Tabea Katharina

Winterizing

By: tabeakatharina November 4, 2019October 26, 2019

Gardeningflowers, herbs, roof garden, winterizingLeave a Comment

I’ve slowly winterized our terrace garden over the past few weeks, even though it makes me feel sad to say goodbye. 😦 I’ve harvested the last tomatoes and chilis, pulled out the annual plants (mostly flowers, the tomato and chili/pepper plants, some herbs), and planted a few winterproof plants and bulbs for spring. Now it…

November WIP

By: tabeakatharina November 1, 2019November 12, 2019

Knittingcrafting accessories, DROPS, kim hargreaves, lana grossa, socks, sweaters, the enchanted sole4 Comments

I have a nemesis. It’s this sweater. It’s a pattern by Kim Hargreaves called “Calm”. I’m, sadly, not calm when it comes to this project! I’m extremely annoyed. Years ago, this was supposed to be the first piece of clothing I’d knit. I bought white mohair yarn, got to knitting, then gave up because turns…

How many books are too many?

By: tabeakatharina October 28, 2019October 26, 2019

Readingbooks1 Comment

If you had asked me that a couple of years ago, my answer would’ve been clear: there can never be too many books! Right now, however, I’m feeling slightly overwhelmed by the amount of books in my possession. When we moved into our apartment, Phil fulfilled one of my long-time wishes: a wall of bookcases.…

Vienna here I come!

By: tabeakatharina October 25, 2019October 24, 2019

Knitting, Life, Sewing, Thrifting, Travellingtravelling, vienna7 Comments

I’ll be heading to Vienna soon to do another round of archival work for my thesis! As always, I’m trying to make plans for activities when I leave the archive in the late afternoon/evening. From experience, it gets rather depressing just going from my hotel room to the archive and back again every day. This…

Seedlings, made with yarn

By: tabeakatharina October 21, 2019October 20, 2019

Knittinghats2 Comments

A few years ago I decided I needed to curtail my accessories knitting, because I already have so many hats and scarves. But sometimes, knitting a hat hits the sweet spot in just the right way, you know? Especially if you had to temporarily put away another, larger project. This is why I went to…

Making Vegetable Stock Yourself

By: tabeakatharina October 18, 2019October 9, 2019

Cookingcooking, herbs, recipes, tutorial, vegetablesLeave a Comment

I’ve started making vegetable stock myself. Well, it’s more of a vegetable paste that you can use as stock! I got the recipe from Utopia, but since it’s in German I thought I’d show you how to do it. I slightly adapted the recipe by using lovage instead of garden cress and shallots instead of…

The state of the Sage cardigan

By: tabeakatharina October 14, 2019

Knittingcardigans, cotton, DROPS, kim hargreaves, wip3 Comments

Before posting about a smaller knitting project I’ve finished in the past week, I wanted to show you why I’m taking a break on making my Sage cardigan. It’s pretty simple: the cables on the front pieces don’t line up with each other. It’s difficult to photograph, but I think you can see the issue…

Meet Marchesa.

By: tabeakatharina October 11, 2019October 8, 2019

Lifekitties, la marchesa, Oscar the Wilde2 Comments

Our household has a new member! We’ve been thinking about getting a little companion for Oscar for a couple months now. While he overall seemed happy with his situation, it’s obviously better for inside cats if there are two of them. Even more so because I might be at home with him most of the…