upon my personal cloud...

Yeah, I know, spring is coming and everything.. But here it's still winter. And this means it can still be cold in the evenings and we have to start a fire in our oven every now and then. As you can imagine, it takes some time until our living room is reheated properly. And this is where my new cosy and large shawl comes in handy!

The pattern's name is "Nuvem" which means "Cloud". I used an entire skein of Wollmeise Lace yarn in Feldmaus and it took me a whole month to finish this one! I mean, we're talking about 1500something meters of yarn.... For me this is not a shawl to wear when I go out, but I love to snuggle up to it when I sit on the couch or at my desk. We'll see if I make another one.. Maybe not in the next months, but somewhere down the road... We'll see! :-)

you may wonder...

what I made with my handspun verzasca yarn? 

Well, I mixed it with some brown mohair yarn...

....And made another shrug!

It's basically the same like my green spring shrug, but more fluffy and cosy. Unfortunately, it makes my shoulders look like.. I don't know.. like those of a wrestler..? It made them inexpressibly broad... *brrrrr* That's why I gave it to a friend. It fits her much better than me!

A Dream of Winter

As you may have noticed, I changed the design of my blog because I got rid of the old wood desing. Somehow it was too dark. We'll see how long I will be pleased with these lovely flowers...

Although I didn't bolg very much for the last months, I was quite active over on Ravelry. I just didn't feel like sewing and spinning during the last year and I still prefer knitting. At least for now, that may change again! ;-)

I recently finished this nice little Shawl an I love it! The colours remind me of the snow, ice and grey clouds we have here for two weeks now. I must admit, I kinda like winter.. I really do. As long as it's cold and has at least some snow.

 

A ray of sunlight...

                        ...on a winters day..

      

                                                                          ...that just made me smile...                  

Gray Winter

I know it may sound crazy to all the snow sufferers out there... BUT... I want some snow! Really, I want it badly! Everything is so ugly here, only gray and brown and muddy. And it's cold (23 F/-5C). I want snow, not frozen mud. :( Plus we had high fog for days now! I'm so done with this dull weather.

 

This is a sad view, isn't it..?

Early Spring

 I finally managed to get some of those ubber cool glass vases in which you can grow hyacinths. I love hyacinths! They smell sooo good! And they're a piece of spring in the middle of winter. Those bulbs should make white ones. I can't wait for them to grow. What a lovely contrast: Red vases and white flowers against the gray winter sky...