Tabea Katharina

Eek, spiders!

By: tabeakatharina February 22, 2019February 22, 2019

Knittinghandwear, stash-busting, DROPSLeave a Comment

DROPS Flora is the gift that keeps on giving. I bought it originally to knit a hat for my uncle in 2017, then tried to use up the leftover yarn by making a scarf for Phil. Unbelievably, I still had one skein left afterwards. (I could have used it up in the scarf, but I…

Making a marble cake

By: tabeakatharina February 18, 2019February 19, 2019

BakingBaking, bread, cakes and pies3 Comments

I usually ask my mother to make marble cake for my birthday. It brings back lots of happy memories, because my Grandma used to make it for my birthdays when I was a kid. This year I wanted to make it for myself. After all, I finally have the necessary equipment (including, most importantly, an…

Salut Manu

By: tabeakatharina February 15, 2019February 15, 2019

Knittingcardigans, DROPS, kate daviesLeave a Comment

Sometimes you work at things for a long time and they just come out … meh. Like this cardigan. I started it at the beginning of December and finished it a couple of days ago. It was a technically challenging pattern for me. It took time and effort and staying power. And it came out…

Burda Oven Mitts

By: tabeakatharina February 11, 2019February 22, 2019

Sewingburda, handwear, home and deco, stash-bustingLeave a Comment

Ever since we moved into our apartment, I find myself nesting hardcore. I guess it’s because before it was always just me, and now I have a little human-feline family. It’s fun making things for us. The pattern I used for Phil’s apron came in a package with other kitchen accessory patterns. These oven mitts…

The problem with chive

By: tabeakatharina February 8, 2019February 7, 2019

Gardeninggardening, herbs, roof gardenLeave a Comment

It’s only February, I know! I’m still starting to think about my roof garden. I want to succeed in growing chive this year. Last year I started in March and kept all the pots in the kitchen. This might have been too warm for the seeds because chive’s a cold-germination plant. Today I received my…

In which I buy jeans (and a cape)

By: tabeakatharina February 4, 2019February 2, 2019

Shopping, Thriftingjeans, ready to wear, second hand, trousers2 Comments

If there’s one thing I – a short-legged person with a big butt – hate with the passion of a thousand fires, it’s trousers shopping. Alas, all three of my jeans gave out during the past couple months! (I’ve had them for years, so I got my money’s worth. I’ll try to mend my black…

February Works in Progress

By: tabeakatharina February 1, 2019February 1, 2019

Knitting, Sewingburda, cardigans, DROPS, kate davies, skirts, stash-busting, wip3 Comments

I’m still working on the Manu cardigan. I’ve finished both sleeves and joined them to the body. The yarn (DROPS Baby Alpaca Silk) is gorgeous! I took the cardigan with me on the train ride to Vienna, and I guess because of all the travel chaos I was absent-minded and didn’t read the pattern properly.…

January Reading Roundup

By: tabeakatharina January 28, 2019January 27, 2019

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I’ve been doing the Goodreads Challenge for several years now with varying success. I met my goal in 2016 and 2017, but fell short in 2018. To hold myself accountable this year, I decided to post a roundup of all the books I’ve read in each month at the end of it. (Yes, I might take…

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