• my desk, no gloss

    Kim asked in her latest blog post to see desks without any tidying or styling. Why not? Here’s mine!

    my desk, no gloss

    Notes:
    – The painting in the corner was a gift from a good friend in high school. I still haven’t had it framed or anything but I’m hoping to finally do that soon!
    – I use Yorufukurou for my Twitter desktop client and I love it.
    – There is a lot of yarn on my desk.
    – My iPad wallpaper is Jake from Adventure Time. He’s the best. Also, I’ve been playing HayDay – the shifty-eyed sheep are great, but beware, this game will take up a lot of time!
    – That glass of water should really be on the coaster.

    After a bit of a break, I’m back knitting on Sheepcote – I’m on the yoke and it’s coming along nicely, but I only have one skein of yarn left! Will I make it? We’ll see. I might have to change it to a v-neck to use less yarn.

    sheepcote

  • holiday weekend

    This past weekend was Victoria Day weekend, the unofficial start of the summer! I mostly stayed in, enjoying some relaxing time at home and out on the porch. I participated in “A Day in the Life” photography project with some folks on Flickr, so I thought I’d share some of them here! (Photos taken mostly with i-devices.)

    11:30am

    Buttons for a new sweater (not all of them!).

    2:15

    Hardening off tomato seedlings that I grew from seed – they’re doing so well! Will be replanting some of them outside this week, and I really need to get some more buckets or planters.

    5:07

    Mmmm, chocolate.

    7:00

    Dinner – pasta with bacon, mushrooms, spinach, creamy sauce.

    7:40pm

    Knitting, of course.

    8:30

    Out for an evening walk around the neighbourhood.

  • the quilting bug

    I made a pieced quilt in high school – it had a tree on it, made from half square triangles and big solid blocks. Machine pieced, machine quilted (stitched in the ditch). I was doing a lot more sewing back then, including bags and skirts. Not that I knew what I was doing, far from it. I really think sometimes I’m just not precise enough for sewing, which is why knitting is so great for me!

    With the spring weather coming (eventually, anyway), I really need some lighter covers for the bed. I can’t really sleep under just a sheet, but even my lightest duvet is too warm and too big! I’ve been thinking about a whole-cloth quilt for ages, so last week I finally went down to the Workroom on Queen West, and picked up some supplies.

    My boyfriend and I use separate duvets for sleeping (like this) so I don’t need a full width cover. I just went with 2m of regular 45″ wide quilting cotton and trimmed the batting and backing to fit. For the backing, I’m using a duvet cover from Ikea that doesn’t actually fit any of our duvets!

    I think I might be more about the process of actually quilting, rather than piecing and making an intricate quilt top (although who knows, that might come later). The fabric I picked is actually perfect for some easy quilting because it has lines on it! I’m just hand stitching along the diagonals. I think it’s going to be great, and I’m really enjoying having something other than knitting to work on in the evenings.

    my second quilt ever

    My stitches aren’t perfect and I’m sure I’ll mess up somewhere along the way. I’m okay with that.