Tabea Katharina

Baking “Springerle”

By: tabeakatharina November 25, 2019November 22, 2019

BakingBaking, Christmas, cookies!, recipes1 Comment

Springerle means “little jumper” in German. They’re a traditional Southern German cookie and are usually made around Christmas. To be honest, I used to dislike them as a child, but I learnt to love them as I got older. Sadly, my parents haven’t made them in recent years in an effort to tone down Christmas.…

How do you motivate yourself?

By: tabeakatharina November 22, 2019November 22, 2019

Knittingcardigans, cashmere, cotton, DROPS, kim hargreaves, lana grossa, mohair, socks, sweaters, the enchanted sole, wip3 Comments

I’m having a situation right now. A WIP situation. It’s very frustrating. Sage Cardigan Remember my Sage cardigan? I started it over the summer, then took a break because the cables in the two front pieces didn’t line up correctly. Calm Sweater Or my Calm sweater? It’s the second time I tried to make this…

In which I make the easiest cake in the world

By: tabeakatharina November 18, 2019November 17, 2019

BakingBaking, cakes and pies, recipes1 Comment

Recipe from: slowly veggie! Vegetarisch & vegan genießen 02/2019, p. 111. Christmas time is coming closer, it’s getting colder outside, and I feel very much like baking. My original plan for this weekend was to bake Springerle, Southern German aniseed cookies that need to be packed away and ripen for at least for weeks until…

Travel Diary: Vienna, Once More (Coffeehouses & Shopping)

By: tabeakatharina November 15, 2019November 12, 2019

Life, Sewing, Shopping, Travellingart, cakes and pies, home and deco, jewelry, retro and vintage, second hand, sweatersLeave a Comment

Welcome to the second part of my Vienna travel diary! You can find the first part here and the post with my initial plans for this trip here. This post is about cake, second hand shopping and two huge splurges! LET ME HAVE CAKE If you visit Vienna, you obviously have to go to the…

Firebird WIP

By: tabeakatharina November 11, 2019November 12, 2019

Knittingcashmere, crafting accessories, lana grossa, socks, the enchanted soleLeave a Comment

I’m making slow progress on my Firebird socks. As a reminder, this pattern is from the book The Enchanted Sole by Janel Laidman. It’s gorgeous and very intimidating. I’m still on the leg of the first sock, and I’ve been working on it for two weeks! First things first: I gave up on using the…

Travel Diary: Vienna, Once More (Food & Culture)

By: tabeakatharina November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

Culture, Travellingart, art history, food, history, museums & exhibitions, travel diary, travelling, vienna2 Comments

I’m back from Vienna! It was a great trip. I managed to balance work and free time well: I photographed every document I wanted in the archive, and still had ample time to explore the city! I’m not sure if anyone is interested in this, but this is how my workspace looked in the archive.…

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…