Crochet...

Crochet - is an technique allowing to make fabric from yarn or a thread using a little hook:) The difference between crochet is different from knitting in that there is only one loop you work in crochet, were in knitting you use multiple loops simultaneously. So I personally find crochet simpler.There aren't so many complicated plots when you have only one loop to handle. nevertheless you can still create many many different patterns and you can make anything you want. The only down side is that you have to use more material than you do with knitting.

More origami !!!

SO I have some pond :) very cute. And I have a pic with micro fauna and macro flora ;)

Aha! :) dodecahedron, modular origami

There it is. Finally my first modular origami (not of my own invention of course;) !!! The big one I had help with, you know folding all this little elements :) . And I attach the scheme some if someone wants to follow my origami path you are most welcome. If you need more help with putting the thing together write to me or post a comment. Putting together the first one (the small dodecahedron) was really challenging and fool of edges ;) It was fun !

origami attempt

So here is some of my simple origami. Many times I wanted to really start folding paper but I have never pursued on that for long enough. When I look at the modern modular origami I'm always so amazed. Nevertheless here are some simple models made by me. A frog, and an iris flower with a humming bird.

Settlers of Catan going off shore :)

SO this was a pleasant evening. Dramatic change of luck... mysterious islands to explore and golden rivers to find... Destiny played on our nerves and the dice were not always generous ;) There was some creativity involved in that too :) as in how to get your way to WIN! :P There were some losers too ;)

P.S.
Some tried to keep to the statistics but they failed... :P
Nevertheless we had a looooot of fun!!!

FINALLY !

I finished the socks ! I was making and re-making but finally I learned and they even look like socks :)

Better late than never....

So Easter has come ...and gone... All of them ;)
So here is a little memories of our little Easter celebration at home. So one of the Easter traditions in Poland is to decorate eggs. There are many different techniques. There is painting, there is painting with wax there is a simple boiling in onion peals (or red onion peels or spinach) and they can be later scratched with a sharp tool. i usually do the onion peels and then scratch but this time I went for wax pattern and ten staining, using a commercial dye. And I made a little hen :) and we borrowed a black sheep and a golden bunny from Lind ! Ah and the spider web like patter this in an egg which shel broke so I broke it a bit more and deeped in a dye and then peel :)

Our little garden

So we started a very little garden on our balcony this spring :) it took "ages" for the seeds to germinate ! but when they finally did they picked up on growing quite fast. Now they are happily growing bigger and bigger. Even the chili decoded to show up eventually! so we have lattice and coriander and basil and chives. we hope for the best. We even put a little sliver of ginger into a pot we will see how it comes up!

Bracelet

Waiting for the spring

The weather got worse lately... Instead of a pretty spring this year we have a nice "Winter come back"... With little snow storms and all, melt down immediately... I want to spring! it is long overdue, we gonna even change the time this weekend. So waiting for the spring... I have put on a little light to brighten this dark days of waiting.