sol y sombra

...to the country of my birth and my heart. I'll be in Namaqualand, Pretoria and Vredefort. See you later!

Remember my knitting trails and experiments of a while ago? Well, I am moving out of the experiment phase and into the execution phase n...

I am playing around with a new logo for Sol y Sombra What do you think? Any constructive criticism welcome...

Before I came to live in the Middle-East I thought an Arab is an Arab is an Arab.  They all look the same, they all dress the same and they ...

Just look at these beautiful things! We spent some time at the wonderful Qasr Al Sarab hotel this past weekend and all these Arabian de...

This is how I make all my templates:  All you need is a pack of coloured, semi-transparent plastic file-dividers like these.  They cost ne...

Have a look at my new pages menu at the top, just below the blog header.  Read more about me and my writing.   What do you think? 

As you can see I am playing around with the look of the blog.  After almost 2 and a half years, I feel the need for a change.  I am still wo...

Arabian geometric patterns and designs have fascinated me ever since we moved to the Middle-East seven years ago.  One of the things I love ...

It seems like this is the week to take your knitting public!  Not only is it Knit in Public day , but it is also International Yarn-bombing ...