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broken … or, what happens when you don’t do what you said you would do

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

patient ::  lily boot
red ID ::  allergic, so every medic who sees me from triage nurse to radiography technician asks “what are you allergic to?  what kind of reaction do you have?”  Clearly,  the red ID system works well!  (for the curious, I’m allergic to ibuprofen and lips, eyes and airways swell if I take [...]

orange … amongst other things

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

I love orange.  So often, when I’m choosing fabric, or wool, or clothes, I find myself thinking oh look, there’s orange, I love orange and never choose it.  This happens so often, that when I fossick through the stash, look through my wardrobe, there’s a lot of orange.
Julian and I have fallen into the habit [...]

shawl love

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

I must confess, I’m quite addicted to knitting shawls.  It all started this time last year with a few balls of Noro (the wrong ones, I might add) and this simple pattern.

Ahhh - so pretty.  But it flew off to warm the shoulders of a dear friend in the US.  So onto shawl number 2.  [...]

there are needles, and wool, and pens, and paper …

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Sadly, with preparations for Christmas and Saint Lucia’s day progressing with good cheer and peaceful spirits, we are back to eating supper on our laps!
Every table in the house has been commandeered for stitching …

applique

embellishing

wrapping

cutting

sticking and opening

knitting

collecting

And when the moment finally comes that we have parcels ready for posting, we jump to it, fill the [...]

synnove … a winter solstice elf

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Meet Synnove.  She is one of the many woodland elves that now make their homes amongst ours.  During the long, cold winter months, Synnove devotes herself to keeping her household’s fireplace bright, merry and warm.  In return, all that she hopes for is a wee saffron bun and a warm cinnamon milk, left by the [...]

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