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Side Swipe' Green-Cream Pocket Cott4

Pockets

Posted onMarch 10, 2022March 21, 2022Leave a comment

‘Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it’. We all remember that nursery rhyme…sounds cute, fun and, of course, old fashioned. Well, on a sunny outing to cruise our downtown shops with take away lattes in hand we dropped Read More …

CategoriessewingTagspants, pockets, Sewing, Travel

Girls Cardi Collar Back

More Theatre Work Pt 1

Posted onJanuary 7, 2022March 16, 2022Leave a comment

Before COVID set in I had been approached again by the San Francisco Opera for some knitting work they needed for a future production. Everything ground to a halt so I didn’t think about it as I did more slow Read More …

Categoriescostume, San FranciscoTagsMachine Knitting, San Francisco Opera, Theatre Costume

Brother Knitting Machine Closed

Knitting Machine Stuff…Lots!

Posted onAugust 28, 2021August 28, 2021Leave a comment

I have taken on a whole pile of knitting machine ‘stuff’, two knitting machines and a bunch of tools and equipment to go with them. I’ve listed some on Kijiji which anyone can pick up to augment what they already Read More …

CategoriesMachine KnittingTagsfor sale, Knitting machine accessories, Knitting machines

Garden Bench

It Takes a Village

Posted onJune 30, 2021June 30, 2021Leave a comment

This phrase has taken on so much more meaning in the past 16 months. At first we all thought we’d be locked down for a few weeks then things would get back to normal or would die back…but no and Read More …

CategoriesHomeTagsgardening, Home, Music, Outdoors

Love and Hate with Nature

Posted onMay 23, 2021May 23, 2021Leave a comment

I decided this spring that I have a love/hate relationship with nature. What brought this to a head: Live plants…dead birds. We usually have a nest somewhere around our house each Spring, used to be on a folded back screen Read More …

CategoriesHomeTagsbaby birds, garden, Home, robins, Spring

Mews Modern

A Mews For Living

Posted onMay 5, 2021May 23, 2021Leave a comment

No…I’m not talking about how cats talk but a living situation that has endured and changed for about 500 years. I first became enamoured with this kind of housing decades ago when I watched Roger Moore as Simon Templar in Read More …

CategoriesLiving and StudioTagsHomes, Living, Studio, Unusual

My Fall Garden

Posted onOctober 20, 2020May 5, 20211 Comment

A couple of days ago, though it was windy the sun was out so I thought it would be a good day to empty some of the pots I plant up to decorate my deck and porch. I will have Read More …

CategoriesHomeTagscolours of nature, fall, trees

Grey Vest Sketches

Back in Time

Posted onSeptember 18, 2020October 20, 2020Leave a comment

We’re probably all going through stuff in our homes or studios as we have time not doing shows or travelling to meetings etc. I know I’m digging in corners and cupboards to see what’s there that I either don’t need Read More …

CategoriesHandknittingTagsHandknit, Vintage, Wool, Yarn

Portsmouth Town Hall

It Takes a Village.

Posted onMay 26, 2020September 18, 2020Leave a comment

I live in a village…or it was until 1952 when it amalgamated with Kingston Ontario and is now just part of the city. It is still called Portsmouth Village as it has been since the late 1700’s when it was Read More …

CategoriesStaying HomeTagsBygone Times, Neighbours, Stay Home

Masks

Mask Making Time

Posted onMay 1, 2020May 26, 20202 Comments

With the scourge of this awful virus and as a senior I’m hunkered down at home with my senior other half but thinking of ways to still be in the world. I’m so appreciative of the work the frontline workers Read More …

CategoriesStaying HomeTagsMasks, Neighbours, Sewing

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