Love the embroidery.
I've spent most of today reworking the template for the blog, so engrossed in it that I haven't had any lunch yet. It's nearly tea-time, it's a miracle! Normally my stomach is constantly telling me too eat, today it obviously had vested interest in my editing the css pages.
Ah well beats packing my stuff in to boxes! Soon I will be next to the sea again :)
xoxo
No one can even begin to imagine how excited I am that I've finished, even if I did have to re-plan after a snappy 'run out of things to knit with'. I hope you all like it too!
xoxo
I completely forgot about Ysolda's patterns (how, I don't know!), but I've just gone back to using an old web browser and I came across these, stashed away in my favourites. Any way you can buy them at the link above and there are some sweet free ones to have a go at. My knitting is currently on hold...I've run out of yarn. How do I always seem to manage this? I must be terrible at gauging how much I will need. Ah well, my big, snuggly cowl will have to wait.
I'm off to help pick a wedding dress for my friend. Yey! Don't you just love it when you can fill your day with pretty things. xoxo
PS. I didn't get the job :( Momentary lapse in my day of happiness!
2. Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap
I'm working on a huge midnight blue cowl that will keep me warm in the winter evenings. Oooo cosy :D
xoxo
Sorry I haven't posted for a few days, i've been in bed with a really bad cold and chest infection :( Of course with the Swine flu going around i've been given Tamiflu...you know, just in case. So basically this is me for the next few days as I can't leave the flat. Does anyone know of any cool little knitting patterns I can work on? Nothing too straining please *cough cough*
Oooo and I so want a suitcase like this one...
love these as well...
xoxo
PS i finally have some circular needles :)
Made by Syrendell.
I feel very swirly.
xoxo
Oh my goodness I can not wait to finish the cowl and sew some vintage buttons on. I'm looking forward to spending an entire day picking through my vast collection and selecting the very sweetest ones.
The books in the background of the last photo are two that I'm currently reading and one that I carry every where with me.
1. I Am A Cat by Soseki Natsume- A series of stories written from the perspective of a cat...it's Japanese, okay!
2. Half A Yellow Sun by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie- Can't finish reading it as I know that one of the characters I love is going to end up dying or something equally as awful. I just can't bring myself to pick up the last chapter. I don't want it to end.
3. The Writers Yearbook- Ah my love, my friend! Was gutted when I split hot chocolate over it a few weeks back :(
Stay happy, my little bunny rabbits.
xoxo
P.S I'm completely smitten with the photo of the balls of yarn...
I can already tell this is going to be fun <3
I'm also completely in desire for drawing skills like artist Yoko Furusho. She's a great source of inspiration for me...see below and be in awe.
Wonderful :D
xoxo
Sorry the pictures a bit crap, it's quite late and there's only an energy saving light bulb to provide illumination. The hat is actually lilac and as all my friends already know it is my most detested colour after I lived for 5 of my teenage years in a completely lilac bedroom. Sometimes I think it's growing on me, but right now it's definitely not!
My Mr has been away for a few days and has left me in charge of things here at the flat. It's pretty safe to say that i've not done much apart from look for work, try to learn to crochet and knit. I'm sad at the moment because my Mr and I will have to give up our flat because we can't afford it what with both of us being out of work now. I'll have to go home to my dad's, Mr will be at his and we shall be on different sides of the country. :( Maybe there's a second thing to add to my wishlist...
1. Circular needles
2. Just a pinch of good luck
Oh boy, I've just read through this and I sound really miserable! Actually I think that the hat looks quite good in the picture. Maybe tomorrow I shall wear it out and become a girl that likes the colour lilac. Come on girl, keep smiling!
xoxo
PS oooo perhaps I'll add some little felt flowers to adorn the side of my hat...
We will never forget.
in a little coffee shop...(Note the pretty saucer that came with my Latte.)
designing a new headband, the Poppydear...
doodling...
and eating raspberries.
The rest of my day was spent outside by the harbour, listening to the music of the Sunday festival and knitting. I can't believe how many people stopped to talk about knitting and my headband. It made me smile to hear one man say that it should be called 'organised fidgeting'. In a way, I suppose that's exactly what it is. :D
Will try to finish my new headband this evening and post it for the world to see. My friends keep telling me I should sell them, but I don't know. It's kind of a big step!
Hope you all had a great weekend. Monday tomorrow and who knows what it will bring.
Complete with vintage buttons!
