Curtains down

I hate sewing (and cutting and ironing) so last weekend was rather stressful. Luckily my husband helped me with the sewing so we finally got our hall curtains in place. Now somebody (=my husband) needs to paint the window frames and the hall would look rather nice. Oh, and we still need to change the curtain rods from white to dark ones, the white ones don't look too hot. The curtain on the door was bought at the same time as the fabric for window so they go well together. The tassels were bought separately but match well, too. I am rather proud to say that I have a really good colour memory and usually manage to buy an exact fit without samples. Don't try this at home as a good colour memory is rather rare...

Too much time in your hands

When we didn't have a cottage, a country house and two gardens I cut paper from magazines and glued the pieces together into animals. This ice bear hangs in our bedroom, an owl, a tiger and a giraffe are in the cellar.

I am in stitches

As I am not allowed to knit I might as well try stitching. I found this wonderful book and maybe some day I'll start a needle work like no other.

The fox on the cover didn´t seem to hard, but the owl would be a real challenge:

I would if I could

I love to knit. Last year I got inspired and knitted two blankets and about ten pairs of socks. After that my left hand middle finger was so sore that in the end I couldn't bend it. After that I put this half finished blanket in storage and didn't finish it until now. I was supposed to make a bigger one but did't dare to start knitting again. My 76 year old mother knits every day without any problems, I'm so jealous of her! It's awful to know you are good at something but can't do anything with your skills.