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which makes me think of peggy from madmen - i have just watched the first four seasons in rather quick succesion - i am glad i waited - i got to have a heaped plate of draper! new zealand is due for season five anytime now.
since the sweater prairie and i have been knitting all the yarn we have been spinning up - into squares for a 'ghan. a nice little mindless project - no charts to follow and it is schooling prairie up on the knitting basics again.
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with persephone starting to make brief appearances in the garden i try and get out every morning to weed. this morning i was trimming one of the olive trees and felt inspired to make a wreath. sometimes its good to stop and make a wreath - the weeds will still be there!
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and ready to wear which is just as well as it is mighty chilly in these here parts! i haven't made an adult sized sweater for a very long time and this was quick and relatively easy - as long as i tracked the rows all was well. what next i wonder.
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prairie's yarn - spun, plyed, hanked and ready for the needles! we are going to have to get some sheep at the rate this child is tearing through the fleece!
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i finally got my our spinning wheel. i was reprimanded for by prairie for refering to it as mine. i got it off our version of craig's list and got it for a great price as the location was out of auckland but we just happened to be passing through that way on the weekend.
and hanging on it was a charming little burlap bag - oh yeah - be in to win!!! i love the ric rac trim - in it was a spare cord and a homemade hook.
whe we were travelling we stopped in a small town at a craft market being held on the main street. there were thrree women spinning and knitting. sisters! i leapt out and told them i was on the way to pick up my our wheel. i was saying that all i needed wa a lazy kate and they told me that when they were learning as young girls they had no money so made theirs out of a shoe box and a couple of old knitting needles. they were so sweet. it was hard to get away and if we hadn't been under a time pressure to pick up the wheel, and if the family hadn't been stacked into the car i wouldv'e stayed all day!
an amazon box and old needles works a treat! thats prairie's foot motoring away there plying up that yarn.
and when she had done that she started on her own bobbins and spun away into the night until they were full! the poor boys - we have parked the wheel near the fire and taken over the lounge. they know better than to complain though! they might get a brightly coloured beanie - if they are lucky!!
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with the homespun i knitted a hat to go with the little trousers. a lovely warm hat because that little head is going to live in switzerland
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oh yes we do and the books arrived yesterday!
and a little friend is one today - one whole year. happy birthday sweet boy!
i made him some 'huck finn pants' from this book. they are sooooo tiny!
the border fabric is vintage barkcloth i have had stashed for a long long time
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almost through the front of the cabled sweater - not without ripping that back twice either - missed a twist here and there - too easy to do. the sleeves will be easier as they only have one cable panel.
and for some variety along the way, and with a small project in mind, i had to have a little knit of the homespun i did a while ago.
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a friend was bringing a bottle of amarone for dinner - a huge italian red which we paired with jugged hare, wild pork and red currant jelly. i haven't cooked wild meat for a long time - it was amazing and i am happy to have found a good source - haven't taken up a rifle just yet!
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a break in the weather allowed us outside. i have missed you sun.
chamomile in a little semi-circular brick path
and some woolly thyme
a freshly planted hanging basket with daisy, allysum..............
i tried lining the basket with burlap/hessian instead of using the boughten ones
and convolvulus
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