“so take the photographs and still frames in your mind…”

Maybe it’s the librarian me, maybe it’s the constant reminders of the transience of life, but I love my photos. I managed to get a few more printed, and the glorious snapfish had it in my humble PO box this evening. Want a sneak peek? Admittedly, I only took one of those photos. The story … Continue reading »

FO- Featherweight Challenge.

On the 17th of April, my cardi looked like this: Just shy of 700m (191g) of 4ply polworth-silk from Tarndwarncoort that I bought at the OBDM Celebration of Wool a year ago (and promptly drowned in creaming soda). My mother bet me that I could not have a Featherweight Cardigan finished in 2 weeks, and … Continue reading »

Ah Canada!

Once upon a time, when my brother and I were two bricks and a tikki high, we has a commodore 64. The most beloved of our cartridge games was an ice hockey/NHL game. We played it for hours and loved it. I rediscovered just how much fun (and how technical) ice hockey is whilst watching … Continue reading »

Soon… soon my pretties.

There will be photos. (When the buttons arrive, and I am able to find the USB connector for my phone. It would have to have a non-standard adaptor, wouldn’t it?) It spent 3 agonising hours yesterday seaming the sleeves to the body of my RTA. Agonising because I loathe seaming and am so very bad … Continue reading »

blah.

I miss the cold, the wet, the rainy. Years in the south of Aotearoa will do that to you (from all reports, those living in the Apple Isle will know exactly what I’m talking about). I hate the weather’s stubborn refusal to act autumnal, because it’s giving me a major headache. There’s a migraine coming … Continue reading »