After a lovely slow Passover week we’re finally back to the routine. As much as I enjoy the holiday I do appreciate having my routine days once again. We didn’t have any special plans for the Passover week except for the fact that E took all the week off. We’ve spent most of the time together at home, enjoying a slow family time and simple things. My absolute favorite.

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I knew in advance that I would teach two knitting groups during the holiday because my girls wanted to meet anyway and I’m here for that. However, these meetings were in the holiday vibes. We all shared our family dinner experiences and foods (of course). Other than that it was a very slow week, kinda ‘doing nothing but a lot’. It was special and lovely by all means and included the simple things that put me in my happy place. Like these tulips that Maya, our eldest, bought for us on Passover eve which decorated our kitchen island and our family drawing trough the entire week.

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We took advantage of those slow days and went for long walks nearby the neighbourhood, during day light hours. Usually we take our walks late at the evening. We didn’t drive to the beach though because it can get really packed during the holiday. On one of our walks, we had the company of the longest shadows. It was really unusual long and made us stop to take a picture.

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E spent hours, every day, with Uri, our 14 yo, learning math together. He’s on a special math program which requires A LOT of time and brain space. The slow Passover week allowed them to sit quietly together and deep dive into the world of parabola. Tomer, 11 yo, joined them with his holiday homework because he wanted to be part of the gang mainly. From a mom point of view, I can tell you that they mostly enjoyed spending time together.

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The fact that it all took place at the dining table which is the heart of our home, affected my ‘homey mothering self’ so much. Well, It doesn’t take much to get me into my ‘homey cosy mood’. That’s my automatic go-to being (not sure if this is correct English but I guess you get the idea). My soul gets the most happiness feeling from the simple things in life, more than anything. I spent hours in the kitchen, making home-made food for my family.

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I prepared Matzah rolls almost every day during Passover week. Our kids LOVE them and consider me as the best mom for preparing them. They made some delicious sandwiches but also ate them plain. These rolls are mainly made out of Matzah flour and eggs. Let me know if you would like to get the recipe, I’ll be very happy to share it with you here.Chicken soup with matzah balls is a major part of Passover food. These are sooooo fluffy and delich… and my kids eat them even without the soup. I made 2 or 3 batches of them. I was sticking to my low carb diet the whole entire holiday. YEY go me!! Though it was very hard to keep myself away from those Passover specials. It wasn’t easy at all but I made it.

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We are all happy to get back into our routine now. The kids are back to school, E is back to work and I’m back to my studio and blogging routine. Having my lemon/ Louisa water with me at my desk and my herbs tea in the Kinto tumbler of course. Bunny Alber will help me with the writing. 
On Sunday morning I started my day packing your weekend Etsy orders. Thank you!!! Back to packing routine fills my heart, thanks to you!I fed my sourdough starter the first morning after Passover, to get it back in it’s feeding routine. Yesterday I refilled these Le Parfait jars with home-made granola which is E’s favorite.

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This week I was teaching / hosting three knitting groups, all were glorious, creative and inspiring as always. Usually a week with three groups leaves me pretty exhausted but this week I was so determined to make some progress in pattern writing, and I did.

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The Nina bag pattern finally got some attention this week and I hope to have it published in the next few days. My original Nina bag was made with three strands of Tibetan Cloud wool held together and a 5 mm crochet hook. A few ladies on my weekly groups gave it a go and Ruti decided to use a Raffia yarn. The result is so beautiful. She added a few Chamomile and Sage flowers made out of tiny bits of hand dyed sock yarns for the flowers. I am SO in LOVE. All of us are so inspired from her work. It’s a stun, don’t you think so?

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The Nina bag is the perfect base for any idea you have in mind. It is a simple crochet bag pattern that you can use just plainly as is. OR get creative and create your own unique version. There’s still a tiny bit of work needs to be done before it’s ready to be published on my Ravelry and Etsy shop.

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I guess I’ll be announcing it over on my Instagram and Facebook accounts. Usually I prefer to announce new patterns and kits here with you, my lovely blog readers but i’m still not sure how I’ll manage it this time. We shell see. One way or another, if you are a blog subscriber you’ll get a 10% coupon code into your email once it’s published. This will make me feel better with any decision taken, I guess. Because I do appreciate your visits here so much and I want to send some love back.

On The Shinjuku Scarf news

This pattern is part of my collaboration with mYak and goes along with workshops we created together. The lovely people at the mYak team have prepared gorgeous kits to go with the new crochet scarf so you can crochet the exact same scarf if you like. They kindly offer two colour options that you can choose from. The Shinjuku scarf is made out of Kupa (50% baby Yak, 50% cotton) and Tibetan cloud wool which are dreamy yarns to work with.

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The Shinjuku scarf is made out of crochet flowers that create the lovely sculptured design through the negative space. When making it you will start by crocheting the center of the main flowers and then you’ll crochet the petals and join the flowers as you go. To finish it up, you will frame the scarf while adding some fringe details.We created together two workshops that will take place at the beginning of May. The first one is actually next week, OMG, so excited! In these workshops we will be learning together how to crochet the Shinjuku scarf and you can choose if you like to join in with or without the mYak kit. Which means that you can use any yarn of your choice.

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I am so looking forward to meeting my students in the zoom classes and I can’t tell you how excited I am. My previous zoom classes with mYak were very successful and I was shocked how easy it was for the participants to learn through the zoom screen. So, in case this is something that might add some joy in your life, please head over to the mYak website and take your sit on my upcoming crochet classes. Hope to meet you…

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Luckily, we made it to the beach earlier today, just before publishing this blog post. Beach season has officially opened here in Tel Aviv as you can see. We enjoyed an hour of walking in the salty water and then spent about an hour of coffee at the beach under these blue blue sky. It was such a peaceful break and we both were so thankful for that. Hope you enjoy your day too, wherever you are. Thanks for your visit here with me, xxMo

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