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Here I am writing my new post. The very end of June and the first days of July were the travelling time for me and my family, as I wrote in my previous post . We’ve spent a wonderful time in Fribourg, chatting with old friends and walking somewhere in the forests. Fribourg is our destination every couple of years, but we are more than common visitors. After some time spent there we have special and favourite places e.g. the Natural History Museum. We’ve spent some time checking on the everything that has changed since our last visit. There is always something new to explore in The Natural History Museum. This time there was an exhibition about wolves. Being part of the local university, the museum focuses on the Swiss nature and landscape, so I had a chance to learn more about wolves living in this region (you can do this till 20th August: here ). For the first time I’ve also read that wild boars are not so common in Switzerland as where I live. For me every visit there is a major ...

June was rather difficult as it usually is in a family, where everyone needs to finish their duties by the end of the month. For myself, as I had to finish the academic year, it was an awful duty to give every student a mark. Although I had very little time to knit, I nevertheless kept knitting and purling in the meantime. I finished a couple of knitting pieces, but unfortunately there was no time left to take pictures. To say nothing about publishing. Immediately after all the schools, courses and lessons were finished, we jumped into our first holiday journey. And after a long way we reached Fribourg in Switzerland. After two years spent there, I must admit but I love the nature and the environment in this country. This is the place where every single plant is seen in all blooming beauty. And I could finally find a moment to dress my boys in their green cardigans. After they sat down their dad was able to take a few pictures. When they started to play and wonder around ...

I finished the second yoke sweater for the Fruity You and Me KAL about two weeks ago. I’ve also taken some photos but I couldn’t manage to write a post about this cardigan. This time I used my own pattern – the same as in the Flower red yoke for J from my previous post – but I’ve knitted it from bottom up and this is definitely the best way for me. I must confess that decreasing stitches gives me more hope of finishing the project than increasin. The most difficult portion of the yoke is the flower pattern itself and once this part is finished you just have to dive in the the ocean of plain stockinette. Another thing I have changed is the method: I steeked all the front piece instead of cutting only the yoke pattern piece. I was really happy to have finished both sweaters. I enjoyed knitting yoke from up to bottom for the first time, but – as I’ve written – this way is not mine, so after designing the flower pattern I’ve decided to make another yoke cardigan for my...

I must confess I am definitively not a podcast lover. In my present state of mind – a bit nervous and melancholic – watching what others are knitting right now, are going to knit or what they are dreaming to knit in the future is not overly fascinating. Perhaps the podcasts I came across were not too interesting, but on the other hand I didn’t have free time to spend it otherwise than knitting. However, some time ago I was so exhausted that I sat down and watched a couple of different podcast episodes. It made me feel better and I found that „The Fruitty Knitting” podcast is definitely worth watching more or less regularly. When I watch a new episode, my hubby looks over my shoulder and says in disbelief something like „this man is knitting again”. In every other way he is of great help, being something of my PR specialist, although he consistently refuses to learn to knit. I accept that, as he is not the first one of that kind in my family. My grandpa Antoni was not too talented as...

While I was in the kitchen this morning, I heard that back in old Times it was well seen among decent people to found enterprises or public institutions, e.g. nurseries, schools etc. The man in the podcast – relating his long and interesting life – as he could not build anything else, decided to donate his large and carefully collected library to students.  At the moment I am not planning to kick the bucket. But I have found that if I am going to donate something to others it is not a library. Ideed, we have loads of books at home, as we need them for work and school, and their number is still growing. However, I generalny do not collect scientific publications and if I do, I try to pass them on to other people. At my home, in my family and in my life the amount of yarn and textile is still growing.     ( this Jamieson's stash is waiting for a new project) These include knitted garments and accessories, carefully designed, sketched an...