My Mad Hatter Tea Party + news

I became pregnant just after writing my last post here in June, and because of Hyperemesis I haven't been blogging here for several months. I'm much better now, I can keep everything I eat and I can even cook again (although some meat is still difficult as well as a few other things). Because of pelvic girdle pain (is that the correct word in English?) I can't walk so much more than to the car and back, so I mostly see the beautiful snowy landscape from the car or from my kitchen.

But baby is growing and kicking and it's now only two months left. Spring time and a baby. They'll both arrive around Nora's 5th birthday :D

Those last few months I've been able to work a bit, although only from home and slowly. Two days ago I held my last workshop (for a very long time): Mad Hatter Tea Party. We were crafting: clay food miniatures, crocheting cakes and cookies (my friend Therese was teaching crochet) and making cake stands. We had lunch and tea and lots of sweet things to eat. And we talked and laughed and had a very good time. You can see some of the photos here:

A rabbit doll for E

Busy days. Weeks. We have moved and now live in a flat in a beautiful place not far from where we lived before. But today I managed to craft a bit. I made this doll for a friend's son who turned 1 yesterday (and who'll have his very first birthday party next week).

Suddenly

Time.

Suddenly I have a 4 year old.
Suddenly it's April.
Suddenly I've got a new (temporary) job.

Suddenly it seems we shall, finally, move.

It's fine. All very fine, even though today, on Good Friday, it's snowing a bit. We had spring, and now we have snow. It's what we call "April weather".

How about you?

Hi, it's me, Kalle. You just woke me up. Have you got something for me to eat?

too much happiness

Last night it snowed a lot and it continued during the day. We went to visit friends today, Nora and I, and I brought my latest knitting. Fingerless mittens for my sister. I didn't bring the book, but at home I'm reading "Too much happiness". Knitting and reading, that is happiness, right?



Yarn along with Ginny.

My mittens

I'm that kind of person who begins a lot of knittings, and finish few. I don't know what happened around New Year, because since then I've done nothing but picking up old knittings and finished them. There's such a pleasure in finishing things. Those mittens were finished just before the coldest days we've had this winter, and they made their job. They kept my hands warm. I knitted them in thick, soft merino (Malabrigo Rasta).

Felting

Such a cold winter day as today one needs very warm mittens. So I felted this one. I need another one, for my left hand ;-)



I will hold a workshop on wet felting mittens. Tova vantar = felting mittens.

winter-y

We didn't have snow until recently. Winter was really late this year and I was already looking forward to spring when temperatures suddenly fell and it started snowing. Nora is happy about it though.

and I'm back

At home and in bed with a sick child = many books to read out load (and a few for myself) and perhaps a little bit of knitting.




More yarn along here.

Time is flying, Nora is growing.