeert weer haar prachtige zilveren sieraden! Als je in de buurt bent moet je zeker even gaan kijken.

Zaterdag 6 oktober 2007 was de Landelijke Open Asiel Dag. Miss Minoes was met een kraampje aanwezig bij Dierenasiel Stevenshage. Met name de nieuwe kattensjaals trokken veel bekijks. Alles wat die dag niet verkocht is zet ik op ETSY . Dus hou m'n winkeltje in de gaten.

Ondanks stormachtig weer in de ochtend, mochten we niet klagen over de belangstelling.