I realised I hadn't yet blogged about a jumper I finished knitting in May so I've included some pictures of it here. One with the garment sitting neatly on the windowsill, and the other showing it worn, with the afternoon sun shining directly in my face. To make this I used the Ranunculus pattern and…

I braved the cold and did some gardening this weekend. Our poor little garden is mostly starved of attention at this time of year, mostly because of the weather, busy life reasons, and daylight hours (or lack thereof). But I should make the effort to dig in the dirt more often and weed around the…

A few pictures from the past week: A and K took part in Friday's School Strike 4 Climate, and they let me take a quick snap before they left for the bus.  = = = = = = = = = = = = I finished making the slippers I mentioned in last week's post…

Last weekend we went for a walk along the Wellington coastline, exploring the rock pools. When the children were little we used to spend a lot of time looking for crabs and starfish and collecting seaweed of different varieties. I still love rock pools and coastline walks and find them deeply peaceful and need to…

I've been thinking about making myself a new winter coat for a while now. I still love wearing this one I made last year, but it's more of a spring/autumn layer because I used quite a lightweight wool to make it. And my proper winter coat is now in its fourth year of use and…

Some small joys from the past couple few weeks have included the kinds of things you're used to seeing around here, like projects, books and sea-views. This blog is rather predictable, isn't it! From the photos above: ++ I knitted this little hat and cowl for my wee niece for her birthday last month. It's…

I can't stop thinking about Tokyo since our time there last month, and so I've started to investigate books I can read this winter to explore it further. First up: Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima which has just arrived in my letterbox. I'm hoping to start it this weekend.  It's about the experiences of…

The season of golden light is here properly now, and I'm trying to remember to find a patch of the syrupy sun to sit in each day while it lasts. How is it where you are? I hope you've had a good week.  On the weekend my sister Tamsin and niece came to stay with…

In April I get inspired to do things like bottling and baking, and cast on knitted hats. The first of these came off the needles while we were travelling in Japan. I amused myself on the plane by knitting on a grey Roku hat for Arlo, albeit slightly clumsily due to the wooden double-pointed needles…

I wanted to share some of my textile-hunting adventures in Japan, which were probably more wide-ranging than these photos suggest. I found that sometimes I got so excited by what I was doing and seeing on my travels that I forgot to document with my camera! But that doesn't matter at all, really. I've admired…