Mosquito net
We couldn’t find a mosquito net in the local adventure shops, so Ioana had to make one. We have an ancient Singer sewing machine, which once belonged to Ioana’s grandmother. We both love the intricate beauty, the perfect harmony between function and form, so we managed to keep it working despite it’s age.
Here is the finished net:
July 29th, 200711:14 am at
The “Singer” is a little bit older than Cip says here: it was bought by Ioana’s grand-grand parents probably back in the 1920’s.
The happy face in the picture above indicates that there are no hungry mosquitos trapped with him inside the net.