happy holidays

now that those busy days before christmas are over

i just wanted to pop in and say THANK YOU

for all your precious comments
for your encouragement
for staying by my side (though i couldn't keep the promise
of publishing some eagerly-awaited patterns)
for all the help and good advises
for all the gifts (esp. the yarn!!)
for making my life so much brighter every day

hope to have some spare time next year to keep you all updated,
but i think we will be occupied with the renovation
of our little home.....
we need to move over renovation time (for at least half of the next year!)means,... i have to pack my whole life (this is how it feels) into moving boxes!

hope you all have a wonderful christmas time

may your days be calm and merry

xxx
isa k.

DIY advent wreath

i know it's a bit early for x-mas crafting

especially when it is such a quick and easy project..

but i couldn't resist posting 

what i did last night.. :)

a super cute knitted advent wreath

all you need is some bulky yarn

matching needles, 

one straw wreath (don't know if this is the right word?!)

tapestry needle,

crepe paper matching the yarns colour

ribbon and some decoration

and here is the how-to:

measure around your straw wreath

to figure out the width of your knitting

you also have to measure, or calculate the circumference

of your wreath

in my case this was about 18 cm in width

and the circumference was 94 cm

make a swatch with your yarn

my yarn knits up to a gauge of 1 st per cm

provisionally co the st amount you need to get the desired width

and begin working in garter st 

you will not need to knit to the total length

cause this will stretch out very much

you may want to check the length from time to time

i didn't do that, so i had to ripp back a few rows

now undo the provisional co and graft

the pieces together

you can see that i grafted knitwise

to have some plain space for my ribbon 

cut your crepe paper in 7cm straps

and wrap around your wreath

now place the knitted piece on your wreath

and do a simple whipstitchseam

to get your wreath wrapped with your knitted piece

and decorate.....

hope a few like this as much as i do

happy crafting

isa k.

back home

back home......

we had 2 wonderful weeks in marsa alam [egypt]

the most time we spend in or under water

but we took lots of pics, so i can show you

 a little piece of this wonderworld

the nilevalley

footbridge to the reef

all those pics were taken directly at the hotel reef

...

we also made a 2 day boattrip to the sataya reef

we had so much fun snorkeling with dolphins,

maori wrasses, red sea fusiliers, giant tortoises

and many more......

it's like being on an other planet

for now i will leave you to do the unavoidable laundry...!!

have fun

isa k.