Howling at the Moon

Although I'm not ready for Fall yet, not ready at all actually, I've started to look for nice decorations I can make and that's when I found this:   www.betweennapsontheporch.net You can find the pattern here . ~*~ My Fox Cushion was featured this week by Creative Jewish Mom ! Thanks, Sara!

It's no longer deniable: autumn has come. And when I think autumn, the first thing that pops into my mind isn't rain, isn't leafs, isn't woodland animals, isn't autumn colors, isn't pinecones & acorns, no, it's 'koek- en speculaaskruiden' (free translation: cookies and speculaas spices). Koek- en speculaaskruiden are an instant mix of cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, that people in the Netherlands use to bake speculaas and other delicacies with. I used it to make a Pumpkin Roll Cake with. What you need: For the cake: 3 eggs 200 grams sugar 200 grams mashed pumpkin 100 gram flour 2 tl koek- en speculaaskruiden (or 1,5 tl cinnamon and 0,25 tl nutmeg and 0,25 ginger) 1 tl baking powder bit of salt For the filling: 250 grams cream cheese 100 grams confectioners sugar 50 grams butter 15 grams vanilla sugar What you do: Preheat the oven at 190 degrees Celsius. Beat the eggs for 5 minutes and add the sugar.  Mix...

Jackal Jacket by Lena Hoschek

After finishing the hat for my colleague's daughter, I made more headgear this week.   We have a tomcat, named Ronnie, who's favorite waste of time is chasing other cats around the neighbourhood, but what he likes even more, is fighting. Ronnie isn't looking very handsome anymore as a result. He has lost a large part of his tail, because another cat bit in it and after being infected that part had to be amputated. Besides that he has scratches all the time. And because Ronnie is a white cat, you see everything: dirt, mud, dust and blood. He's a real fighter and that's why I made this Roman fighter helmet for him. It really fits his character! Looks good on him, too, as you see!    www.betweennapsontheporch.net Of course I made this just to make a picture of him (and laugh at him), he can't wear this outside the house. Although it would be hilarious to see him proudly walking the streets with his helmet on. And for the record: he didn't mi...

For the Sea Foam Backpack I recently hooked, I used wool from Hema . Normally I don't like to hook with wool at all, but this is firm wool and I never, not even once, sticked the hook between the twined threads of the yarn. Because this wool is thicker than the cotton yarn I normally use, it really gets ahead fast. Reason enough to make more things with it. Like a fox cushion for example. Fits right in the autumn theme I see everywhere.  A nice get away from the very large project that I'm still working on and that's only halfway. www.betweennapsontheporch.net