Monday, January 14, 2013

The weather isn't on the gardener's side // Pogoda nie sprzyja ogrodnikowi



The weather isn't on the gardener's side. The white powdery snow has covered everything, the temperature is 8 degrees below zero. I 'd like to go outside and dig, plant or weed something in the garden but there's nothing I could do there.. except walking  my dog or feeding the birds :)

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Pogoda nie sprzyja ogrodnikowi. Biały puch pokrył wszystko a temperatura spadła 8 stopni poniżej zera. Chciałabym wyjść na dwór, pokopać, posadzić albo popielić coś w ogrodzie, ale niestety.. mogę tylko zabrać psa na spacer albo nakarmić ptaki :)
A doily for my mother-in-law

Blue tit // sikora modra

 Great tit // sikora bogatka

 
In winter I always have some time to to knit or crochet. The majority of stuff I make, I give to my friends and family. This Christmas I made some crocheted presents: a tea cup for my mom, a doily for my mother-in-law and a few stars for my friend and for my aunt. Currently I'm working on a baby blanket made out of granny squares.

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W zimę zawsze mam czas, aby coś podziergać czy poszydełkować. Większość rzeczy, które robię oddaję znajomym i rodzinie. W tym roku na święta Bożego Narodzenia zrobiłam szydełkowe prezenty: filiżankę ze spodkiem dla mojej mamy, serwetkę dla teściowej i kilka gwiazdek na choinkę dla koleżanki i cioci. Obecnie robię szydełkowy kocyk dla dziecka z 'babcinych kwadratów'.

A tea cup // filiżanka

 Stars // gwiazdki

Baby blanket // kocyk dla dziecka

4 comments:

  1. It amazed me how quickly our snow was disappearing today as it was cold when the snow fell.

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    1. Last week was quite warm here and no snow, now it's cold and snowy; in just one week the weather changed so diametrically. If the temperature is much below zero, it's better for the plants to be covered in snow. I remember last year in February, there was -20 degrees and no snow; as a result, some of the plants froze to death e.g. rhododendron. I was both sad and angry about that.
      You are lucky Sue, your garden looks as if there was a spring already :)

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  2. You seem very good at intricate crochet work. I love to crochet as well, but after 5 years of trying to get better, i'm still very much in the beginner's stage. I love doing granny squares but get so confused and frustrated trying to join them all neatly. Many times my blankets are just huge granny squares. lol

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    1. I also have problems joining squares together :) The easiest thing is to crochet as many identical squares as you want.. but what next :) I was thinking about making a blanket from just one very big granny square, i think it would be quite simple to crochet and it would look as nice as a blanket with many squares :) I must really think it over.

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