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Kia ora friends, how are you doing this week?

I wanted to write a little something here, but now I'm sitting at my screen, i can't think of the right words. I'm not sure that i have much to say, really, except hello and thank you for visiting me here.

Instead I thought I'd share a few scenes from my weekend. Tom made hot cross buns (from this recipe) and they were delicious! Especially toasted the next day, with butter and marmalade and black coffee. 

I started knitting a rabbit from the Bunny Odile pattern which is very cleverly constructed and written. I'm using some grey alpaca yarn. I had this dream of making one for all of my baby nieces for Easter but failed that goal on so many counts. Instead, I'm half way through one bunny, and Easter has now passed. Never mind!

And I finished the jacket I was working on in my last post. This one was made using the Tamarack pattern by Grainline Studio, and various pieces of scrap fabric – some old work shirts and Liberty lawn leftovers. Wooden buttons stolen from a skirt I don't often wear. I used a wool/cotton batting inside, lightweight black cotton on the outside, and quilted it in a diamond pattern. The finished jacket is roomy and light and my new favourite thing to wear on my daily walk about the neighbourhood. 

I share these projects with you not because I think we should be maximising this unusual stay-at-home time to be as productive as possible. If anything, I feel quite the opposite. I think that working on my creative projects has been an unconscious way of calming my mind and helping me to concentrate on one day at a time. I hope that you're able to spend this time in the manner that suits you best, and that you have everything you need right now.

See you again soon.

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