If you have been following my Instagram, you know I often make sheep rattles. They are fun to make, but the pattern is written in Dutch. That’s a bummer for you non-Dutch speaking crocheters! Today, that’s going to change: I will translate the pattern in UK and US terms. These are the materials you need: …
Take a look at the upper left corner. Notice the flags? From now on, this website is multilingual! You can easily switch between languages and all the blogs will be written in English and Dutch. Great news, right? It gets better. Not only are Dutchies able to switch to their native language, they can also …
My first crochet hooks were the hooks I got from my grandmother. I also got my mom’s hooks, which are similar to my grandmother’s. I have been using these for a year and a half, when I needed a specific hook-size for a project. In my grandmother’s and mother’s cases I couldn’t find a 9 …
Fans of the tv-show Gilmore Girls know this already: daughter Rory reads a lot. Actually, during the series she reads or mentions reading 339 books. Not counting the books from Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, or books that Lorelai reads or mentions. Australian writer Patrick Lenton made a list of these books, and that resulted in …
Most creative people know the feeling: wanting to create something, but your mind is blank. In my case, I wanted to make more time for creativity, but I kept hitting that blank space. What to make, what to make, what to make? One day, I had enough. After spending a weekend with my very creative …
… and I own approximately 260 novels. And that number continues to grow. I read about 20 books and buy (or get as a gift) up to 15 books each year! All the genres are represented in my bookcase: thrillers, chicklits, young adult, fantasy, classic literature, and more. I like almost every book I read. …
Free pattern at the bottom, in English (UK and US terms) and Dutch! Gratis patroon onderaan de pagina, in Engels (VK en VS termen) en Nederlands! Have you ever been in love with yarn or a pattern, but have no use for it? I have, and I’m sure you have been in this situation as …
And here we go! My first blogpost on my new website. It’s exciting to have this finally becoming real: I have been working so hard on Nerd With Yarn, to get everything started… but here we are! The process of making this website came with a lot of ups and downs. Since I am a …