This little scene makes me so happy. I love those brave little flowers that bloom despite the Winter. My red geraniums, and the early jonquils, and the daphne.
I planted my bare rooted roses a few weekends ago. I can't wait to see them bloom this Spring. There is a certain loveliness about the light in a Winter afternoon.
I'm feeling optimistic about Winter today. It has been the coldest and wettest Winter since Hannah was a newborn but it has been made pleasant by virtue of wood fires, friends, and time spent in nature.
There has been lots of knitting too. Sitting in my rocking chair by the fire with a cup of Blue Mountain Tea and my latest project just embracing my inner Nanna. I think it has been the Winter of the Sock. First there were Maddie's Kyla socks, then plain socks in a lovely merino silk from Moseley Park Farm
Then my Tootsie Roll test, then a Going On Stripes Test, and then these current favourites - The Igneous Socks.
I enjoyed this year's Tour De Fleece (although I didn't see a single bit of the real race) and managed to spin over a kilo of fibre. Lots of lovely knitting happiness ahead.
The scrapbooking juices haven't really been flowing lately - too cold in the kitchen LOL but I did have a little play with our new Flower Market Cricut cartridge on the weekend:
I also participated in a Wooly Wormhead Scrapalong to make a charity hat.
There is a local group knitting for refugees so this will go towards that. The preference is for 100% wool because of the bitter conditions in the camps so it allows me to put precious little bits of handspun to good use. My little knitted cardigans are currently on display at the local SALA exhibition and after that I have been asked to show them to one of my very favourite local shops (which stocks amazing handmade toys and dolls) so it is good to know that I will be able to keep steadily selling them to support my fibre habit. I like the instant gratification of these little projects and the way I can spin and knit colours that I wouldn't necessarily wear for myself!
My current obsession is with this:
A test cardi in a lovely tweedy brown that I picked up as a bargain on a rav destash. I can't wait to be finished and snuggling in this cardi - it will be so warm and smooshy!
So that is what is happening around here lately. Along with plenty of bunny cuddles, Hannah's forays into cooking, Dan's excitement over learning the drums, James getting ready for a work conference over seas, me getting ready for our big kindy fundraiser, and appearing on radio and in the paper within a fortnight of each other promoting our bush kindy program, and minimal cleaning and domestic duties LOL
Enjoy your week folks!
xx
1 comment:
Lovely photos and that test cardigan is looking very promising, especially in that tweed yarn!
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