wednesday workspace

Wednesday morning in my workspace.

Make-over of a caftan I bought last year in Haarlem, which still had to undergo an adjustment.

(and another pile with all sorts of things that had to be patched...)

I am still very happy with my atelier, everything has a spot and there's enough space and light to do anything creative. It is even more practical than I imagined and frankly feeds my inspiration to work between all my stuff and houseplants. (and Spotify)

After sewing in my studio, I had a coffee & moroccan almond-pistachio cookie in the front yard.

An additional advantage of sewing in the studio, I can close the studio door and leave the mess behind.

blog versus instagram

In 2009 I started my blog.

It's a kind of diary, where I share my passion for photography, interior, travel, art, green and inspiration. Only a few posts every week and after all those years it's still a pleasant way to capture my 'life'.

Blogging is a way to archive my daily activities and besides it's also nice to inspire people.
(It still happens regularly, someone approaches me at work in the market at Villa Augustus or somewhere in a city; "you are woodwoolstool right?" So funny. Of course it is always flattering to meet blog followers and who get inspiration from it.

Visually oriented as I am, my blogs are rather 'photo reports' then extensive stories.

In the pre-Instagram era I read more blogs. It used to be how I started my day, a cup of coffee and reading my blog roll. With the number of blogs I followed, it was clear and took little time and nevertheless provided me with a daily dose of inspiration.

And suddenly there was Instagram.

I've been a fan since the first hour. And yet it is more 'fleeting' and before you know it, you are swiping endlessly. Instagram can be very time-consuming and addictive. Daily dose of inspiration sometimes is an overkill of inspiration.

It may sound a bit old-fashioned, but sometimes I miss that good old blog time.
Do you recognize this? or am I the only one?
Well, as long as I enjoy it I keep blogging (and instagramming)

studio tour

All the walls in my studio are white now.

I've been painting the only colored wall in my atelier white too last week and it looks so much brighter. Moreover, the sun is shining for days now!

I love white walls! It's the perfect base for all the colorful items in the room.
The wool cabinet, moroccan carpets, framed photos, 'green table' with plants and my handmade pillows in the workspace are making the interior pretty bright and colorful.

It is wonderful to be here and so cool I do not always have to clean up all my stuff...

instant inspiration

Inspiration comes instantly when I enter my new workspace.

The wool from the B A Z A R seem to call; pick me, pick me...

The newly designed spencers I knitted recently turned out so cool! I'm writing the pattern and will show the new knitted spencers soon.

In the meantime my new 'atelier' is beginning to take shape. So far it's already so much fun to be here and I get loads of inspiration in this space...

instant inspiration

First Monday morning in March and I'm in the middle of all kinds of preparations for next month's workshops in Marrakech.

I am working on another new design for a daily cool crochet project.

Spring sun is on turn now (after a harsh winter week) and as soon as I open the wool locker, inspiration comes naturally.

wool experiments

Wool experiments for the upcoming COOL CROCHET WORKSHOP in Marrakech.

Color-testing on the Japanese hanger that I bought today at Pantoufle in Rotterdam.

mr easter bunny is in da house

Pippa brought a chocolate Mister Easter Bunny for her brother Minne yesterday.

Happy Easter to you all from the wool cabinet!

world & wool cupboard

In October I'm going to run the second workshop of this year and I'm already looking forward to returning to Marrakech.
At the moment I'm working on a new project for the cool crochet workshop.
I will use the wool I brought back from Marrakech last April. I wanted to make a woven wall hanging with it actually, but now I have a new colorful crochet project in mind...

locker love

One of our favorite pieces of furniture undoubtedly is this locker.

What's your favorite piece in tha house?

cool wool locker

the Whites

the Pinks

the Yellows

the Greys

the Blues

the Greens

the Neons

the Reds

All the yarn moved from a tiny white cabinet to the middle section of the locker.

New year, new round, new storage!
Yesterday evening I suddenly felt like reorganizing my wool stock.
Starting with the Whites on top - felt a strong Instagram need by then - I was already over the moon.

I am absolutely satisfied with the result!
The two outer sections of the locker are packed with books, maps, postcards, records, stuff and things. Potential storage for 'attic' wool & moroccan yarn strands...
...and yet always hungry for more yarn.

Fortunately it's a harmless addiction.

spool stock

Wool addict stock.

Spools of wool and yarn, it all doesn't fit into one cabinet anymore.

Happy New Yarn!

des fleurs séchées

Sweet summer flowers. We need it. Since our return from the sunny south, summer in the Netherlands is not what we were hoping for.
I guess we can all use a ray of French Summer...

Have a nice weekend!

the petite wool cupboard

New balls please...

Working on a brand-new Petite Wool project.

socks & tights

Nowadays the wool cabinet is used as socks & tights cabinet on the attic.

christmas cabinet

christmas cabinet, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Wool cupboard turns into Christmas cabinet.
For the occasion I stored the wool temporary in another place.
This to make space for some small collections of Christmas stuff;
a row of angels on top
then a row of birds,
followed by a row of baubles
a row with a hodgepodge of decorations (bells, church, Santa, snow globe with nativity scene)
a row of all kinds of animals (peacock, deer, fish, squirrel)
a row of hearts
and at the bottom there are some empty squares...(the time being)

At the back of the entire cabinet I attached a line of LED lights. Oh yeah!

wood & wool x-mas tree

wood & wool x-mas tree, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Enjoy hunting & decorating your x-mas tree!

The handmade trees are for sale in my Etsy shop.

-x-m-a-s- line up

-x-m-a-s- line up, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Some weeks we had a x-mas decorations try out with the hares and postcards we brought from London.
Can't wait to hang them back...

wood ♥ wool

wood ♥ wool, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

in & out

in & out, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

The garden doors are open
In between the showers
I'm in the garden or else inside...

united colors of wood & wool stool 2.0

united colors of wood & wool stool 2.0, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.