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 […]
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Netherlands good country to live
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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Feeling a Leonardo da Vinci from time to time? Why not make re-make his Mona Lisa? Look here for umpteen examples from other artists and read here how to create and upload your own unforgettable Mona!
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Due to all different reasons, translating text into a foreign language is not always as perfect as aimed for. Many of us have seen the double Dutch manuals when text has been translated literally. Sometimes the results are unintentionally hilarious as with the sign above which comes from this site.
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This is what you get when you just play around …
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