Stitches and Thrills

It was a succesful day at the fair last Saturday. This is an annual fair at the Animal Shelter Stevenshage to raise some funds. it was my 3rd year at the fair now. I sold about the same as last year. Especially the cat toys and the upcycled calender gift bags were a hit! I also sold a few kitty hats. Dutch people don't like to stand out in a crowd to much. So here kitty hats are mainly seen as a childrens accessory. My international market is more women from 15- 35 and beyond. So the rest of the week I'm going to be busy to add all the new hats and scarfs to Etsy . More photo's of the day: The Miss Minoes Express: My table at the fair: I still haven't found a good translation in English for my slogan "Niet Mutsen, Maar Breien" =^x^=

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I was inspired by Enid in the movie Ghostworld , and decided to design a superhero hat. Ive made 2 versions: The first one ( plum and black ) is all knit. The second one ( raspberry and white ) has the mask crocheted instead of knit. Which one you like best?

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.