May
continues to be lovely. I could not love any month more than I love this
beautiful May. The lake pictures were taken last night around 10pm, when all
was calm. Tonight there are tiny ripples on the lake and the sky is very
overcast.
I have been
little behind with my spring chores (cleaning both inside and outside the house)
because of being away from home so much during the past month. All the undone
jobs started to weigh me down until this past weekend, I finally got
started and although very little is done, I am on the way. I really liked
washing the windows today! Who would have guessed? Out of the three difficult
windows, two are done and only one remains to be done. I have never counted all
the squares that I need to do, most of the windows are triple ones, but out of
all of them I have three that are tricky to open and I end up washing the outer
layer from the outside and that means that I need to get out the ladder. Out of
the three, the hardest one is left. I hope to get it done tomorrow.
Every time lately
when buying groceries, I have brought home a small rose from the supermarket to
be planted into a pot. So far I have four. It is cold during the night and my
last task every night is to collect the pots and bring them inside and in the
morning along with the dogs, the roses go out. I place them outside to a sunny
spot where northerly winds cannot touch them. They bring me so much joy, and
the flower season is still all ahead, it is only May!
I am
continuing in making little leaves and flowers but in between I have knitted
hearts. Last week when waiting for the inspiration to hit me to get me started
on this cleaning business, I sort of let the house go into a bad condition; I
kept leaving stuff lying around always telling me that soon I will start… One
morning when I was passing the entrance, I stopped and took a long look and was
not at all happy of what I was looking at: shoes that had been kicked off here
and there, lots of sand and mud, spider webs, dust, bags on the floor and on
the chair… What depressed me most was the fact that you could walk into this
house without having a clue that an enthusiastic and passionate knitter lives
here. The revelation left me sad and empty somehow and during the whole day, I
kept wondering what I should do, what could I do to remedy that. I knew I would
eventually clean the mess, but that would not take care of the fact that
something was missing, the knitting was and is missing. If you looked very
carefully, you could spot a scarf or a shawl on a hook somewhere there, but
nothing else.
I thought
that I would make new curtains for the windows there and after tossing away the
idea of knitting white lace curtains, I found a big piece of this beautiful
blue Marimekko print that has small houses on it and decided that it would work. The blue is so strong and deep, that I started to see red in my mind’s
eye. Red… what could be red, what could I make in red, knitted and red? I have
always loved the colorful bunting but have never made any, and I thought that
maybe now I could make red heart bunting.
I knitted the first heart and then
the second and now I have six and maybe I will need a couple of more. I did
little bit of embroidery on them and now I am worried of making them too cute,
they need to be warm and welcoming but they definitely cannot be too cute.
There is a very thin line there and I truly hope I can stay on the better side
of the line.
If I cross
the line, there is always the seam ripper. Let’s hope I don’t need to come to
that.
Wool hearts
with you,
Lene
Beautiful lake pictures...so peaceful. Your little red hearts are charming. I don't think you have crossed the line. I, too, have been avoiding chores and instead playing some. Finally this weekend I did a few things. Much more to do and I need to speed it up as we have overnight guests coming in early June. That time will be here before we know it!
ReplyDeleteYour hearts are charming and not at all too cute. I think the bunting idea is a nice one.
ReplyDeleteYour lake photos are stunning, as are your roses. Those hearts are sweet (not too cute!), warm, and welcoming, and I especially love your thought processes that provide lovely roses in May and a clear idea that a creative and talented knitter lives in your home. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful fabric! That will make wonderful curtains, and the hearts are a clever idea to contrast with the blue. They don't look at all cutesy to me. It will be fun to see finished pictures of your projects.
ReplyDeleteOur house is up for sale so I have to keep it tidy all the time, which is hard for me, although once I got it tidy in the first place, the maintenance part is not so bad. Except dusting. I hate that. It seems so pointless. It has been a very satisfying exercise to root through all the corners and shelves in the house, ruthlessly weeding out what has accumulated over so many years.
Some of those lines in the fabric remind me of the Vs of knit stitches! And I love the heart bunting!
ReplyDeleteI think we all might relate to this post. Fun reading it!
ReplyDeleteYour hearts are wonderful, and so is the fabric. I love the way you add touches of whimsy to the things you make. I would never think of embellishing the hearts! They look perfect!
ReplyDeleteLene I really enjoy your blog and your creativity and seeing what your part of the world is like.I live in the country in the southern interior of British Columbia and it looks much the same.More mountains but the same kind of life.Enjoy the summer!
ReplyDeleteI live in BC, too!
DeleteYour knitted hearts look lovely and your curtain fabric stunning :)
ReplyDeleteI do love your hearts so much and the embellishments are perfection. Have always loved the marimekko fabrics and your blue is sensational! The lake - oh, the lake! We have always spent summers on the lake - how wonderful that you get to watch it change year round.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures and your hearts give me so much joy.
ReplyDeleteThe fabric and the hearts are lovely. I can't imagine breaking the seams of those hearts.
ReplyDeleteDear Lene hope you'r well and still going knitting and drawing....
ReplyDeletehope the house is clean and when you come into , it is a house from the great designer we love.... with a lot of your beautiful knittings everywere.... especialy the Bunny's......
Sorry for my bad english,
With love frome the coast of the Netherlands,
Anje.