Last week Thaya of
Beatnik Bazaar tagged me. The task? To show what Friday looks like here.
First up, a great big giant cup of
Skinny coffee.
Next, got Emile's bed outside (as per his request - he stands in the spot and stares at the ground until I get the 'hint').
Breakfast.
The sun arrived, as predicted.
Got a load of laundry into the machine first thing, so that I could wash another load and get it dry. These are old woollen coats, now in pieces, that I'm hoping to print on and make bags and things from.
Took advantage of the first warm day in ages to block the collar of a new cardigan. Vintage pattern and vintage wool.
Finished sewing up a bunch of notebook covers.
Swept the house out. It was only after we moved here that I realised that this is where dust is made. Probably should have damp mopped as well, but got bored.
Salt River market for veggies! This week the yams were all individually labelled as "Yam" - with post-its.
Fresh peas, broad beans, and some of those green things. I forget what they're called, but they're really good diced and cooked in stock with potatoes. Also, a rolling pin, for printing. This one is made from a solid piece of wood, instead of having the handles glued in, and it's heavy. Strangely enough, bought at the gas place, not the market.
Lunch. Scrambled egg and pea sandwiches. Really wanted bacon and egg, but the shop was out of cooked bacon. Compensated by cooking the peas in lots of butter and adding cheese.
A bit of real work: started cutting a custom lino block for someone to print with.
Finished off a repeat pattern that someone else will have printed up and make dresses from!
Sanded down a blackboard I painted in spare moments last week. Made from an old picture frame.
Cut card inners for the notebook covers.
And finally, a bit of scampering.
What I didn't do: make the bed, get glass for the kitchen window, cut linings for bags. Oh, well.
You know how you can put something off for ages and ages and then one morning you wake up, say some rude words (ok, maybe not out loud), and get cracking? Or is that just me?
The loveliest parcel arrived today! I've been following and so I whisper for a while now, luxuriating daily in Anabel's beautiful photographs of knitting and crochet and beads and flowers.
But no photograph can convey the softness and lightness of this scarf, or capture the subtlety of the colour. It's honestly one of the most wonderful things I've ever touched. Thank you, Anabel!
From a 1964 Stitchcraft pattern, using wool I found at a secondhand shop.
Another shot, just to emphasize the extreme sparkliness of it all, and the perfectly shiny buttons.
The pattern, and the wool. You'll understand why I didn't try to recreate the photo. I left out the bobbles on the sleeves and the fronts - even I thought that might be just a bit too much!
The wool, just for the sceptics out there. It really is wool.
First up, a great big giant cup of Skinny coffee.
Next, got Emile's bed outside (as per his request - he stands in the spot and stares at the ground until I get the 'hint'). 
Breakfast.
The sun arrived, as predicted.
Got a load of laundry into the machine first thing, so that I could wash another load and get it dry. These are old woollen coats, now in pieces, that I'm hoping to print on and make bags and things from.
Took advantage of the first warm day in ages to block the collar of a new cardigan. Vintage pattern and vintage wool.
Finished sewing up a bunch of notebook covers.
Swept the house out. It was only after we moved here that I realised that this is where dust is made. Probably should have damp mopped as well, but got bored.
Salt River market for veggies! This week the yams were all individually labelled as "Yam" - with post-its.
Fresh peas, broad beans, and some of those green things. I forget what they're called, but they're really good diced and cooked in stock with potatoes. Also, a rolling pin, for printing. This one is made from a solid piece of wood, instead of having the handles glued in, and it's heavy. Strangely enough, bought at the gas place, not the market.
Lunch. Scrambled egg and pea sandwiches. Really wanted bacon and egg, but the shop was out of cooked bacon. Compensated by cooking the peas in lots of butter and adding cheese.
A bit of real work: started cutting a custom lino block for someone to print with.
Finished off a repeat pattern that someone else will have printed up and make dresses from!
Sanded down a blackboard I painted in spare moments last week. Made from an old picture frame.
Cut card inners for the notebook covers.
And finally, a bit of scampering.
Some of my brooches work beautifully as pendants. All that's needed is a chain threaded through the clasp. And if it works with those, it should work with any brooch:
