Life is proceeding pretty much apace here. Thanks to some help from Mom & Dad over the Thanksgiving Weekend, the shed now has rafters and some sheathing: I finished off a hat and sweater set for my sister’s baby: And Rowan and I got out for a wee hike yesterday, during which we found an…
Category: knitting
Vancouver-ho! and Flutterby Progress
I did a lot of getting all the titchy, tiny, little pieces ready yesterday and so actually only assembled one butterfly. But the rest are now ready to go and it should be a fairly streamlined process. I also finished up a wee sweater (in this pattern). While I love the result, I have to…
Deep breath
After finishing Tori-iru, my studio was utterly and completely trashed. There was no flat space that was uncovered, including the floor. Scraps of fabric, batting, paints, threads and heaven knows what else were everywhere. I took a day to sort things out again and to breathe deeply and let my mind relax. When my mind…
Daniel’s Sweater
A few weeks ago I made a small sweater for the son of a friend. I took a whack of photos, wrote up this blog post and then realized that I couldn’t post it without spoiling the surprise. After dropping off the sweater, I forgot entirely about the post! So here is Daniel’s sweater ,…
Baby, baby
Life’s phases come in waves, it seems. Deaths, marriages, tragedies and periods of joy are never isolated, but cluster together to what can seem like mutual exclusion. Right now I seem to be in the midst of a deluge of babies. The most recent pair were twins Isaac and Alice, the kids of Jennifer and…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 