You probably recognize this situation: after you finish a project, you have some yarn leftover. Not too little to throw away, but you don’t have any purpose for it right now. Especially with amigurumi’s, you end up with some half-used skeins of different-colored yarn that you can use another time, but maybe never will. For …
We’re almost done with 2018. And what a year it has been. I will spare you the details, but it has been a rollercoaster. That’s why I am really looking forward to the holidays, and my trip to Morocco right after! With the post for December’s Jar of Ideas coming next week, this is the …
The last few weeks I have been under the crochet-radar. It felt like all I ever did was crochet, while I have so many other hobbies! With the Jar of Ideas I tried to stay away from crochet because of this, but still I wanted to spend more time with my other hobbies. Since I …
In case you haven’t heard of the Four Day Marches in Nijmegen, let me tell you what it is. Once a military training, people walk 30, 40 or 50 kilometers for four days in a row. This all happens in the beautiful surroundings of Nijmegen, a city in the Netherlands. Depending on gender and age, you …
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 …
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 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 …