May 2010

A challenging project
Thu. May 20th 2010 6am
  My wooden basket became too small for the amount of poppies I have knitted so far and I had to transfer my colorful pretties to a glass bowl. I have knitted 80 poppies so far, only 20 more to go. My glass bowl can hardly contain this abundance of goodness and is about to overflow. I simply love it! Knitting the poppies for my Poppies of Endearment project has been easy. The challenging part is yet to come. A challenging project on several levels After I have knitted a 100 poppies, I will cluster 3 poppies together, attach an affirmation/saying/poem, place them somewhere in San...
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The power of little me...
Mon. May 17th 2010 12am
  I was pleasantly surprised of all the positive feedback I received from you on my Poppies of Endearment project. I cannot tell you how much your feedback encouraged me to go into this project with even more fire and soul. Also, you have inspired me to give you a deeper understanding of how and when this idea came to me. That way you will have more insight in why I am doing this Poppies of Endearment project. Feeling helpless and powerless   At times, when I look around me and see how human beings hurt, fight and kill each other, I hang my head and try to understand why. Fear...
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Poppies of Endearment
Fri. May 14th 2010 4am
  I did not particularly enjoy myself over the last few weeks. Packing up an entire household is not what I call fun. Boy, am I glad that is behind us. For days and days on end I was not able to play with yarn and knit. So when we arrived back in San Francisco last Tuesday, I grabbed my little wooden basket filled with kidsilk haze yarn and started to knit poppies. I haven't stopped knitting my poppies ever since. I am on a mission... Poppies of Endearment A few months ago, my friend Jenni had made a beautiful display  for the yarnshop Closeknit in Portland; she decorated...
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Where have you been revisited
Sat. May 1st 2010 6pm
        I am very busy packing and running around doing all kinds of stuff and have absolutely no time to blog! I can however, show you one of my favorite blogpost called "Where have you been". I wrote this in July 2007. Enjoy... Where have you been..? "I have always been here, you silly. Waiting for you to open the gates..." ~ Inspiration This morning I heard a firm knock on my front door. It woke me up immediately and a sweet sense of excitement bloomed in my heart. With my hair still ruffled and my eyes swollen from a good night's rest I rushed to the front door,...
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