extend of summer

It is September already. Summer of 2018 does fly by way too fast!

The good thing is, the summer feeling will continue in Marrakech in October.

In exactly one month from now, I will fly to Marrakech again to give two workshops;
First we will kick off with the 10th Cool Crochet workshop and a few days later the 4th Green Gardens workshop starts.

Both workshops are fully booked and I can't wait to meet all the new attendees and see old friends again.

See you soon Aimee, Angeline, Annie, Donna, Elaine, Elvire, Gunver, Helle, Ine, Inge, Jean, Jeanette, Jen, Judith, Karine, Kendall, Kirsten, Lisa, Marie, Martina, Willemijn, Yvon and all the lovely folks from Chambres d'Amis!

One thing is sure; we have put together a great program for you all, to show you Marrakech in an alternative, surprising and authentic way.

October is slowly coming closer and I'm counting down the days of September.

herringbone & harlequin

Herringbone & Harlequin.

Two of my favorite patterns.

I've made two matching pillows in matching patterns recently.
And they look so good together.

Now they are both for sale in my ETSY SHOP.

The front side is handmade crochet fabric, the backside is made of offwhite linen and the inner pillow is included.

medina life

A trip to Marrakech on your travel bucket list?

But you rather not travel alone? This is your chance!
With a group of super nice participants from all over the world, you will have the time of your life!
During the Cool Crochet workshop, you stay in the green oasis, hotel Chambres d'Amis, in the middle of the Medina in Marrakech.
You will discover the colorful city in a very special, authentic and adventurous way.
We will bring you to the most wonderful places and yes, we will crochet 'in between' in the coolest places.
How about a daytrip to the Atlas Mountains? Or crochet a bikini top in the middle of the desert?
Furthermore we take you to wool heaven in the Souk (don't forget to save some space in your suitcase, to bring wool from the Souk)

Click H E R E for more information and send me a mail, if you think this is about you.

We'll be back in Marrakech, 8 weeks from now...

midsummer weekend

Ahoi! It's weekend and I feel like doing 'some crochet' tonight.

I'm planning to make a new cardigan for the upcoming summer evenings.
It's so lovely to sit outside in the garden during these long June days. After sunset it sometimes is a bit chilly, but with a cardigan it's warm enough to sit on the garden bench a little longer. This weekend will be the longest day and we are hoping for warm and sunny days. We've planned a midsummer garden dinner with friends, to celebrate life!

Last couple of weeks I received lots of mails about the Cool Crochet workshop in Marrakech in October. The workshop is already fully booked, but I can promise you there will be new workshops in Marrakech in 2016. As soon as I know more about the exact dates (April and October) I will let you through my blog.

For now, enjoy your midsummer weekend whatever your plans are and cheers!

(moroccan stringbag - Household Hardware)

sunny stripes & luminous loops

Sunny stripes & luminous loops for the newly designed P I L L O W in bright colors with a Moroccon touch!

mighty marrakech

dreaming of marrakech

At the moment I'm busy preparing the cool crochet workshop in April.

I'm looking forward to meet all cool crochet participants at Riad Chambres d'Amis.
Meanwhile I'm dreaming about Marrakech...

amsterdam afternoon appointment

Today I had a 'workshop meeting' with Ank in Amsterdam. We enjoyed to discuss the workshop programme in detail!

We are both looking forward to the workshops in Marrakech even more now!

By the way; Ank's wonderful loft was featured in the Dutch interior magazine VT Wonen, issue January 2014.