Hier deel ik ideeën en dingen die mij inspireren.
Ik hou van haken, maar niet van patronen, dus haak ik het liefst vrij en blij en ik kijk wel wat het gaat worden. Dit keer had ik een paar bolletjes prachtige angora wol met zijde gemengde draad. Een dunne draad, dus een uitdaging voor mij om die te haken met een dikke haaknaald.
Meteen een prachtig effect en ik wist ineens wat ik er mee ging maken. Lampen!
Texel is a small island in the north of the Netherlands is the place I like to be. It is crowded by sheep’s, there are living more sheep’s than people. Their wool is giving me a lot of possibilities. Spinning, dying, felting, knitting and weaving.
A lot of children were on Texel for spring break. There are a lot of activities on the island. One of the things I love is to do with my (teenage) grandchildren is to comb the beach. We start at the lighthouse, which you can climb, and from there we walk along the shore line to Pole 28. At least, that is the plan. We end up criss-crossing the beach from one washed up piece of rope to the next interesting piece of driftwood. Our backpacks are full of shells, driftwood and stones and we drag the pieces of rope through the sand. When we arrive at Pole 28 we feast on a plate of chips.
It feels like summer and I am cycling in the dunes wearing a thin T-shirt. I am on my way to a bird event for bird-lovers. Men and women who have huge binoculars to observe all the birds on the island. This is normally not for me, the birds in our garden are enough and I don’t need binoculars to see them.
Sunday morning nine o’clock and everybody is sound asleep. Except for me; Luca and I are walking our usual route and are enjoying the beautiful blossoms. On various places it has been snowing pink petals and I see a mother-to-be jogging on the other side of the road. This will be a beautiful spring day!
The plan for today was to work in the garden. The pre-sown lettuce and bean plants are ready to be planted. I know it is a little early for it, since we still have a chance on frost. And there was a forecast of rain. When I woke up this morning I saw that the weather gods kept their promise.
A nice cup of tea, a boiled egg with a piece of bread with nuts, the stove was on and … a new Bliss. My day could not go wrong, nor could Luca’s since she also got an egg.
It is a sunny day, which became even more sunny as the assembly of the spinning wheel progressed. My husband Bob offered to assemble the wheel. He was very happy with the clarity of the instruction manual. And imagine our surprise when we found out we didn’t even have to go look for the correct tools, because they were included in the package! It took less than half an hour to assemble the wheel.
I will start with introducing myself! My name is Kittie Markus and I was born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, which is located in a wooded areas in the middle of the country. This is also the place where I was trained as a creative therapist.
