this moment
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
(inspired by Soulemama)
life
From tomorrow I’m going to start doing a {this moment} post, along with Soulemama and many others. I like the idea of a regular photo post, and this idea is my favourite. I take many many close up photos of crafting, and I want to try and widen it a little…
mother’s day 2013
It seems amazing that it’s already time for my favourite tradition. Also that it’s the fourth year of potholder creating – which means over four years as a quilter. How did that happen?
Each time I’m happier with how they came together. The quilting this year is a little similar to 2012, but stitched in a completely different way using Elizabeth Hartman’s dogwood pattern again. And just as for my last project, I’ve already forgotten which fabric line this is…
my favourite sweater
Ursula is finished. I love her. I loved spinning her yarn (the three contrast colours). I loved thinking about making her and what it would be like to wear her. I loved knitting her, steeking her, finishing her, and even sewing woven ribbon on the buttonbands. And now I love wearing her, but I miss the fun of creating her a little. Thank you Kate for a joyous design! I’m sure I’ll be making this again in colours more similar to the original.
Next up – a Puffin Sweater, again in very un-puffin-like colours and completely in handspun this time. I believe that a pile of gotland fibre I forgot I ordered may be waiting for me at the post office, I think its a sign that I need to get started.
In truth though, my knitting is taking a bit of a backseat at the moment. I decided that a very large project has been in progress for far too long. Something is telling me it’s time for it to be done, out of my life, and into the life of the people I’ve made it for. I’ve set a crazy deadline for its completion and am filled with determination. If all goes well and my fingers hold out I’ll be back at my spinning wheel by Wednesday.
dogwood
A little quilt for a friend, using a variation of Elizabeth Hartman’s dogwood quilting pattern…
I only bought the fabric just over a week ago and already I’ve forgotten what it is. But I used every square in the little pack and some leftovers of something else for the binding. Next time I will take notes…
March
How can it be March already? This is proving to be a tricky month, filled with reminders of past awful events and my sadness. I’ve wanted to appear in this space more over the last couple of weeks, but haven’t felt like saying much. I’ve decided that for this month posts will consist mostly of photographs, and if I don’t feel like saying anything, I won’t.
Thank you for all the comments and emails asking about Penny – she is doing much better. She has healed quickly and didn’t complain too much about her first encounter with toothpaste. She also seems to have forgiven me for leaving her at the vet, and is back to attempting to kiss me at every opportunity. She is so sweet, I love her x
So for today – photos of things I am enjoying, working on, and um…fixing…
