tiny happy

It feels like winter is (slowly) easing away and I'm not sad about it. The past few days have been light and warm and even though it's quite the cliche, it feels like life is lightening up too. I do love this time of year. Once again, I've left it too long between posts, so writing about all these pictures seems like too great a task. I'll instead do some quick descriptions, with apologies for brevity.

a) a little set I made for my new baby niece. Because she was born right in the coldest part of winter, I thought it would be nice to use spring colours, so chose a light apple green and cream for her hat, booties and socks. All the patterns are free ones and you can find the links on my Ravelry page here. 

b) succulents in the winter dew + morning light

c) a baby blanket, also for my new niece. This was woven by Mum in a mix of possum and silk merino yarns. I simply ended it with a satin blanket binding. The woven fabric reminds some of paua shell.

d) Japanese treats with very aesthetically pleasing packaging, a gift from my friend Jess who lives in Yukushima at the moment.

e) Another set, hand-knitted for baby niece. For these pieces, I used a skein of O-Wool Balance, which is a blend of cotton and merino, and two patterns from a classic Erika Knight baby knits book. I love the finished pieces – they're chunky but still quite light, thanks to the cotton in the yarn. My Ravelry project page is here.

f) Something that made me very happy recently: a windowsill line up of orange marmalade. I use a classic recipe (from this incredibly old – yikes- blog post).

g) Tom requested a new hat. I made him one using a cone of possum Zealana yarn in black and the Brume design by Melody Hoffman. It's the exact same hat I knitted him last year, but he left it in a cafe. I started a matching scarf afterwards but there's no way I'll finish it before summer.

h) This is just a record of the beautiful orchid my friend A-L gave me and how beautiful it looked in the afternoon light last week.

I hope you are doing very well, wherever you are! See you again soon,
M X