Krabben

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An untranslateable title today... Do the British scratch? Well, we do! We scratch a lot. Especially car windows... And the 'scratch season' started today. It was cold. It was bitter cold. That's what you get when you've been spoilt with Indian summers for several weeks: a few degrees below zero and we get cold. The heating is on, and I've printed out patterns for plain mittens for the kids. Sams baby mittens from last year are definitely too small now and Hannah... well... she's a girl, and she keeps losing hers... So two pairs of plain mittens it is... and for special... Hannah gets a pair of snowman mittens. Because she still has her snowman hat from last year...
And dad gets these: in black, red and grey

Een onvertaalbare titel vandaag. Want krabben de Britten wel? Nou, wij wel! We krabben wat af. Vooral autoruiten... En het krabseizoen is weer begonnen. Het was koud. Bitter koud vanochtend! Dat krijg je als je bent verwend met een heerlijke nazomer: een paar graden onder nul en we krijgen het koud. De verwarming staat aan en ik heb al wat patroontjes uitgeprint voor een paar gewone wantjes voor de kinderen. Want de babywantjes van Sam van vorig jaar passen echt niet meer en Hannah... tja... dat is een meisje, en die raakt de hare constant kwijt. Dus twee paar gewone wanten maar... en voor 'speciale dagen' krijgt Hannah nog een paar sneeuwpopwanten. Omdat ze haar sneeuwpopmuts van vorig jaar nog wel heeft...
En paps, die krijgt deze: in zwart, rood en grijs

Comments

MoniqueB. said…
Fietsen? dan hoef je niet te krabben. Mijn zoon moet nu elke dag naar Drachten fietsen, ik heb hem maar een muts gegeven, want je hoofd koelt zo af.

Maar dank voor de handschoentip! Ik moet er ook een paar breien voor Bridget, misschien heb je die leuke gezien van Hello Kitty? Die staan wel in mijn fav's op Ravelry. Die krijgt Bridget, maar wanneer..... ?
October 15, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Redactie said…
Hallo Ammerins,

je bent een van de winnaressen van de prijsvraag van Het Moederfront: je hebt Dapper Snappers gewonnen!

Als je ons je straatadres mailt, komen ze zo snel mogelijk naar je toe|!

(We zagen geen mailadres, dus doen we het maar even via je blog!)

Redactie Het Moederfront
http://www.hetmoederfront.nl
October 15, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Ammerins said…
Joepsie, ik heb wat gewonnen, leuk!!!
October 15, 2009 at 11:44 PM
froukje said…
Laat de winter maar komen, eh dat wordt nog snel breien!
October 17, 2009 at 4:07 PM
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