Kind of a bittersweet time of year, this one. It's always hard to say goodbye to the long, light days of summer and welcome in the darker ones. But looking back I can see it was a lovely autumn we enjoyed here at home, with some good social times and projects alongside a busy time of paid work.
In these photos, you can see a few things I made over the autumn and late summer time:
+ Some small botanical embroideries on silk. The fabric was formerly a favourite top of mine that wore out, and I didn't want to throw it away. I sewed the little embroideries up into pouches and filled them with dried lavender from the garden.
+ Summer pyjamas for Keira and I! I wanted to send Keira off to her second year at university with some nice new summer pyjamas, and ended up sewing her a set from some soft cotton. For this I used an old wide-leg pants pattern I had (cut short) and the 'Ogden Cami' pattern. I made myself a set too, from double gauze cotton – so comfortable and cosy!
+ More cyanotypes made in the full sun and light of Waitangi Day earlier this year. Toitu te Tiriti! And some coriander leaves captured, too.
+ This is a little summer top I knitted for Keira before she left home for another year in Auckland. The pattern is called 'Leaf Top' and I used some recycled cotton yarn to knit it, which was both manufactured from recycled garments and recycled from another knitting project of mine – double recycled! My Ravelry notes are here.
+ A simple raglan sweater in progress, for autumn wearing. The pattern is the classic 'No Frills Sweater' from Petite Knit and I'm using some Shetland fingering-weight yarn held together with CaMaRose's Midnatssol, which is an eco-friendly version of mohair-silk. It's creating a lovely soft + light, almost matte fabric and I know I will wear this loads! My Ravelry notes for this one can be found here.
I hope you are doing very well and finding time for the things you most love to do. Here are a couple of other special things I loved in the month of March:
+ Amiria Grenell's song and video for 'Lanterns' from her new album. So evocative and beautiful! And the setting reminds me of my childhood backyard.
+ 'A Study for Obedience' by Sarah Bernstein. A very moving and puzzling book that I'm still thinking about, a month later.
+ 1987's Babette's Feast which I had never seen until it popped up on my Netflix recommendations recently. It's my new favourite film, I loved it.
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