Fish Pillow

This is a fish pillow I did with a face I made some time ago and was lying around in my studio.

At the moment I have a kind of dizziness and doctors cannot tell what it is. It isn't anything bad because I made all kind of tests and they were all negative but I cannot work on my things like before.

I will wait till I come back from Wales mid January to try to update my blog and begin once more to work with a system...

Please excuse my disappearance for a while.

Link

I would like to link you to a wonderful video Susan Lenz did from my studio.

It is much better than all my photos to get an idea of the place! Thanks, Susan!

There is also a very nice story about her stay at my place, our visit to Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic and our trip to the awesome fabric shop near my farm.

If you don't recognize what I have in the hand on the photo, that's my cellphone's case.

Workshops in my studio

I want to tell or remember you that I give workshops in my studio in Austria.

The workshops are normally 2 1/2 days, like Friday to Sunday, but also during the week.

 

The price includes B&B and material. Please ask details at saralechner@gmx.at

They are normally for just one person at a time , but if a group of friends would like to come (with a max. of 4 persons because I have a guest apartment with 2 double rooms and bath) , please ask.

In the winter time the workshops can be just for 1-3 persons because we have to work in the heated glass room in the middle of the studio.

I will be in Wales in December - January so after that I accept requests for workshops beginning after February 2010.

Flu...

I am very sorry about neglecting my blog for a while.

I had work to do and after that I got the flu (not the swine one I suppose but a dizzy one...).

I will be back...

Sheep-in-Sheeps-Clothing

This little sheep is not a pattern from me but you can find it in Ravelry.

It was so cute I couldn't resist and knitted this one for my grand daughter.

Now in its clothes...

 

 

It is a free pattern from Frankie Brown, who does wonderful things.

KIVA

I just made a loan to someone in Togo using a wonderful  website called Kiva.

I discovered the site in the blog of a fellow blogger.

In Kiva's website you can lend to someone across the globe who needs a loan for their business - like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks.  Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent - and you get updates letting you know how the entrepreneur is going.
       
The best part is, when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back or use it for another loan (I like this idea because you can give a small loan once and use the same amount over and over)- and Kiva's loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so I suppose you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly.

I made a loan to Adjo Solomé in Togo.  I liked her immediately because she's working with a sewing machine!

I love the internet because you can do things like this directly now.

I checked the site for its credibility as much as I could and you should do this too before giving some loan so that you feel good about it!

Dragon shawl

Anneli and me are are totally into sock wool knitting! After she created the African Impression shawl I took the idea further and did some changes in the pattern getting as a result a Dragon Shawl that has some scales in the middle. I loved this because it helps to give structure to the piece. I also did some points at the end of the piece.