Knitting update

i have been knitting, but not much. A sweater I started last year has been frogged after long hours of work. I just didn't like it, the yarn was too uneven for such small stitches, it looked really bad.
Something new is in the making now though.

It should become a blanket eventually. I have more than enough yarn for that.
Remember this?
That yarn does look better now though...

So much to do...

Sometimes it's good to see that there are more people having the same problem. This is what bothers me too.

Unworthy
Words and Lyrics by:
# Cheryl Wheeler

I'm unworthy, and no matter what I'm doing,
I should certainly be doing something else.
And it's selfish to be thinking I'm unworthy,
all this me, me, me, me, self, self, self, self, self.
If I'm talking on the phone I should be working on the lawn
which looks disgraceful from the things I haven't done.
If I'm working on the lawn I should be concentrating on
those magazines inside, since I have not read one.

I should learn how to meditate and sew and bake
and dance and paint and sail and make gazpacho.
I should turn my attention to repairing
all those forty year old socks there in that bureau.
I should let someone teach me to run Windows,
and learn French that I can read and write and speak.
I should get life in prison for how I treated my parents
from third grade until last week.

I should spend more time playing with my dog
and much less money on this needless junk I buy.
I should send correspondence back to everyone
who's written, phoned or faxed since junior high.
I should sit with a therapist until I understand
the way I felt back in my mom.
I should quit smoking, drinking, eating, thinking
sleeping, watching TV, writing stupid songs.

I should be less impatient when the line just takes forever
'cause the two cashiers are talking.
I should see what it's like to get up really early rain or shine
and spend three hours walking.
I should know CPR and deep massage and Braille
and sign language and how to change my oil.
I should go where the situation's desperate
and build and paint and trudge and tote and toil.

I should chant in impossible positions
till my legs appear to not have any bones.
I should rant at the cops and politicians
and the corporations-in indignant tones.
I should save lots of money to leave Audubon,
plus all the rocks and animals and plants.
I should brave possibilities for plotting plums of problems
prob'ly blossomed, plausibly from
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah I'm unworthy.

5/20/97
(P) May 27, 2003

Penrod And Higgins Music / Amachrist Music
ACF Music Group
International Copyright Reserved

I found it through a comment on this blog. The story behind the song also is funny: read here.
I have no idea if it sounds good by the way, I'm just liking the words. I will have to look for the soundversion.

Try and try again...

I have made another bag. I really want to try to open my own Etsy-shop, but I'm rally insecure about my sewing qualities. This bag was very hard for me, because I tried too hard. I'm not really satisfied with it. Oh well, practice makes perfect...



While I was working on it, another idea came up. This is the result of that. It looks like a pillow I had as a kid, but is much smaller. I though about giving it to our neighbours one-year-old, but the insecurity stopped me from doing that. I will try again tomorrow, it was fun working on it...

Bewitching weblog

I have another new project. In cooperation with another fan of "Bewitched", I am writing a weblog, seen through the eyes of the main character of that series Samantha.
For those who don't know the series: Samantha is a witch, married to a mortal. She needs to learn to do everyday things like a normal american housewife in the sixties, without witchcraft, but sometimes she has to "twitch" her way out of things, due to circumstances or family problems.
I'm having real fun writing this, mixing my own life with fantasy and magic and it's kind of easy, just to mail the text and not having to worry about editing, layout etc.
So I present to you: Samantha's Blog

Tote bag

I made this tote for my MIL for Mother's Day.
The pictures do no justice to the nice bright colors...



I added a zippered pocket. My first try at it, but it worked out perfect thanks to this tutorial.

Just cruisin'

Processing my driver's license didn't take a week. We had to pay a bit more, but six exams and lots of lessons had cost so much, that we took this as the final bit of it.
So I picked up my license this morning and have been driving around all day, just for fun. For even more fun, I drove to some thriftshops and a market.
I found some really nice things:
I love this Royal Winton set. Don't know how old it is, but the look of the design is vintage.


I also got this lovely fabric and some of those nice coloured needles. I like the way they look together and had to control myself not to buy just every one of them. I now sticked to finding sets of different sizes.



Stuffed away in a corner there was a bag of vintage patterns. I was only half lucky, I would have loved these to be 50's and 60's, but they are mostly '80's. Also most of them are a size 42, while I am a 36-38. But for 2,50 Euro, who's complaining?


Ever since I saw bags like this one on Crafster I have been wanting to make one, so I was pleased to find neckties in one of the thriftshops. Seeing these pictures makes me wonder if I should have bought more though.


Why I like this cup and saucer I don't know. There's just something about it...


I will have to pick up my normal daily routine soon, but I wouldn't mind doing this again tomorrow or friday (I know four more thriftshops in this region). I need the driving experience before I can safely drive the kids around, don't I?

Yes!

I finally passed my driver's exam! After taking it three times in 2001/2002 and this being the third time again this year I have been stressing about it the whole week. But that's over now! I have to wait another week before it is processed and the card is made, but now I can start dreaming about trips to markets with lots of fabrics, trips to Ikea and just driving to thriftshops when I feel like it.
And of course, more important, being able to drive around the daughters when it's needed, going to the supermarket only once a week (because I couldn't transport groceries for 5 persons for a whole week on my bike), being able to visit my family even when DH has no time and being able to visit some friends that live in other parts of the country (I know, Holland isn't that big, but without a car, some places will take hours to reach).
Now that I don't feel so stressed out about the exams any more, my blog will soon be about crafting again...