Summertime!

Yesterday was the start of summertime in Holland. So Saturday night at 12 it was time to set the clock an hour forwards.  And this weekend we had wonderful weather to match the summertime! You can see it's spring because my garden is filled with wonderful colours :)

Beautiful colours

Beautiful colours

My plum tree is blossoming and in August the plums are ready to be eaten!

Plum tree blossoming

Plum tree blossoming

My apple tree is just starting to blossom and I have to wait untill September/October before I can make an apple pie.

Apple tree

Apple tree

Have a nice week!

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XXL Granny Square blanket

I finally finished and photographed my latest project: the XXL Granny Square blanket! Yahoo! Doesn’t it look super retro? ;)

XXL Granny Square Blanket

I thought I would finish the blanket on Wednesday but I’m always (unpleasantly) surprised how time-consuming the finishing of a project is. When I finish the last square or row, I always have to hold myself in not to yell a very loud and relieved YES!!!! Finished and almost ready to be posted!

Sigh….that would be in a perfect world where little elfs would wave their magic wands and all the tail ends will be disappeared! But no, we don’t live in that kind of world, I have to do it myself. And oh my…what a lot of work to crochet the squares together…..to weave in all the tail ends…..to make the border. It cost me (at least) an other day before I’m truly finished.

You know what they say: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me…. I am fooled every time! Does this mean I’m a fool or am I a very optimistic person? I’m absolutely convinced the second option is the right one! ;)

XXL Granny Square Blanket

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Knock, knock who’s there?

It’s quite strange when you start a Blog. You write about something that’s on your mind and then you post it….for others to read. But does actually someone read your post? Is your post being read only by yourself?….or 1 person other person?…or 10 others?….or 100 others….or…well, I think you get the idea ;)

And why am I posting? Is my life more interesting then the life of many others? Is my life interesting at all or so boring that I have lots of time to post on my personal Blog? ;) This will be an unanswered equally important question as Shakespeare’s “to be or not to be….”.

Although the reason of starting a Blog is not quite certain at this point, I do know that I enjoy writing for my Blog! And I hope that in future there will be someone who enjoys reading my posts! For those who do read my post, a little sneak peak of my newest project.

Sneak peak latest project

Have a wonderful start of a new week!

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Not everyone’s cup of tea

So many people, so many different tastes and preferences. Yesterday I posted a custom made order of 4 pillows. I really like these pillows but I also like my Rainbow blanket and both are so different. What do you like? What are your favorite colours?

Custom made order: Pillows in grade shades

Rainbow Babyblanket

I love bright colours and it is a joy for me to use as many different colours I can find and squeeze them in one project, but I also like to use just a few modest colours. So after a few colourful blankets, I choose just three colours for my next project. I hope to post pictures of the new project soon!

Have a nice, here in Holland very sunny, day!

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My own blog!

Wow.....I started my own blog today so this will be my very first blog post.......ever! So please be patient with me because I'm an absolute jackaroo in Blog-land and not a native English speaker or writer! And I can tell you; it wasn’t easy at all to get started! All the settings, I was totally lost and still have to figure out how many things in Blog-land works.

Anyway….my oh my, now I started my blog what to write?! Hmm, maybe I can start with introducing myself. I'm Josie from the Netherlands or Holland (you can choose which one you like best because it's both the same little country in Europe! ;)) and as the title of my blog suggest: I looooove colours and crochet!

I started crocheting almost two years ago and like most crocheters I'm totally hooked on my crochet hook! I found out that I like to make blankets and pillows very much!

My newest creation is a Rainbow Babyblanket and to be honest….I’m very pleased with the result! I can look at those colours for hours.....and a few more hours! Bright colours make me happy J

Rainbow Babyblanket

Rainbow Babyblanket

Rainbow Babyblanket

So with some photos of my Rainbow Babyblanket, I wish you a very nice start of the week!

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