While I was taking the picture for the previous blog, this plane flew over with a low and not intrusive noise. I don’t know what type of plane this is as normally we only get helicopters, jets and passenger planes on the route Amsterdam-Manchester/Liverpool. I wonder if an airplane show was going on somewhere. Unfortunately the enlarged photo is not sharp as I used an average camera.
A washing line full of knittings and crochets for premature babies, knitted by the Stocksbridge Knit & Chat Group and Friends. Today they’re all catching some sunshine and tomorrow they will be given to the Neonatal Unit of the Jessops Children’s Hospital in Sheffield. You cannot see them all on the photo but there are blankets, hats, socks, coats and even (sadly enough that they’re needed) a few angel pockets.
In a charity shop I bought this lovely instrument. It’s made of a half coconut and it’s nicely painted. Little metal strips are fixed and when you push them, it gives a clear sound.
We only don’t know what it is, has it a name, is it Australian (as the painting reminds us of aboriginal art) and is it still used? Can you help us out? If so, please let me kow. Thanks a lot.
We were showing two dear friends the surroundings of our place and all of a sudden we were slowed down by this wonderful flock of sheep, lead by a sheepdog, a very active border collie. We crept behind them for about half an hour and we had a great time! It was so nice to see the dog doing its hard work, pushing sheep on the road when they stopped to eat a leaf or steering them onto the road went they dawdled in a corner. There was a little puddle and while the dog kept running all the time, it allowed itself a second to lay flat to wetten it’s tummy and having a quick sip. The dog was working very hard and the sheep were happily running from one field into the other.
It made my heart melt and once again I felt lucky to live half in the countryside.
I just saw a remarkable collection of adverts which are not only masterly, they’re also very funny, precious and nicely made. The collection is really worth time and attention, please take a look yourself on “40 Seriously Funny Print Ads”
In last week’s Woman’s Weekly was a pattern for a crocheted sleeveless cardigan. I like it very much, especially the pattern for the waistband. I’m intending to crochet myself a scarf one day with this pattern (50-chain width).
Here’s the pattern for the waistband:
Make a 146 (178) (194) ch
(You can use any width, as long as the total of chains is divisable by 16, + 2 extra)
Foundation row (wrong side):
1dc in 2nd ch from hook (counts as 1 st), [5ch, miss 3ch, 1dc in next ch] to end, turn — 36 (44) (48) chsp.
1st row: 5ch (counts as 1tr and 2ch), l dc in first chsp, 5ch, 1dc in next chsp, * 5tr in next dc, 1dc in next chsp, [5ch, 1dc in next chsp] 3 times, repeat from * to last two chsp, 5tr in next dc, 1dc in next chsp, 5ch, 1dc in next chsp, 2ch, 1tr in last dc, turn.
2nd row: 1ch (does not count as a st), 1dc in first tr, miss first chsp, [5ch, 1dc in next chsp, 1tr in each of next 2tr, 3ch, 1tr in next tr; 3ch, 1tr in each of next 2tr, 1dc in next chsp, 5ch, 1dc in next chsp] to end, working last dc of last repeat in 3rd of 5ch, turn.
3rd row: 5ch (counts as 1tr and 2ch), 1dc in first chsp, [miss next 1dc, tr2tog, 3ch, 6tr in next tr, 3ch, miss 3ch, tr2tog, 1dc in next chsp, 5ch, 1dc in next chsp] to end, ending last repeat with 2ch,
1tr in last dc, turn.
4th row: 1ch (does not count as a st), 1dc in first tr, * 5ch, miss next chsp, [2tr in each of next 2tr, 3ch] twice, 2tr in each of next 2tr, 5ch, miss next chsp, 1dc in next chsp, repeat from * to end, working last dc of last repeat in 3rd of 5ch, turn.
5th row: 8ch (counts as 1dtr and 4ch), miss first chsp, * cl, [3ch, tr2tog in next chsp, 3ch, cl] twice, 4ch, 1dtr in next dc, 4ch, miss next chsp, repeat from * to last three 4trgr, cl, [3ch, tr2tog in next chsp, 3ch, cl] twice, 4ch, 1dtr in last dc, turn.
6th row: 9ch (counts as 1dtr and 5ch), miss first chsp, * 1dc in next chsp, 5ch, 1dc in top of next cl, 5ch, miss next chsp, 1dc in next chsp, 5ch, 1dtr in next dtr, 5ch, miss next chsp, repeat from * to last five chsp, 1dc in next chsp, 5ch, 1dc in top of next cl, 5ch, miss next chsp, 1dc in next chsp, 5ch, 1dtr in 5th of 8ch, turn.
7th row: 5ch (counts as 1tr and 2ch), 1dc in hrst chsp, 5ch, 1dc in next chsp, * 5tr in next dc, 1dc in next chsp, [5ch, 1dc in next chsp] 3 times, repeat from * to last two chsp, 5tr in next dc, 1dc in next
chsp, 5ch, 1dc in next chsp, 2ch, 1tr in 4th of 9ch, turn.
8th to 12th rows: As 2nd to 6th rows.
13th row: 1ch (does not count as a st), 1dc in first dtr, [4dc in next chsp] to end, turn — 145 (177) (193) sts.
14th row: 3ch (counts as 1tr), [1tr in next dc] to end, turn.
15th row: 1ch (doesn’t count as a st), [1 dc in next tr] to end. Fasten off.
On the photo I’ve made a dc border on the foundation row as well (as 13th row) and a tr border plus another dc border will follow too (as 14th and 15th row).
When you want to print this pattern, the best is to copy the text and paste it in your text program.
Enjoy it.
Being Dutch it’s nice to read about The Netherlands being the 8th best country to live in the world. This is mentioned by DutchNews, according to the top 100 ranking of the American magazine Newsweek. Measured were education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism and political environment and especially our liberal education system is praised.
The top 25 of best countries to live, is as follows: 1. Finland, 2. Switzerland, 3. Sweden, 4. Australia, 5. Luxemburg, 6. Norway, 7. Canada, 8. Netherlands, 9. Japan, 10. Denmark, 11 United States, 12 Germany, 13 New Zealand, 14 United Kingdom, 15 Korea, South, 16 France, 17 Ireland, 18 Austria, 19 Belgium, 20 Singapore, 21 Spain, 22 Israel, 23 Italy, 24 Slovenia and 25 Czech Republic
Photo: amsterdam.nl
Do you like cooking? Or do you like reading recipes and looking at its photos, please take a look at my recipes site. When you’re on the page and click ‘List of recipes’ you’ll arrive here.
There are not many recipes yet due to many other things, but from time to time a new recipe is added in two languages, English and Dutch.
You’re right when you say there are millions of recipe sites on the internet already, but my site is different as I only add recipes by friends, family and myself and on top of that — I prepare each recipe myself or have eaten/tasted it personally.
This time I’d like to point your attention to a local paper that I quite like, Look Local. It’s a weekly free paper and trust me, I’ve seen many of them in all varieties of quality but this one scores rather high. That’s not only my opinion but also that of many others. Most of the news is interesting and worth a read, and most of the adverts are nice and where possible made with thought.
It’s a local paper hence the name Look Local — clever and effective. Why using laborious names when you can have one that says it all?
When you’re on the website and click on Emag, another page opens and you can browse through many editions.
