tiny happy

Thanks for your comments on my last post – I'm working on a photo tutorial for you and hope to have it published soon! (Probably next week).

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Last Saturday Keira and I spent the morning at home, and while I was working on this, she asked for a piece of linen and did her own embroidery. Much happier and brighter than mine. Keira is not often keen to sew or knit (her activity of choice is drawing in a sketchbook) but she says she was 'just in the mood' that day. I helped her make the work up into a pillow for her bed.

I was very happy to see her stitching free style, with no template or drawing underneath – that's what I've always done and I'm not sure that she even realises patterns are a thing. I'm not saying that transfers and patterns are a bad thing – they're wonderful and bring a lot of crafters joy. But I do think there's something liberating about not using them at all and having the confidence to just see where your needle and thread can take you.

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 

Some late-night knitting sessions were required to finish another pair of slippers – these ones are for Tom. He kept borrowing (and horribly stretching) mine, so I had no choice but to make him a pair. 

These ones are much sturdier and warmer than previous pairs I've knitted. I used the same pattern, but slighter bigger needles and two strands of yarn held together – details of all that can be found here. 

I've photographed them with a few of Tom's things. One is the Bonnie Prince Billy album Ease down the road which we both love actually, and when the children were babies we pretty much had it playing constantly, so it is forever etched in my memory of that time.

Here is my favourite song from it: May it always be. I think the lyrics are beautiful.