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Hi dear followers,

I moved my blog.
It can be found here

Hope to see you there

Best wishes
Sophie

Merry Christmas...

and a Happy New Year

Well..

.. currently I'm doing advanced training. This is the reason, why there were only a few posts in the last months. But I promise, after my classes, I will do my very best in order to catch up asap.....

in memoriam

Abacus
* 1996
+ 2008

Eye Candy Friday

It's so awfully cold outside, but my flowers begin to bloom. Here my hyacinth for you with all best wishes for a lovely, cosy weekend with a lot of time to take care of your actual projects.

MAGKNITS

Well, it's tooo sad, but Magknits gave up it's website. I read it in a blog and yes, it's obviously true. The site can not be found anymore. Hope you all saved enough patterns, I 'm afraid, I did not. Even via Ravelry is no chance to get them anymore. No, nothing nowadays, you can trust on anymore...

Happy Easter

I hope you all will have a nice weekend. Relax with your family and your favorite hobby if you can, and wherever you are, may the weathergod have mercy on you.....here it is cold, ugly, snowy, rainy and icy. It's always changing during the entire day....

Spring is in the Air...

..but only in the house. Now we obviously have the winter we should have had in December/January. It's cold, ugly, snowy, slushy and stromy outside, and the only thing that makes it acceptable, is to sit in front of the fireplace with a hot cup of tea, knitting and a nice bunch of flowers that reminds us that spring is not far away...et voilà, here it is, I got it yesterday from my friend W.

Knitting Dicipline

Reference to my entry from Friday, Feb. 15th

I had been thinking about this problem and decided to work out a monthly plan. Otherwise I would never be able to get on with my stash. In order to reduce my sock yarn stash, I will continue sticking to the sokker project, then I have to finish one gift for Christmas, well there are already a lot of ideas in my mind.. and if there is time left, I can work on other projects, especially my patchwork-leftover-blanket.....because I still have to take care of my house and garden, and I really didn't remember that it is a hell lot of work, if you will always keep everything clean and tidy. In all these years I wasn't at home more or less, I was only able to get the important things done, such as laundry, ironing and shopping. During vacation I cleaned the house, but this was never all I had to do. Gardening was impossible, so the place looked accordingly. And I admit that I didn't have any energy to do housework after 12-hour days. Only just a few rows of knitting in order to retire before bedtime. I already created a weekly plan for my housework and up to now it is working fine. I'm not finished with everything yet, and I didn't start the gardening yet, due to rainy weather, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. But I realized as well, if the household has to be proper managed on a regular base, there is no time left for doing a job. I hope I will not mutate to a maniac for housework, this would definitely controvert my temper.....

Discipline or Morality

I refer to my post from Febr. 3rd 2008...
I didn't realize, how hard it is to stick to the complete programm. The household is almost done, here and there some leftovers that I don't know where to store. My house is definitely too small, I have to decide what I must get rid of.... Next week I will start with the gardening...horror for me, but I have to get through, otherwise the house will be ending up behind a green curtain...
And now, what's about my creative progress? I'm not able to finish one project at a time. That's, what I mean by dicipline. There is so much material in my stash that I can start new objects over and over again. Well, I admit, I finsh my stuff as well, but then I have already started at least two new projects.. Is there anybody who can give me an advice, how I can dicipline myself...???

Ha, and finally I tell you that I've got my first mosquito bite for this year. Not to forget, it is still February......

I cannot believe it...

..but my german written blog has vanished from the web. I'm not able to find it, both via links or via search engine. Is it possible that it can be deleted without any message? I did not write "forbidden" posts or something, just entries about my creative projects, absolutely harmless...
I spent such a lot of time to create it..I could cry....
Well, I'm going to continue this blog and hope that it will not disappear as well...

Spring in Winter?

Well, folks, what's wrong with this weather? Spring already in winter? It's in the middle of February, and it should be cold and frosty outside with a lot of snow. But flowers begin to bloom, bushes and trees are growing and I'm really thinking of cutting the gras for the first time this year...What's developing here? Warm winters, short and warmer springs and falls and long dry and hot summers? And this right in the middle of Europe? I can't believe that the climate is changing that fast, but we obviously have to live with it....gone, these wonderful long, dry, cold winters with loads of snow, skiing, sleging, scating and White Christmases when I used to live in Norway...but almost 20 years ago......

Christmas comes to us all once a year...

..and mostly all of a sudden....

So, if you are wondering that I'm already doing x-mas gifts, my experience says that I can't start early enough, and my schedule allows it right now. I don't know what this year is going to be like and I can only afford to show up on Christmas Eve without any packages once. Well, this event happened last year....I'm sure there are no further queries....

All New Year's Resolutions....

Well, I'm sure that you all know about this human attitude. When I lost my job in December, I said to myself: "Welcome to your new life, Sophie". I don't have any other chance than to make the best out of it. And how can I start successfully? Of course, stick consequently to all the pledges of last past years that never had a chance to be kept. Not so easy, I know, but it prevents you from falling in a big, deep and dark hole. And it challenges your inner temptation.....

So, what have I done so far?
First of all, I quit smoking....I did't plan it, it just came over me...now I have to take care of my weight....but one after the other...
I began to clean up the house that hadn't seen more than absolutely necessary work in the past ten years...and I have to hurry since the garden already needs attention and it doesn't look better than the rest of the property.
I need more time as usual to take care of all my matters since I've got to finish all ways on foot or by bike.
And last but not least I began to clear up my stash and have a look through all the unfinished objects around the place.

What I will make out of these ufo's, all other material for hundreds of projects knitted and sewed, and some other passions I couldn't live for ages, I will share with you. I invite you, to comment my posts if you want, because it's always exiting to see what other members have to say about an entry.

Now I'll get back to my needles and I hope to be able to show you something finished tomorrow.

Best wishes Sophie

new start in new year

Welcome to everybody who loves being active with wool and fabrics, colors and all the other items that make your hobby fabulous. Miss Sophie and I like to share our own creative world with you.

Have fun with us and we are looking forward to your comments.