Back on the horse

If you have been stalking me and my blog since it’s early days, you may remember me mentioning my horse Daisy a few times. But I doubt both, so I’ll be glad to tell the whole story again. I also daresay my writing skills have become less immature since I last wrote about my childhood passion: horses. Yep, I used to be one of those obnoxious horse-fanatic girls who regularly read trashy horse magazines (thankfully I got tired of them pretty early and read a “real” adult horse magazine, Cavallo in this case, instead). I wonder where my fascination for […]

Getting hooked

Two weeks ago I spontaneously taught myself how to crochet. Of course I already knew how to knit, but having had too much time on my hands to browse ravelry, I saw some cool crochet patterns which appealed to me. So I dug out those old crochet hooks who I’ve inherited from probably my grandmother plus some leftover yarn, and started crocheting. YouTube has once again been a great help, and about an hour later I created a somewhat crooked swatch. Afterwards I tried my luck with a granny square, which still looks a bit crooked, but I think I’ve […]