Dates
I’m sad to be missing out on the Melbourne Scarf Festival this weekend. It sounds amazing and will have to make sure I am in town for next year’s. Never mind, I have some...
June 2004
Holiday project line up
After taking Amelia for a haircut and then rushing to the library to borrow a new stack of exciting picture books, I went in to school to enroll for second semester. There were ridiculous...
Hatty
In the last week or so Amelia has taken a shine to hats. I like to think it was inspired by the pink beanie I knitted her but, regardless, it’s quite a passion and...
In which I talk about whiskey and yarn
I went into Brunswick and handed in my folio this morning, came home and did some dishes, then Special-K came over for lunch and brought along an enormous chocolate cake, and then Suze and...
Folio tales of joy and woe
Another day spent getting my folio together but now it’s all done and bundled and ready to go… all in time for some Sunday night knitting and TV. There were a few important lessons...
Japanese fabric finds
Today is all about putting together my screen printing folio to hand in on Monday. I love studying but assessment sends me into stressed-out body shut down. Not unlike my year 12 school year,...
Alibi
If you saw someone surreptitiously leaving Sunspun this morning wearing a black knit top and some brown cords, huddled under an umbrella while carrying a clear plastic bag containing two large balls of deliciously...
Words for me today
"I am reminded of how motherhood is really a spiritual practice—a daily series of tasks we must do no matter what. Our egos scream to do what we want. Our exhausted and angry bodies...
Busy Day! Yes! Busy Day!
Holiday Monday: Amelia J has started really getting into a lot of imaginative play – her dolls get tucked into bed and need medicine and cups ‘o drink. She reads to them, dances with...