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From My Heart To Yours

December 29, 2018Canada, Christmas, Country, Holiday Season, Nature, Personal, Photography, Seasons, Weihnachten, Winter Season2 Comments

Oh no, how time has gone by since my last post.

I kind of got side tracked by posting on Facebook. How could I, you may ask? Well it seems to be much easier to do that with my phone.

Yes, I know I can do blog-posts on the phone too. But it seem to be a little more tedious for someone like me that is not so computer oriented. LOL

So we all had the Fall season come and go… see some of my pictures from the fall.

Well guess what, we had minus 17 on November 22nd. A brisk walk through the local park that morning and again at night, so beautiful.

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Then some more snow here and there…gurr with rain right after that.

All snow gone again. What? You say we are in winter? Normal we would be into deep winter with Christmas just past, Guess again!!! Yesterday was December 28th. A usually very cold winter day here in Canada. ..BUT not yesterday!

Believe it or not we had a temperature of “+11” .Yes plus 11 degrees. People where walking around in short sleeves… (not me).Don’t think it have seen that before in my 34 years here in Canada!

So today I woke up to – 9, ladida yes minus 9. very drastic change in temperature. I am So glad we can’t change the weather.

Enjoy the last view days of 2018 and many thanks for stopping by here on my Blog during the past years. I truly hope to be more active in the New Year.

With more posts and KnitswissYarns aswell as pattern releases here and on Ravelry.

Looking forward to seeing You again in 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU

Dehydrated Tomates

September 5, 2018September 4, 2018Cake, Canada, Country, Fall Season, Food, Handmade, Home Baking, Information, Passion, Personal2 Comments

Love the rich red colour of these tomatoes.

It is all around us right now the ripe fruits and vegetables are an indication of the end of summer season. Apples, peaches, pears, corn, cabbages and yes tomatoes.

I am luck to have this Holland Marsh wetland close by well about 20 minutes driving distance from my home. As per their website “Produce selections range from more traditional crops such as carrots, onions and celery, to more diverse options like Chinese broccoli, Asian radish, and water spinach”. So a lot of the vegetables I believe are coming from there to our local store that I have right around my home.

I also have a knitting / sewing friend that grows carrots and onions right in Holland Marsh. Luck for me I have been getting a bag here and their from her and her husband. With the onions I make this amazing yummy onion soup. Carrots are great for carrot cake or soup too.

So since yesterday I have been dehydrating 3 baskets full of tomatoes so my hubby can take them on his up-coming hike to Munising Falls Michigan (Pictured Rocks) with his hiking friends.

Have a great September to all of you.

I may have to do the same with apples soon

De La Salle Beach in Sutton

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018Canada, Country, Family, Ice-Pictures, Information, Life, Memory, Nature, Passion, Personal, Photography, Pictures, Seasons, Travel1 Comment

This is an Ice Wonderland right here in Sutton, Ontario….

unbelievable how there is sooooo much ice on the beach! This is not to far from us about 30 minutes driving…people where still on the ice doing Ice-Fishing…

I guess they know what they are doing….felt a little more comfortable staying on land at this time of year.

KnitswissYarns Exciting News

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018Canada, Challenge, City, Country, Crafts, Events, Handmade, Helping Others, Information, Knitswissyarns, Knitting Blog, Memory, Passion, Personal, Yarn, Wool, Cotton1 Comment

I am smiling from cheek to cheek and so is the sun today too. I have some Exciting News to share.

“KnitswissYarns”

Blog had been awarded to be ONE of the

Top 40 Canada Knitting Blogs and Websites

To be listed as part of this knitting community is just absolutely AMAZING.

Congratulations to All Winners.

I say “Thank You” for following me and making

“KnitswissYarns”

be part of a Your wonderful creation too.

YOU ARE MY BEST SUPPORTERS

Quilted Rug Sewing At My House

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017Challenge, Cotton Fabric, Country, Crafts, Handmade, Information, Knitswissyarns, Photography, Quilting, Winter SeasonLeave a Comment

Yes it was a day or two of sewing

“Quilted Rug Sewing At My House”

after all I work in a place that sells lots of quilting fabric at “The Quilts Store”

The fun part of this is, we get some amazing teachers in from time to time..but let me tell you we have several of my colleges that are amazing teachers too.

One of the classes was this

Quilted Rugs with Al Cote

Have a look at one of my earlier posts another great teacher. I would recommend either one of their classes for sure.

Yes I was working my shift but I had to see all the wonderful samples the students/customers where working on from time to time too. Smiles, just part of me interacting with the customers too…I believe this is my role in good customer service too.

So I picked up the some tips on how to make something like this RUG too. But since I was not in the class my sample may not be exactly as Al instructed it …but I am happy with the way it turned out. Though I wish it would rag more like the rag quilts do.

Really fun, though the cutting out of all the fabric was a bit “ahhhh” do I have to through all this fabric out to get to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd layer etc….I guess it will go in a bag for stuffing.

My kind of “The Joker and the Thief”

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017Challenge, Country, Fall Fashion, Family, Fashion, Handmade, Information, Knitswissyarns, Knitting, Knitting Fashion, Memory, Personal, Photography, Shawl, Weihnachten, Yarn, Wool, Cotton1 Comment

What am I talking about? You may ask your self…..well it is that the original pattern …

yes a knitting pattern smiles….

“The Joker and the Thief ” is all worked up with many fun and wonderful colours ,gorgeous for sure.

Leave it up to me though,I wanted to see how this pattern by Melanie Berg would look in just one colour. My KnitSwissYarns Fingering Merino Silk I used for this pattern is a very light tone on tone and in the right light will have a hint of purple, though the may colour is dark gray.

Loved the pattern and the distinct row of the 8 stitches add a definite interest to this shawl design. I truly enjoyed knitting this shawl up for my friends Ursi back home…..we enjoyed a truly fun time together in September on our Rhein River holiday.

Mushrooms After Storm

September 5, 2017Canada, Country, Fall Season, Garden, Information, Life, Nature, Personal, Photography, Pictures, SeasonsLeave a Comment

After we had a nice view days doing things around the house over the Labour Day Weekend…part of hurricane Harvey must have made its way up to us …with rain and Thunder. So the grounds are all wet this Tuesday Morning. A perfect day to doing some more cleaning I thought and getting ready for the colder season again.

So as I am waiting for the water to drain from Hot Tub ….I noticed a cluster of beautiful Mushrooms had grown on our front walk way…so delicate and pretty.

See how only 20 minutes of lighting makes a difference in the picture ….and one hour later they are all drying up and shriveled up looking…..I guess by noon they are gone again…

So two hours have past since I started this post ….and you should see how black the sky is right now…..lol I am getting soaked by rain and hail….

Berner Oberland Pullover

August 26, 2017Canada, Challenge, Country, Fashion, Handmade, Information, Knitswissyarns, Knitting Blog, Knitting Fashion, knitwear, Passion, Personal, Stricken, Winter Season, Wool, Yarn, Wool, CottonLeave a Comment

Oh nooo….I just noticed, as I was adding the Berner Oberland Pullover

I looks like I totally neglected to show you one of my latest pattern published in A Needle Pulling Thread in the Winter 2016/2017 issue that was published in April 2017 .

Available in three different sizes and knit in worsted weight yarn. I love working with cables and try to add one in all my designs.

If you like you can purchase the pattern though the link above

Raindrops

August 2, 2017August 7, 2017Backyard Flower, Canada, Country, Flowers, Garden, Life, Nature, Passion, Personal, Photography, Pictures, summerLeave a Comment

So you said it is raining again…well yes we have had a fair share of rain this spring and yes summer…Thunderstorms are usually here too.

So the one good thing is the grass …well the weeds are growing like mad.

I always have had a interrest in taking water droplet picture in the hope one day I can see the reflection of me in them …no luck so far. Or I just have not mastered the technic of this yet. I am hopeful one day I get it right.

But here I think these pictures are not to bad….really love the spiderweb and the funny end bloom of the Clematis flower.

Also genug mit dem Regenwetter … gut ist es schon doch haben in diesem Frühjahr einen fairen Anteil an Regen gehabt und ja immer noch obwohl es Sommer ist! Gewitter kommen halt auch dazu. Lach das Gras … sowie die Unkräuter wachsen wie wild.

Ich habe immer ein Interesse an Wassertropf und bin in der Hoffnung eines Tages die Reflexion von mir in eine Regentropfe zu sehen. … kein Glück so weit. Oder ich habe die Technik noch nicht beherrscht.

Diese Bilder sind aber recht gut … das Spinnennetz und die ende Blüte der Clematis Blume gefallen mir besonders gut.

Fresh Rhubarb

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017Baking, Country, Food, Garden, Handmade, Home Baking, Information, Memory, Nature, Passion, Spring2 Comments

Yes finally something fresh again from my garden….Rhubarb is ready for some good stuff. I love to make this flan we call “Weihe” in Switzerland. So yummy and soooo easy to make too.

Make a pastry from flour, butter, water, vinegar and salt. Let it rest for about 1 hour in fridge. Roll the pastry out and place in backing dish, add the cut up rhubarb. Place in oven for 10 min. Now add the egg,milk and sugar mix to the flan backing in oven for another 45 min or till egg mixture is solid.

Ohhh sooo yummy

Yehh ALL Quilted

February 9, 2017February 9, 2017Challenge, Cotton Fabric, Country, Fall Season, Handmade, Passion, Photography, Quilt, Quilting, Seasons, Winter Season3 Comments

As promised here is the picture of my fished

“Log Cabin Quilt”

All done in light, medium and dark Orange Cotton Fabric and light, medium and dark gray Cotton fabric.

See previous post on this Log Cabin Quilt here!

Love, Love, Love these colours!!!

For the back I used this black soft and heavy Sued Minky fabric we have at the moment at The Quilt Store Sooo soft and cuddly great for any winter!

I free motion quilted this Queen Size 90″x 91″on the HQ Fusion at the store too … It is amazing what all the longarm machines can do when you program the patterns into them and have IT do the quilting. However, I myself like to work it in free motion so it is truly all done by my hands….well just not “hand sewn” I know ….smiles enjoy ahh and as for the binding. That is my absolute favourite last thing on the Quilt …Really like sewing binding on…just like my grandmother was sewing the napkins for soooo many, many decades.

And if you really like this queen size quilt and like to buy it from me….just send me a note!

2017-01-27-08-54-14 — Log Cabin Queen Size Quilt 90″ x 91″ all done.

file-2016-11-07-6-44-18-pm — picture from earlier post without the back and quilting done

Do You See What I See

September 21, 2016September 20, 2016Animals, Bruce Trail, Bugs, Canada, Country, Fall Season, Flower, Hike, Information, Life, Memory, Nature, Passion, Personal, Photography, TravelLeave a Comment

A hike through the forest…

So peaceful this is!

You should see the rocks and the crevasses, many covered with all kinds of moss. Just love all the little things I see when taking time to look. Perfect moment.

Eine Waderung durch den Wald …

So friedlich ist das!

Du solltest die Felsen sehen und die Äste, viele mit allen Arten von Moos bedeckt. Perfect den Foto Aparat mit zu bringen. All die kleinen Dinge, die ich sehen, mann muss nur die Zeit nehmen zum schauen. Perfekter Moment.

Tomato Sauce

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016Canada, Country, Food, Information, Life, Memory, Nature, Personal, Photography, Seasons, Thoughts4 Comments

File 2016-08-25, 7 32 27 PM Sooooo Yummmmy! Fresh Ontario Tomatoes!!!

….what can one cook up from fresh tomatoes was my question?

Well I thought I could start cooking some comfort food for the fall Season. Ahhh noooo not that yet!!! I know it is above 30 Degrees and no one wants to think of this crazy cold weather. File 2016-08-25, 7 01 03 PM

So put 10 big tomatoes chopped up into a pot. Well back up a little bit. Some Olive Oil, two onions chopped up, some celery also chopped up, garlic of course, ginger, soften all up first……now the tomatoes and just one cup of water and fresh Basile that my girlfriend had growing in her garden. Thanks Cheryl. Oh almost forgot a cup of vegetable bouillon. Now simmer all on low for 4-5 hours….and voila

File 2016-08-25, 7 10 57 PM — 4 Hours of simmer still a bit watery….

Sooooo Yummmmy! Frische Tomaten von Ontario!!! …. was soll ich nun mit einem Korb frischen Tomaten kochen ist nun die Frage? … so ich denk ich könte etwas Vorsorgen für die Herbst-Saison. Tomaten Sauce die ich einfrieren kann. Ahhh noooo Herbst das noch nicht !!! Ich weiß, dass es über 30 Grad hier im Moment ist und ich will das kalte Wetter noch lange nicht sehen.

File 2016-08-25, 7 11 39 PM — Sooo Yummy after 5 hours simmer adding some seasoning like paprika to it now…done

So setzen 10 große Tomaten in einen Topf. Ok halt zuerst heist es etwas Olivenöl, zwei Zwiebeln gehackt, einige Stengel Sellerie auch gehackt, Knoblauch natürlich, etwas Saltz und Ingwer alles zuerst dünsten…… Jetzt die Tomaten und nur eine Tasse Wasser und frische Basile, dass meine Freundin in ihr Garten wachsen hat, Dank Cheryl. Oh fast vergessen eine Würfel Gemüsebouillon . Nun alles auf niedrigen temperatur köcheln lassen 4-5 Stunden …. und voila….soooo Yummy

Our Backyard Life

August 17, 2016August 17, 2016Animals, Birds, Canada, Country, Flowers, Garden, Life, Memory, Nature, Personal, Photography, Seasons, Tiere2 Comments

With this summer so gorgeous we have had all kind of visitors in our backyard. Here are some of our regulars that stop by. A Cardinal and a red & black Squirl, numerous amounts of chipmunks and rabits. I thought I have seen it all..but get this! In the past month we had a groundhog on the deck. Four raccoons in the trees and yes a skunk just wondering up the driveway and on another evening just wondering though the lawn as I and hubby sat quietly enjoying a summer evening together on the deck.

Mit diesem Sommer so herrlich warm oder soll ich eher ” heiss” sagen, gibt es alle Arten von Besuchern in unserem Garten. Hier sind einige unserer Stammgästen….

Im letzten Monat hatten wir ein Murmeltier auf dem Sitzplatz, sowie vier Waschbären in dem Baum. Ja auch ein Stinktier spazierte unsem Parkplatz entlang. An einem anderen Abend war es sogar in unserme Garten und watschelte so ruhig durch den Rasen als mein Mann und ich unseren Sommerabend zusammen auf dem Deck genießen wollten….ap ins Hause heiste es dann!

Bis bald wieder

Oh Canada Quilt

April 30, 2016April 30, 20161, Canada, Cotton Fabric, Country, Fabric, Handmade, Quilt, Quilting, Sewing5 Comments

Oh this one is in the works since this morning. Thought after a day’s work at the store I have to be productive and work on my stash of fabric for a change. So here is the beginning of this

“OH CANADA”

After 2 1/2 hours of sewing the fabric pieces together I now have to get batting and the backing and quilt it too. But not today as it is nice I really should go work in my backyard a little…

So see you soon with the finished Quilt.

Oh, dieses ist in den Werken seit heute Morgen. Dachte nach einem Tag Arbeit dass auch ich etwas mehr produktiv sein könnte und an meinem Vorrat von Stoff etwas ändern könnte. Hier ist also der Beginn dieses “OH CANADA” lab Quilt.

So nach 2 1/2 Stunden Stoff zusammen nähen ist die Oberflähe fertig geworden …nun gehts los mit der Batting und dem Hintergrund und quilten. Aber nicht Heute! Da es schön ist draussen ist sollte ich doch auch noch etwas im Garten tun….Lach

So bis bald mit der fertigen Decke dann….