spring forward

All that natural light throughout the house!

Spring is definitely in the air.

Can't wait to open the garden doors and live outside more.
Yesterday I've started to work in the garden for a while and pruned the ginkgo tree in our front yard.

Even though we have to be patient, before we can have breakfast in the front yard again.
Well, for the time being, we can start with a cup of tea with a warm woolen cardigan on the garden bench. Nothing wrong with that either.

3rd 'marrakech' baby

Another 'Marrakech' baby was born yesterday afternoon.

This baby boy 'travelled' with us all the way to the desert and the Atlas Mountains, during the Cool Crochet workshop last October. Admittedly in his mother's belly, but still...

His name is Otis and he is Suzan's beautiful firstborn.
As a maternity gift, I've made a tiny wooly waistcoat for him.

Otis is the third 'cool crochet' baby that joined us on one of the workshops in Marrakech.

The first one was Enea, son of Ilaria and went with us during the Cool Crochet workshop in April 2014. The second was Leo and came along on the Cool Crochet workshop in October 2016. He is also a son of Ilaria.

So Otis is the third in a row of boys that went to Marrakech, before birth.

Today I will send the wooly cardigan to Suzan. In two days I will leave for Marrakech again and I wonder if there will be another announcement from a participant this time, haha...

If you want to make an original handmade maternity gift (or baby birthday gift),
you can download the baby waistcoat pattern from my E T S Y shop

palmtree having its moment

Palmtree travel shoebag.

From one of the tryouts of the upcoming cool crochet workshop projects, I've made a matching travel shoe bag for my golden palm tree slingback pumps.
I attached one of the tiny CC palm projects to a linen shoe bag.

Those small bags are ideal for traveling; you can put in your lingerie, shoes, toiletries and loose parts in your suitcase, which makes it easier to pack and organize your travel luggage.

The bag completely fits into my 'golden palm phase'...