prairie mouse

stella

i saw, maybe on pinterest, some crocheted string stars. having stalled on my chickdee knitting (the shaping is out of my comfort zone. slm. w + t. what the? i feel like i am knitting into the darkness) i needed a little, easy, brainless project. this checks the boxes and i have been maniacally creating these rag stars.

one for the top of the twiggy christmas tree

the growing pile. i may garland them. it may end up being a very long garland.

and a little bonus - there are left over strips to add to my ball woohoo!

garden tie

i like making garden ties from fabric and this season (being spring in the antipodes) i just couldn't help myself and have been making them from some denise schmidt fabric i bought on sale a while ago. i really like seeing the little burst of colour and pattern gently holding my tomato in line with the stake.

and i am loving this ball too!

progress

slowly the chickadees are revealing themselves. knitting while i look in super natural every day for dinner. black pepper tempeh. i can't tell you enough how much i love heidi!

new + old

new: knitting (even with summer supposedly on its way!) i have wanted to knit this cardigan for a long time.

it is knitted from the neck down and sadly the fair isle is knitted first. after that the rest is grey, grey and more grey. i haven't fair isled in years, in fact i haven't made a sweater in years that isn't for a tiny critter. this feels freakishly large.

old (new to me): un objet. a bobbin from a french textile factory circa 1940

happy weekending - is sunday here so drawing to a close. festina lente x

les fleurs

tomorrow is the fair so i got up early to bake cookies and pick flowers. inspired by ngoc minh-ngo, amy merrick and constance spry i like to let my garden go a bit wild (understatement!) and at this time of year, here in the antipodes, it is a veritable treasure chest.

i didn't notice that cheeky rather large snail until i had taken the photo. gone now.

cerinthe would have to be one of my favourites and i love the almost flowering marjorim tucked in behind it.

we had to supply baking for the tearooms so i made a favourite, nigella's chocolate mint cookies. i use the boyajian peppermint flavouring as she does - pricey but eye wateringly amazing. the house was smelling very very minty this morning.

and i just love the pattern of the  drips from the glaze. now to pack them up and think about what else i need to take.