X-Mas knitting

... only three more scarves and one hat to go :-)

this is a restigouche in pink tones, made from two strands of superfine mohair. I love the effect of this scarf, I'll probably do a couple more this season in other colors.



and almost done: one Bella scarf in dark red mohair, and one Flora in shades of grey.

X-Mas orders

To everyone that's still waiting for their X-Mas orders, just a quick note to say that I'm trying to dispatch everything until the 15th, so please be patient :-)


#137, blue cover with daisies
#138, black cover with chinese "book" character
... orders from R.




#135, blue cover with celtic cross
#140, beige cover with serpent
#139, brown cover with cat
... orders from G.





 

pública ...

Saiu na revista do Público a semana passada, mas ainda não tinha visto .. A Andreia foi uma simpatia e avisou-me agora ... fica aqui uma foto roubada ao blog da Lara, e se quiserem ler o texto também está aqui no blog dela


 

best books of the year ?

just a quick post, to make me forget the dreadful presentation for a few minutes :P
inspired by this BC thread, I quickly glanced through my list of books read this year and came up with this temporary top 5:
- Norwegian wood, by Haruki Murakami
- The shadow of the wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- Checkmate, by Dorothy Dunnett (Chronicles of Lymond, Vol VI)
- 84 Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff
- Second glance, by Jodi Picoult

Maybe this might change until the end of the year, but by the looks of my current TBR I don't think it will happen ...

And my list of favourite authors "discovered" this year (this time, in specific order):
1. Dorothy Dunnett
2. Haruki Murakami
3. Jodi Picoult
4. Ann Brashares (The sisterhood of the travelling pants was my favourite chic lit of the year, that's for sure ;-)

 

busy week

sorry, no new photos today - this week I will hardly have time to breathe so no updates on this blog until Thursday or so ... I have 3 projects to run at work (my other work, not the crafty kind), plus a really important presentation on Wednesday that's driving me insane :P
I did finish some knitting during the weekend, but nothing else since it was also my first weekend of the third level of the shiatsu course .. which was great, because even with all the stress this week I'm feeling quite relaxed - all those massages had to produce results :-) it was exhausting, both mentally and physically, but totally worth it. And I even had a pleasant surprise on Sunday: a friend I hadn't seen since summer showed up and it seems that life in Switzerland is agreeing with him ... to finish my weekend in greatness, a great concert of classical music at Gulbenkian followed by dinner with dearest friends ...unfortunately I didn't have the time to go and see the latest HP, but this week I will (and thank god it's a holiday on Thursday)
on a final note, the snow has finally arrived to the Alps and Andorra, which means a great skiing season this year (we only go twice a year, but we're just tooooo obssessed), so I leave you with a few photos from last year's trip to Val d'Isére.