Plarn!

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I got the idea from her and immediately knew what I was going to do with it... A bag for Hannahs teacher, as today is her last day at school before the summer holidays!
It was a bit last minute, so I spent both football games - which both yielded exactly the right results (and way longer until late into the night) cutting up bags and crocheting away with my plarn.
It is bit unwieldy, but such fun to do! It was quite an undertaking to get the colours I wanted, but thanks to the AH, Makro, Blokker and Aldi bags stashed in our attic and one visit to the shops, I had enough bags in enough colours to turn them into a nice new bag.
(front)
(and back)

It is big enough to put the jar with home-made strawberry-rhubarb jam in and Hannah's teacher will be 'making the blitz' on Sunday, when Holland are playing the World Cup final against Spain!

And today as well: HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE! Nothing nicer than waking up to a gorgeous cake. Well, he could have done without me shoving a camera in his face ;)

Comments

Herma said…
Hahah wat grappig!!!
De tas is erg leuk geworden. Is juf er blij mee!!
En gefeliciteerd met je manlief!1
July 8, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Jolanda said…
Ben zeer benieuwd naar de juf haar reactie (net zo benieuwd naar het antwoord op de vraag wiens hand daar in de linkerhoek prijkt en welk cadeau erin zit).

Sorry, maar ik ben nu eenmaal heel nieuwsgierig, uh, belangstellend bedoel ik.
July 9, 2010 at 6:28 AM
Lida said…
Super je heb de tas op tijd af, je was zo druk bezig, maar het ging niet gemakkelijk. Het is toch anders dan met lekker zachte wolletjes haken. Hopelijk valt je vinger er niet af;-))

Gefeliciteerd met manlief, taart ziet er heerlijk uit.
July 9, 2010 at 7:59 AM
Marijke said…
Nog gefeliciteerd! Mooie taart en superleuke tas.
July 9, 2010 at 10:42 AM
Ammerins said…
By the way: taart is van Zoet met taart uit Burgum. Niet van mij ;)
July 12, 2010 at 3:28 PM
Ammerins said…
Oh, en die hand is van Sam, met een van zijn auto's. ;) Cadeau was een draadloze koptelefoon, daar geniet hij nu erg van! Schot in de roos!
July 12, 2010 at 3:29 PM
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