And goodbye red Gretel. I’m rather sad to set this off on its long journey, I love it so, but you’ll see it again in a little while somewhere rather exciting.

Much to my surprise, since I hate the actual number, 22 has turned out to be a rather wonderful year full of successes and adventures. [...]

I was working on one of the multiple versions of Liesl while I was staying with Amy in Toronto and she talked me into giving her a (somewhat confusing) draft of the pattern. We bought yarn together that evening at the charming Purple Purl, Amy got the Araucania Nature Cotton that I used for the [...]

It’s up :)

There seems to be even more red around my studio than usual these days.

I discovered the Smitten Kitchen blog fairly recently and although I haven’t yet had a chance to explore the archives I’ve been really enjoying her posts. Partly because everything just looks so delicious but mostly since it seems to spark ideas of things to do in my own kitchen.

This post on pizza making, particularly the [...]

Soon.

Soon.

I promise.

Plus my adventures in perfect pizza making.

When my third attempt at the border stitch pattern on the cherry shawl didn’t work out I stuffed it in a bag in frustration. Today I had some time to focus on it, and enough time had passed that I no longer hated it and I started ripping back ready to start again.

I’ve spent all [...]

I’m about to go to the post office with a huge bag of packages and send the prizes from the blogiversary contest on their way. I wish I could send one to everyone who entered, but instead I have a little thank you gift for everyone reading

I baked these cupcakes for my friend Joanna’s birthday [...]

Holy comments batman, I think I have enough recommendations to keep me entertained for the next 3 years - and maybe enough places to visit for a lifetime. There were so many old favourites, you know me so well, but also many thinks I’ve never heard of so I’m excited to discover those - thank [...]

Today is my blog’s third birthday. 3 years ago I’d just finished my 2nd year of university, I was working in a very quiet office, I was thinking of submitting a pattern to knitty, I needed somewhere to host a couple of free patterns I’d written up at the request of craftster members and [...]