Archive for the ‘knitting’ Category
Tweet :: new fabric in my letter box … must resist, must resist, must resist. But look at that paisley! Feast your eyes upon those mushrooms! Move on lily, move on. :: cups of tea whilst I work. :: toasty boonah shawl round my shoulders :: listening to Abby describe the hilarity of the shadow [...]
Tweet This is Glen – he’s my sock tutor and he’s a marvel. Look at him go! Today was my last sock class at Morris and Sons (thank you Abby sweetpie for giving me such a thoughtful and longed for birthday present) and Glen’s here winding a new ball of yarn for me. Nooooooo …. [...]
Tweet Just so you know how an 8am start to a two hour midwifery lecture, followed by two hours in the library studying the assessment of the vital signs, a one hour tutorial assessing case studies, an hour reading yet another paper on the efficacy of motivational interviewing in a behaviour change programme for smokers, [...]
Tweet Sunday … I spent the whole afternoon at Morris & Sons in the city learning to knit socks. On an 80cm circular needle. I thought this was a mistake when I read it in the list of supplies to bring to class. I was so sure this was a mistake, I rang and checked. [...]
Tweet Tonight – as we have the last three – we sit in dismay and horror as we absorb the images of Japan’s terrible, terrible weekend. Oh my. Such overwhelming loss – and such unimaginable fear. Our thoughts and hearts reach out to these poor people as they attempt to make sense of the destruction [...]
Tweet Well … as I sit here at my desk, lamp on, surrounded by huge tomes of anatomy, clinical skills, and the politics of childbirth, it dawns on me that I’ve not yet finished my first WEEK of university and already I feel a wee bit overwhelmed. Everybody said it is a huge course. Everybody [...]
Tweet Well … it has only taken me almost two years – good thing teenagers don’t grow as fast as little ones! – but Abby’s pink, orange and blue striped poncho is finally done. I knitted up that front in a flash – put in fast and furious hours – then took my long sweet [...]
Tweet I’m pleased to announce that after a week of feverish knitting – where I pretended that if I did not speak about the knitting, offer the knitting up for inspection, or utter any, any, any explanation for the knitting, Julian would not realise I was knitting, let alone knitting for him – I finished [...]
Tweet :: light the lamps :: :: ponder a jigsaw with Abby :: :: set wild mushroom and barley soup a-simmering atop the stove (recipe from here ) :: :: bake a custard in Nanny Dougall’s old bowl (recipe below) :: :: wind a fresh ball of Malabrigo on Nanny Cottam’s old Toyota yarn winder [...]
Tweet It’s not really meant to be a stretchy bag – but being a crocheted bag, it has certainly proved to be stretchy. Of course, this can count as a feature – I’m sure we could fit watermelons in here and the bag would just keep on stretching. However, it may mean, amendments may have [...]
Tweet for the homecoming of my girlie! Oh, when she pops through that arrivals gate, it will have been over three weeks since I farewelled her and Mum. They set off at the end of our summer holidays in Merimbula for the soggy hills of Brisbane, whilst Julian and I came home here. Then he [...]
Tweet Ahh … it is always so lovely to come home. As much as I enjoy my days at the bookstore – there are always so many lovely books to fondle and read as well as lovely customers to chat with and listen to – as I walk through my door, an excited white puppy [...]