ConnieLene – KnitDesigner

The shops windows all have orange decorations, the orange merchandise is flowing out the doors, and the country will be in an orange shambles by the end of tomorrow.

In Amsterdam there will be an orange mess for some days because the cleaners strike at the railway station has become a Queens Day cleaners strike all over.

So an orange mess everywhere after the celebrations for the Queens Birthday.

I have an orange hat and have been knitting a crown for fun. Trouble is I decided to knit it out of crepe paper and not yarn. My wrist is not coping.

My crown will not be in use this Queens Day – maybe next year instead.

Crepe paper is interesting to knit with – but it is slow knitting and doesn’t flow well. The knitting looks okay – and the texture is great, so I will complete it just not for this Queens Day. it might turn out to be something else of couse. Since I have been in the Netherlands I have added shadow knitting, felting, knitting with plastic, moebius with magic cast on, carbon footprint graphs, knit graffiti, Danish shawls and now knitting with crepe paper to my list of new experiences.

It is not so quiet outside – 10.20pm and the party is already on in the park.