Creating

 Having way too much fun these days with finding and finishing projects.

These little guys were up in the wardrobe...

I remember buying the cheater cloth and thinking I'd make them...

oh...

a few years ago!

So, I have stitched up the little pillows...

 

And then I stitched up two little banners from the smaller pillows...

 

 

And rummaged through my buttons and found these cunning guys...

Lots and lots of heart buttons in the stash, some vintage and some not...

 

And then I decided it was time to commit

to a project I have wanted to do for some time...

knit through Elizabeth Zimmerman's "Knitter's Alamanac" in one year...

So I have cast on the January project, "An Aran For You", and started it.

This is some wonderful

local natural Corriedale worsted that I bought at SAFF,

oh, about the same time I bought the cheater cloth...

enough said...

 

 

And, I finished this darling shawlette from my very first handspun.

This does not favor to the cherry red yarn,

but, for some reason,

the camera doesn't want to show that pretty, pretty colour.

 

And, I am listening to this guy. Remember him?

 

 

I feel so productive and homey! What are you working on these days?

An Inside Kind of Day

My students have a reading day today, so I took a personal leave day. This is my "unplanned" time at home to catch up: grading, preparing for clas, and doing things here that I like to do. The best thing is that this is "unplanned time." 

Today is an inside day and I am happy with that. The finch are chipping; Mr. Wookie alternates between snoring and stomping to the food bowl; Bunnie keeps rattling his cage because it is time for him to come out and play; and, the rain is falling Ever So Softly. There is no other noise. No TV. No music. No one talking. Just quiet.

Later today, I will put sweet potatoes in the oven and set fish out for dinner. I'll chop some apples for Waldorf salad (have you tried the honey crisps? OhMYGoodness!) and toss it on a bed of lettuce. Simple.

I am longing for a new skirt and, after pricing and trying on some while shopping with my Sissie last week, I am going to pull the Pendleton wool out of the wardrobe and finally cut out a skirt for myself. I bought this wool on close out a long time ago and haven't had the courage to cut it until now. It'll make a lovely, long skirt, four-gored, I think. And, I have enough left to make another something from it... Is it poor form to have two skirts from the same fabric, but in different styles?

Then, I will press all my antique linens that have been in storage and place them in the old chest-of-drawers that has been cleared out; I want them where they are more available so that I can use them more often.

And, if there is time left before feeding, I will stretch out with a "Piecework" that has collected and devour it and enjoy a real cuppa tea and a toasted English crumpet. I found them at Trader Joe's last week and just decided to treat myself. I am the only one who eats them and, if I am careful, they will last for two glorious weeks. Yummers.

Yeah. I like my "unplanned days." Don't you?