Category: adventures

  • settling in and catching up

    Whew. I think things are finally sort of settling down a bit, although I have loads of stuff to do for the apartment still – setting up another shelf, general organization (especially the yarn! and my office), plus the usual daily/weekly stuff like dishes and laundry. I’m hoping to have a bit of time to myself in the next week or two to get things the way I want them, but we’ll see! This weekend I’m getting a new stove – hooray for a good landlord – so that’ll be a bit disruptive, but awesome!

    How about a few apartment photos?

    living room/dining area

    (looking from the bedroom through the living/dining room, office is at the back)

    rainbow books

    Books! Knitting books and cookbooks.

    I’ve been knitting up the cover sweater from the fall Interweave for a store sample, in purple Manos Naturals. Colour’s a bit off here, it’s a cooler purple.

    clasica jacket

    I’m also hard at work on editing and doing finally proofing so I can release some patterns!

    macro lace cardigan, back

    I know some people have been waiting very patiently for a few patterns, and I apologize for the delay – who knew that moving was such a time suck? (Everyone, I’m pretty sure). So I’ve decided to release 3 patterns together as a collection, the Macro Lace cardigan above, the Hibiscus shawl, and the Honeybee cardigan which will be available in two lengths (cropped and full length).

    Hibiscus shawl

    Honeybee cardigan

    The patterns will be available separately as usual, or all together for a discount. Or at least, as soon as I figure out how to do that on Ravelry! Now, I need some help – I need a name for this little collection! The name chosen will receive a free copy of all three patterns.

    Any ideas? Much obliged!

  • dispatches

    I’ve been in my new apartment for a couple of days, but it’s been such a whirlwind of activity I’ve hardly had a chance to catch my breath.

    office window

    desk

    cutting board

  • burning questions

    With regards to moving.

    1) Why do things expand when you put them in boxes?

    2) Why do things expand further when you put them in a car?

    3) How many trips of the minivan (with only the third seat removed) will it take to transport all my belongings?

    4) Will my new window, internet connection, sofa and bed be delivered on time?

    5) How come things that are normally squishy (ie. yarn) suddenly become un-squishy when placed into a vehicle?

    6) How can I work on packing things up all day long for several days and still have stuff all over the place?

    and the most burning question of all…

    7) WHY DO I HAVE SO MUCH STUFF?!