Please take my word for it that my hair looked quite nice before I got to take this photo; an sudden evil wind struck up out of nowhere and I went from looking unusually chic, smooth and polished to my…
Cute kitten photos, with glimpses of lounge suite re-cover, version 2
Not very good photos today, I’m afraid, if you’re looking for high quality pictures of sewing projects. However, if you’re into photos of impossibly cute kittens, then this could be your favourite post of the day! I was hunting for…
Ruthlessly cutting off 4 inches of python…
Something had been bothering me about this python skirt (first posted here) and I finally realised what it was. The length. It just wasn’t me. I think skirts suit me best when they are either quite long, like mid-calf to…
Santorini socks
Socks! When my very talented mother starting knitting socks I must admit to a sneaking moment of thinking “What on Earth…?” but she proved herself to be ahead of the zeitgeist and it was no time at all before I…
Feeding the soul
Stopped in this morning at Samudra, one of my favourite-ist cafes, ever. The ambience in this place is breath-taking. They grow most of their own produce to make up the menu, enabling a guaranteed fresh and seasonal selection to chose…
Cosy brown cardigan
Wintery weather is well and truly upon us today (glum face). We even got a little wet on our beach walk here today. Just a light misty shower thank goodness… eau de “wet dog” is not my favourite fragrance to…
Nice little stormcloud cardi
My husband has had this jumper for about ten years and hasn’t worn it at all for the last five years at least. When I found it in our toss-out bag I knew straight away I couldn’t ever throw it…
Pattern Magic; project 4
It might seem as though I’ve forgotten about my pledge to work my way through the very excellent book Pattern Magic by Nakamichi Tomoko but I haven’t. It’s just that other sewing projects (such as ballgowns) have intervened and new…
