Knits on stage

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While some of my SnB friends went to see Julie & Julia and were all heading back to their kitchens to cook, I went to see Tante Patent with Hannah and got loads of ideas for cool knits. There were knit monster (with knit-on you-know-what), knit cat, cockrel and dolls (lifesize and small), knit vegetables, knit horns and knit head and body wear. Together with a cloth house and cardboard beds, houses, cars and airplanes, this made a 'kids' play into a totally mommy-proof evening of entertainment!
Wanna see more? Here: youtube1 and youtube2.

Terwijl een aantal van mijn SnB vriendinnen naar Julie & Julia waren en direct weer naar de keuken renden om heerlijke dingen te gaan koken, was ik met Hannah naar Tante Patent, en deed ik superideeen op voor leuke breidingen. Er waren gebreide monsters (met aangebreide je-weet-wel), katten, hanen en poppen (groot en klein), gebreide groenten, hoorntjes en kleding. Samen met het huis van katoendoek en de kartonnen bedden, huizen, auto's en vliegtuigen was dit 'kinderstuk' ook echt een leuk avondje uit voor mama!
Meer zien? Hier: youtube1 en youtube2.

Comments

Jolanda said…
Dat is pas een echte win-win situatie!
October 26, 2009 at 5:42 AM
MoniqueB. said…
Klinkt geweldig! Al lijkt een kartonnen bed me een beetje tricky!
hahahaha.
October 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM
yvonnep said…
Hier nog een Julia gek. Ik ging niet direct van alles koken, mijn man wel. :-) Boffen.
Tante Patent zal ik alert op zijn, want dat lijkt me erg leuk.
December 15, 2009 at 5:37 PM
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