Dish cloths

I love making dish clothes. They're fast, simple and immensely useful. They're cheap and get used every day.

I made this one tonight after a long day at work. 

Love the colors.

Walking in Zurich

It was kind of a cool, grayish afternoon, but walking through the alleys of Zurich's old town I came across some beautiful stores and courtyards.

One of my favorites, the Predigergasse.

A store that sells and repairs bicycles.

Another one repairs dolls and stuffed animals.

I wish I could bring one of the beautiful chairs home with me.

Or maybe just some fresh veggies.

But I did get a skein of yarn!

Noro (on sale for $8)

Cleaning and organizing

Have been in a cleaning, organizing and decorating mood these last 2 days. After clearing away all the holiday stuff the house was in need of a new look. Plus the dog was shedding so badly that major house cleaning couldn't be avoide, I'm still not finished and I will post pictures as more rooms take on a new face. Somehow having the mantle reflect the season seems like a good start.

That, and a very good smelling dog:

Feeling better

After being sich with a yucky stomach virus for 2 days, I finally returned to my favorite knitting chair and finished my project:

A sleeve for my iPad mini. I used a pattern for a kindle reader and just made it a tiny little bit bigger. I think it'll work well.

Cold

It's only 9pm and the temperature has already dropped tp 9F. Time to warm up the bed with a hot-water bottle:

And it's really time to knit a new cover. There's a great pattern on the Lion's Brand website. I already bought the yarn as well. 

Pumpkins

My pumpkins at Halloween.

I was amazed that these pumpkins survived for 2 months in my garage, I chose one of the ghost pumpkins, cut it up and cooked it in the crockpot with lots of spices for 4 hours. Then I added coconut milk and served it over riice.

Great dinner for a cold winter evening.

Cold morning

It was 9 degrees Fahrenheit here this morning. So after starting a fire, feeding the animals and making my tea I decided to make some oatmeal. I used steel cut oats and added dried berries and apricots, then, for good measure , I added some cinnamon and ground up some green cardamom. Warm and yummy.

2014

It's a new year so I'm going to try my hand at blogging again. My plan is to at least post one picture or short note every day ( I got a new I-Pad for Christmas, which should make this an easier job)
So here is my first picture for the new year:

a pair of socks I just finished.