MOONSTITCHES: The Map is Speaking to Me...

... and I am listening.

Post! Go, sit down, get those tons of photos out onto your Flickr stream, show what is inspiring you these days, write a new posting because your visitors definitely would like to see something new here around. Those potatoes from last week start to grow old...

Alright. I am putting my current knitting aside for a moment and say hello to you all! Thank you very, very much for all the great and fun comments on the potato posting. I so much enjoyed each and everyone, loved checking out your locations and getting in contact with you. I haven't been able to get back to all of you yet but I hope to do so during the next days. (Neža, my mail to you was returned, maybe you could contact me via ravelry or Flickr if you happen to have an account there?)
I didn't expect the potato posting causing so much fun - Thank You!

So, I uploaded a bunch of photos from four magazines I have on my desk right now. Liniere and natural & relax. No craft magazines, just fashion. What to wear, how to style, where to buy... I love flipping through those magazines, a lot of inspiration inside.

Something that makes me actually show you my handbag which I finally found this summer after looking for a handbag for so long... curious what I carry around?

The two cozies I made in early summer when I got my new phone. Done in a few minutes. Thick wool, rough edges. As simple and quick as possible.

Larger view here, also a peek inside those boxes.

I always have something to write with me, stitch markers, pins, a ruler, wet tissues, band aids, a pair of chopsticks, the tote from my favourite bakery, in summer oil absorbing tissues... all small things in boxes to keep it neat. The iPod I don't have with me everyday, only when I am on my own, the head phones are too big for my handbag, they go into the large market bag I made some months earlier.

I must confess this is my first "real" handbag, one I did not make myself. I turned let's say sort of old this year and thought I was grown up enough to get one of the real ones ;)

Last week was a week of impatient knitting (of which I will tell you later), but also I happened to try making a warm top to go over blouses and long sleeved shirts. A first attempt. This one clearly is too big. Wearable and of course intended to not be a fitted garment, but a bit less wide would be better. The pattern is from this year's nani Iro book (ISBN 978-4-579-11183-1) which I got in summer (with the intention of making something for summer...). I used some woolen fabric I had at home. The pattern is really simple and even faster to be sewn. I made a few modifications (like adding an inch to the length) and will keep working on this pattern because I quite like it. Even as it turned out this time.