Bye bye, overlocker

I inherited an overlocker a good while back and have tried and re-tried to make it work ever since then.
I took it to a shop, when the needle holder broke. They couldn't fix it, but my 'grandad' the watchmaker could. I tried again...
It just wouldn't work...
Now I got it from my man's aunt and she got it from her mother-in-law, so it is old, but these things can last forever...

Well, at this point we are no longer at friendly terms and I would like to get it out of my house, as fast as possible. So I offered it up for free on Ravelry and hopefully somebody wants it.



Missing Summer #6

I actually love autumn and winter, but there are days where I miss having the entire summer off and just  go seeing the world and do as you please without any firm plans...
So I made up a small series of posts with summer pictures to make me and hopefully you, remember and rejoice in the goodness that is summer. 

Beijing, China







Missing Summer #5

I actually love autumn and winter, but there are days where I miss having the entire summer off and just  go seeing the world and do as you please without any firm plans...
So I made up a small series of posts with summer pictures to make me and hopefully you, remember and rejoice in the goodness that is summer. 


The Great Wall, China





A WIP Wednesday

This week we are supplementing the traditional (can we call a 4 week long blog instalment a tradition?) WIP post with a knitting diary.
Thursday I managed to knit 3 rounds, at that pace I'll never be done. But some progress is better than none.
Friday I changed the cord and went from 60 cm to 80 cm, that turned out to be too small as well, so on the same round I changed to 150 cm. It makes such a huge difference when your stitches isn't bunched up on the needle and I have no idea why I didn't do this sooner. Or maybe I do, maybe it was because I was afraid to know just how big this giant shawl is, when I know it'll get even bigger. The 150 cm cord is a bit too long, but I had nothing in between so it'll have to do. I knitted 6 rounds.

Today, I did half a round so that my total rounds this week could be 10 rounds. Progress is progress.



Missing Summer #4

I actually love autumn and winter, but there are days where I miss having the entire summer off and just  go seeing the world and do as you please without any firm plans...
So I made up a small series of posts with summer pictures to make me and hopefully you, remember and rejoice in the goodness that is summer. 

Beijing, China














And the comments return

I remember saying that they might not go away for ever and here they are back in the mix again.
Why is that? you might be wondering. Well, when I took them off just under 2 months ago, I did it because they were slowly becoming a measurement of success and I would not allow that to happen.
To do something one should never do, let me quote myself:

"I blog to make a scrapbook and not to be caught up in comments, stats and if my blog is 'good enough'. As long as it gives me joy to write for it, it is exactly as it should be."

I am now sure I have found and preserved that joy. A few of you have taken the liberty to comment via Ravelry and I have had so much enjoyment from that as well. 

So I decided that it was time to turn on the comments again. I want to be able to have a two-sided conversation. I want your input and ideas, you encouragement and advice. I want to learn from you and be inspired by you and simply chat about everything and nothing at all.

So feel free to comment, if you would like to.