Filed under: Living in Europe | Tags: autumn, bread, doctor, Ljubljana, morning
I have been caughing for three weks now – and last Wednesady I decided it was time to stay at home, get some rest and hopefully it would go away. Guess what – it did not go away and yesterday I had to see my doctor.
For some things I am a very lazy person. One of those things is picking up your doctor – I still go to see my student doctor who happens to be in Ljubljana, which is totally unpractical if you’re sick and have to drive about 40 minutes to get there.
Luckily I am not seriously sick (with fever etc.), so after I am done with her I can have a relaxing coffee in the old town of Ljubljana, eating a chocolate muffin and observing the people who pass by in the grey cold morning, right? And after that I might also just drop in at Lush to buy some stuff I really need and besides, it smells gorgeus there and that alone is a good reason to stop by. And you know, I really need new shoes… And how about another coffee?
That was my Monday. I enjoyed the feeling of being free to wander around the city and just soak the atmosphere without the feeling of guilt (because I am not working, because I should hurry home to take care of my daughter, because I should spend my time effectively…). I think I haven’t felt like this since I quit my previous job.
So my idea to get a doctor in Kamnik, the place where we live, is temporary on hold. It’s much more fun to have a doctor in the “big city”.
P.S. The bread baking season in our home is officially open – yesterday I made a loaf of white bread and this is what is left of it today.
White bread - leftover :) (photo: Grasswire)
As for the knitting front – I knit 2 pink hats – one for Tamara and one for Taja, daughter of my friend Natasa. Here’s how Tamara’s hat looks (Taja’s is exactly the same, just has a blue crochet flower attached to it):
Very girly, very soft and very warm. I love it. (photo: Grasswire)
The pattern is the same as the one for my pointy hat (Drops), just the result is totally different because of the yarn which I used to make this extra girly hat. I love this pattern – it’s so simple and can be adapted in many different ways. No need to worry if you cast on enough stitches to make a hat wide enough and you can easily make more or less pointy hat. This might be the reason that a lot of knitters are so fond of short row technique (though, obviously, this hat is made with very simplified short rows).
I also work on the Cobblestone for Grasswire - I have decided to work on the sleeves with doublepointed needles, so it’s going a bit slower than I hoped. I have finished the body and one sleeve. Hope to cast on for the other sleeve tonight. My wish is to finish it in three weeks.
Work in progress (photo: Grasswire)
