Made by Meghan…want to learn how to spin my own yarn. Course, it would take years to learn to produce something this gorgeous and I am not usually noted for my boundless patience. I stumbled across this most beautiful handspun yarn while shopping, for what I cannot remember, on etsy the other day: 50/50 cashmere and silk! […]
More socks all for me!! After making the Monkey socks (post below) I wanted to find a pattern that would be able to handle a highly variegated yarn like the Gourmet Crafter Sock series and I hoped that the slipped stitches of the South Forks pattern would do the trick. The colour turned out more […]
Finally a pair of socks just for me! I have been gazing longingly at this yarn since Michael purchased it for my birthday – I loved the colourway and the cashmere content (of course). The fact that it is done by a local dyer – even more fantastic! As a part of my “try out […]
Just a fun side note to the usual baking, knitting and writing posts I usually go on about: The adorable and very talented Eliza Faria, who just so happens to play Annie in my web series, SiftingRealities, was just cast as the young Reneesme character in the upcoming Twilight movie: Breaking Dawn: Part One. You can […]
While it is true that chocolate has many perfect partnerships: peanut butter, caramel, ice cream, and really ANY cookie, as well as, being simply fantastic in many different manifestations: solid, chips, melted, hot, cold and, of course, molten – I believe that the pairing of chocolate pudding and macaroons is one of the most perfect […]
I am test shooting a Canon Rebel XTi. I bought the body used at Kerrisdale Cameras, which is ironic because the first camera I ever purchased (a 35mm without a light meter) was bought from their North Vancouver location in 1990. This is Richard Parker. This is Parker’s hair during a thorough personal cleaning. No, […]
Now I am not a very big gift knitter. Â I am ultimately selfish with regards to projects that take so much of my time and are usually made with yarn that I am totally in love with (and therefore have no wish to just give away). Debates about gift knitting can go on for days […]
This my Star Crossed Slouchy Beret (pattern free on ravelry). Yes, I succumbed to the pressure of the numerous ravelry projects (6591 and counting!!) – I thought all those knitters must know a good pattern when they knit it! Turns out they (the knitters) totally do – I love it. The pattern is simple (clearly […]
I’ve been working on my comedy about love this afternoon, no it’s not a romantic comedy – because I said so. I’ve been playing around with a couple of opening scenes (set at a wake) including this one (set in the bathroom of a community centre). Trixie dramatically flings open her stall door and then […]