When I first started knitting, I made scarves. Everyone makes scarves. Once I was pretty sure of the whole knit/purl mechanism, I decided to branch out and teach myself some patterns. I bought oodles of blue and white wool and made square after square from Mumini’s Cleckheaton pattern book. I taught myself how to cable, [...]
Also tagged yarnosophyI am blogging on the go! The old-fashioned way: this post was originally drafted by pen, in a moving vehicle. A long car trip, not of our choosing, appeared on the schedule. As someone who guards their weekend with the snarling jealousy of a griffin defending its hoard of Snickers bars, this was not an [...]
Also tagged yarnosophyEtiquette: you have been out walking in your lunchbreak. You are listening to your ipod and generally grooving. As you return to your workspace, you realise a quick bathroom stop is in order. Do you (a) return your ipod to your desk and then double back to go to the bathroom; or (b) wear your [...]
Also tagged etc., foodI love winter: it’s grey and breezy and sweetly cool, and the nights are cold and good for sleeping. I love the poetry of the world turning inward and resting; a cycle of inner growth and patience, etc. But I’ve been reading foodgawker.com, and it is pretty damn clear that in the Northern Hemisphere, [...]
Also tagged foodAutumn never ceases to grab my attention. You’d think I’d have worked out the pattern of seasons by now, but no. I be the daft-yet-delighted one. Summer bundles along, and I’m just thinking I’ve got the hang of things — warm, long days, sticky backs-of-knees — and then one morning I think it’s slightly cooler, [...]
Also taggedMidway through the Easter long weekend, I had a mini-revelation. I had spent far less time doing fun things than doing not-fun things. Not-fun things aren’t necessarily unpleasant, and have to be done, but why prioritise them? When it comes to allocating my spare time, I tend to follow a dessert approach: you get your [...]
Also taggedFew things photograph the way you think they will. A photo can only take in a tiny portion of the whole kitchen and won’t reflect all the peripheral details that contribute light, interest and colour when you are looking at the whole scene. Case in point: coffee cups, mess and some scribbled notes. I saw [...]
Also taggedToday I spent an hour up to my wrists in dirt and dandelions. I love dandelions. I hate digging the freaking things out of the vegetable garden. We planted the veggie garden yonks ago, and the seeds have sprouted, which means the weeds are becoming problematic. I didn’t mind them so much before — they’re [...]
Also tagged sproutyNot even close. Process versus product is a false dichotomy. THERE I SAID IT. Loads of people talk about whether they’re process knitters or product knitters — or whether a project is a process knitting project or a product knitting project — and I don’t think I’m one or the other. I can’t think of [...]
Also tagged knitting, Lacey tunicIt’s autumn and I’m stoked and the world keeps giving me fresh food. The other day, a coworker brought in the biggest damn bowl of cherry tomatoes I’ve ever seen — surplus from his crop. Those cherry tomatoes will haunt me in my dreams, as I weep through the tomato shortage of winter. I am [...]
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