Are you in the mood for a book that is easy to read and has a great story? Then I can really recomment Lampie and the children of the sea by Annet Schaap. Even though it is a book for children, the characters and plot appeal to the imagination of adults as well. About the …
Yes, another free pattern! I enjoy making cross stitch patterns so much, I even catch myself thinking in patterns sometimes. And this pattern is perfect for Pokémon fans all over the world. When I think of Pokémon, I immediately see cute, animal-like creatures! Anime, games for handheld consoles and even a playing card game came …
Embrace your inner bookworm with this free pattern! This pattern is quick to make and you can use the yarn you already have, so let’s get started right away 🙂 Materials Crochet hook 2,5 mmKeychainFiberfillWhite yarnLeftover yarn in color of your choosingYarn needleScissors Cover To make the cover, we are going to crochet in rows. …
My trip to Marrakech has given me so much! Lovely memories, time to relax, and beautiful weather. But don’t forget the amazing patterns that are all over the city! In this blog, I’ll show some of my favorites and how I’m going to make them into patterns. Geometric patterns – mochila, squares I found so …
King’s Cage and War Storm by Victoria Aveyard are the final books in the Red Queen series and I was so excited to finally have the series complete! I rushed through the third book, loving every word of it. For the first time, the story was being told from different points of view: with the main characters being …
Hi guys! For a while now, my grandmother has been ordering tiny wallets on keychains, because she loves to give them away as small thank-you’s. These keychains are perfect to finish up some leftover yarns, especially because they require a small amount of yarn and they are adorable as hell. All you need is a …
This one’s a classic. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson has become the metaphor of having two sides: good and evil. Even before reading it, I knew how the story went. Jekyll and Hyde appear in different kinds of media: movies, books, and even music, not to mention the more than one hundred movie adaptations of …
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 …
Scroll down for the word for February! December is always a busy month. Holidays, family, lots of food… That means little to no time to get creative! And after Christmas, I went to Marrakech for a eleven-day vacation, so my time to get creative got even shorter! Luckily, the word “Pancakes” can be easily made into something we need to do …
When packing my suitcase for Marrakech, I was wondering how many books I should bring. I was reading The Canterbury Tales and Glass Sword at the time, but I thought I should bring one more just to be safe. Looking at the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, I picked The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It has been on my want-to-read …
If you have a partner like mine, this cross stitch pattern is perfect for Valentine’s Day. As one of my boyfriend’s favorite gaming couples, Link and Zelda make a lovely gift to express my love for him! Link is a very popular hero – not only in his own series, The Legend of Zelda, but also in games …
At the first Dutch Comic Con in 2015, my friends wanted to buy a shirt at a stand. I didn’t feel like waiting in line with them, so I stayed behind at the pop-up store of The American Bookstore. And no, I was not sad about that. In fact, I saw some books that pulled …
During English literature in high school, we had to read The Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. I loved that story and wanted to read more tales! Two years ago, I finally got myself a copy of the book, but didn’t start reading because of, well, a lot of other books. …
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 …
Scroll down for the word of December! For once, it came to me immediately after reading the word I pulled out of my jar. It had to be cross stitch, and it had to be “Gym shark” – preferably with a shark, but I knew I only had the smallest hoops and probably no time …
Hooray, you learned to crochet with my previous tutorials (part 1 and part 2)! And now you’re working on a scarf to keep yourself warm this winter, but – oh no! You’re out of yarn and don’t know how to start working with a new ball. Or you have two amazing colors of yarn and …
With the holiday season coming up, it is time to start working on those gift wraps! I wanted to give my presents a special touch this year, so I made these super cute gift-decorations. Just tie them to your gifts and you will be the talk of the Christmas party. Whether it is with friends, …
