hey 2015

It's 2015 - yay!

I'm excited for a new year with new opportunities. A few things:

There will be some posts showing you the Christmas presents I made but never had a chance to share on here.  I'm talking the 3 S's - socks, shawls & sweaters.

I'm embarking on a new creative journey in 2015 called 4 out 1 in. Basically it means I'm gonna use up(or sell or give away) four items from my stash before I can buy materials for a new one. That way I'll - hopefully - reduce my yarn stash a little and use up some of the lovely fabrics I have. Ideally, I won't have any old WIPs at the end of the year. Feel free to join me. The more the merrier!

Do you have any creative challenges planned for the new year?

ps: The shop reopens 5th of January but there won't be a shop update until January 19.

some sheep and a lighthouse

I'm back from a two-week vacation to the land of the sheep and lighthouses - also known as Denmark. The lighthouse pictured above is called Rubjerg Knude. It's been mostly covered by shifting sands for the past years and it attracts lots of tourists every year. To get to the lighthouse and the dunes you have to walk for about 15 minutes. On the way to the lighthouse we found some sheep. Should I mention that we didn't actually make it to the lighthouse because we considered the sheep to be more interesting?

We spent quite a while watching and photographing the sheep. There was a huge variety of sheep in all different colors and with different furs; not to mention all the different characters.

Watching sheep always reminds me of 2nd grade. My elementary school class had 'adopted' two sheep that were in the school yard. We would feed them and take walks with them across the yard. They were definitely responsible for my love of wooly animals and all things fiber related.

This particular lamb reminds me of alpacas - doesn't it have the same cute, friendly look as alpacas usually have?