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The beginning of a project.
I have started my first project in relation to The Domestic Soundscape. The project is called Washing-Up and begins with a meal and a washing-up exchange that took place last week. The format for making recordings goes like this: Arrange time and date for washing-up and meal exchange to take place* Buy ingredients and visit […]
Back from Monza
Monza was beautiful and it was magical to get a weekend away, courtesy of Mark’s job. My favourite time was spent traveling to lake Como and wandering around the city, where I found some beautiful advent calendar images for readers of this blog: After wandering around for a bit we ate Polenta in a little […]
Xmas Swap
Today’s post is going to be image-heavy to compensate for my being away from tomorrow until Sunday. The advent calendar images for those days will have to be posted retrospectively, as I’m in Italy for those days accompanying The Man on his work Xmas do. I feel very lucky to be going away, and excited […]
Knitting Tarot
Recently it came to my attention that some folks have made a Knitting Tarot and this set me on a train of thought that I’ll share here, along with today’s advent calendar image. I looked at the cards and the information and thought they looked excellent. The small-scale, domestic production scale appeals to me and […]
Sunrise at dawn…
For today’s advent calendar image, I present you with the incredible sunrise that happened in my road at around 7:40am this morning. It really was stunning; all streaked in golds and pinks. I’m glad I got up at 5:45 to take Mark to the station; we giggled all the way in the freezingness – bantering, […]
A Peel-Off.
The Man and I have diametrically opposed views on the design of potato-peelers. I favour an ergonomic model with a large and curved handle, lifetime guaranteed blade, and smooth, inwards-moving peel action. I pull my peeler towards me whilst holding the potato in the other hand, and voila; the potato is denuded and my arthritic […]
Elly!
…in other news, today is the last day for entry in Ysolda’s competition and I am curious to see how people will like my own submission, which also features Monkl. You can see all the photos, submitted by all the contestants, at the flickr pool.
Gived.
For today’s Advent Calendar image I present an image from ‘Gived.’ This was Richard Layzell’s piece in today’s Nightfair Before Christmas. Once you had selected something from the stall, it was gift-wrapped and given to you free of charge. It was a very generous, fun, affirmative experience and it lifted my spirits enormously to receive […]
Xmas Lights
Today I present the Reading Town Centre Xmas lights. Yesterday I needed to take a walk and I rediscovered the amazing pleasure of strolling in town during the Christmas period without money or a debit card or Christmas shopping plans of any sort. It is much less stressful than actually doing any buying and the […]
Christmas Cake.
For today’s advent-calendar-image, I present the results of The Kitchen Carnage previously featured here: My Christmas Cake. Would that I had an Easiwork to make the construction of ambitious cuisine more, well, easy. The camera doesn’t lie; my cake really did turn out as black as soot. It is a very fruit-heavy recipe; after 2 […]
Storage.
For today’s advent calendar image, I present to you: Storage. This is an Easiwork baking counter from 1929, which I had the pleasure of seeing for myself yesterday at The Museum of Domestic Design. If you haven’t been, you must go. Linked to Middlesex University, The Museum is a fantastic educational/cultural resource exploring all things […]
The Clownesse.
I present for your delectation a photo I took yesterday at Jumble it Up; it is of a clown. The clown in question is Hannah Mulder, performing in a piece presented by Small Pond Theatre Company, A short, beautiful life. In this piece, two clowns explore with pathos and humour our relationship to the Earth […]
Washing up.
Thanks for the enthusiasm on yesterday’s advent calendar image! For today’s image, I present a photo I took at Hannah Chidgey’s installation in the Oxford Brookes Undergrdauate show, Mum, Dad I’m an Artist. Chidgey, in this piece, was attempting to bake approximately one loaf of bread per hour for the duration and opening hours of […]
Kitchen Carnage.
Today has been filled with baking. I have mincemeat (as in mince pie filling) fermenting in one bowl, Christmas cake goodies soaking in another, Cranberry jam cooling in a jar and two fruit-cakes baked (one for us and one for Mark’s father) and I’m thoroughly exhausted and very pleased with how everything smells. I have […]
Advent Calendar.
I had an idea this year to make advent calendars. The idea was to sew 24 little pockets and put great things in them for all the 24 days up until Christmas. I haven’t had time to do this, but it did occur to me that I could put one photo onto my blog everyday […]
Distractions.
I haven’t recommenced Tatami as I had hoped to. Instead I have been organising my photographs for the contest Ysolda set up a few weeks ago. For those unfamiliar with this competition, the idea was to knit up a baby elephant from Ysolda’s Elijah pattern and then photograph it having adventures. When I undertook this […]
Unfinished Mitten.
After finishing the thumb and beginning on the next stretch of the second fingerless glove, I ran clean out of DK merino. I can’t remember if it was squishy or scrumptious or merino superwash. Because there are now so many breaks in the yarn, (each finger is knit with a seperate stretch of yarn…) I […]
Fingerless mitten.
I present a fingerless mitten, knit with Fyberspates‘ squishy yarn and Mobair left over from the River stole. I love the stitch detail, the way the dark green lace-weight works against the soft whites and pinks of the DK Fyberspates yarn: Thanks for suggesting it, Lara and Katie! The colours are quite busy by themselves, […]
Comforting things.
Much of today has involved telephoning builders re: sorting out some major structural problems with the garage (ie leaking roof, damp floor, freezing-ness…) My arthritis is flaring up; my thumb and my back are inflamed which is very worrying and means I have to be extra careful about exposing myself to freezing cold over coming […]
Prick Your Finger
Yesterday I decorated the Prick Your Finger shop window with Rachael Matthews. We used all the knitted walking stick cosies received so far, the knitted speakers (for playing Christmas Carols) and a tree that Rachael made out of carpet yarn. Elly helped us out quite a lot. The shop is amazing; kind of my dream […]
The end of the road.
Mark’s mother died in the early hours of today. I can’t quite believe it; we all knew it was coming but nothing really can communicate the sense of shock or loss that marks her passing. I can’t believe that she isn’t in Weymouth; that her house doesn’t have her inside it, that Mark is driving […]
…a very old poem
In amidst packing the boxes, an old exercise book. In the old exercise book: Pink light evening comes in the warm glowof car lightscrisp leavestears are ready, just behind the eyes.Back feels flexible, shoulders want to stretch,Bump my sides softly,Swing childishScatter mittens…Feet striding. Heel hits pavementForce I AM HERE I MATTER I WILLMouth…So soft. I […]
Rhubarb Jam, Domestica and a poll.
Yesterday I took one look at the Rhubarb in my garden and realised it was time to turn it into jam before the frost does. I put 400g of Rhubarb and 400g of Jam sugar in a pan on medium heat, kept on stirring it and then whacked it up to full boil when it […]
The UK S’n’B Day.
The UK S’n’B day was a thoroughly brilliant event and first and foremost, thanks to Gerard and Craig of I Knit London for all the organising and planning they did in order to make it happen. Bravo! The Missability Radio Show stall was very busy for the entire day while I explained Missability to anyone […]
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