In January and February

It is sold  - our farmhouse. We had it nearly 23 years and have 

now many lovely memories

While waiting at the notary‘s office - swinging with 

our feet

This is hanging above our heads

At home we are in a funny mood (some days later)

It is carnaval at our gymnastics.We did our exercises -

but afterwards - sparkling wine and not little

But what I like most is to enjoy myself in my

studio - this is a cosmetic bag - not my idea

If you are interested here is the link:

https://www.pattydoo.de/blog/2013/09/kosmetiktasche-dawanda/

With the pattern to download

It is made in a few hours - but oh my dear - it

is a lot of fiddling nevertheless

I might still doing some handstitching on it to flatten

the seams.

But then in the weeks before - I knitted socks .... enough....

for grandsons LL and YL

Below are YL‘s feet - they, the socks, fit well

The second pair i for LL who is coming sometimes on 

Sundays - for lunch with us - and to play football - he grew

up in the United States and is studying now in our town

Karlsruhe

The end!

Tote bag

It is made of upholstery fabric, which I bought at a very

low price, you know me by now.... I woudn't spend much,

and I found it at Tissus Mondial in France in a bargain bin.

and its little bag for cosmetics or the like - where I took the fabric

the right side outside. With the tote I found the fabric too prominent,

too eyecatching.

I think now that the tote is too small,

too small for five kg potatoes or so!

It could be larger. Next time ... next bag..... I guess no. 43.

The day will come when I am going to count them all.

Anyway with this one I won't go to the market.

Meanwhile I managed to join the last triangles and hang it

against the window, just a small top up to now. We will see

how it will go on. The seam allowances are 3 mm.

I shouldn't be so stingy with my fabrics, but it is made really

of the smallest bits of fabric out of my scrap box.

And this is Karlsruhe, straight hedge, straight path, straight alley

it is how the Margrave Karl Wilhelm wanted it 300 years ago.

The Castle of Karlsruhe is behind the row of lime trees.

The town has them trimmed every year so they stay small.

Below the trees is a large parking lot - subterranean.