Habitat

I couldn't help myself. I knit Greg another toque. I love the Habitat pattern. I had a skein of grey Lopi and I had exam studying that needed to be put off. And so, I knit.

After the first of my four finals, my friends convinced me that the best place to study over the weekend was at a farmhouse on the Bay of Fundy. I did study, and when the studying was done, I finished the toque. I rushed to finish it, actually, because we planned a study break walk alongside the Bay of Fundy and it was frigid out (and maybe by "rush," I mean that I took a study break to knit).

[Greg wears the toque below]

If You Build It, They Will Come

I had several 3/4 balls of wool and was racking my brain trying to figure out what to do with them, and then it came to me: I need to knit baby-sized things. There are no babies in my life, but I figured, not improbably, that if I knit baby-sized things, someone will eventually have a baby. In honour of one of my sister's favourite childhood books, I knit Saartje's Booties in red red wool.

Sartorialist Archive

(found here: November 29, 2007 and here: Janury 14, 2007)


(found here: January 14, 2007)

Sartorialist Archive

(found here: November 20, 2007)


(found here: November 21, 2006)

Edward Street Apple Butter (2010)

And again, for the third year in a row, I am making apple butter to give to the people I love for Christmas. Apple butter is messy and time-consuming and noisy to make. But, it's spicy and my mum loves it and I can't think of anything better to give or to receive than a handmade gift.

The Sweater That Took Three Years to Knit

(my roommate Aurelie is modelling it here)

This sweater started at Birkeland Brothers back in September of 2007 when I bought 8 skeins of Berroco Peruvia in grey. I had in mind a different sweater to knit, but changed my mind when I came across the Drops Jacket pattern. I started the actual knitting a year later, after I'd left Vancouver for Halifax and was living in a lonely one bedroom apartment. Although I don't like starting one thing before the last is finished, I knit several other things (including a whole different sweater) before casting off and seaming this jacket in August of this year.


By the end, I tore apart and reknit so much of this that I could have knit two other sweaters. But, that's part of the process, and in the process, I'm learning patience.

The Good Lovelies

I first heard the Good Lovelies a couple of years ago when I joined my friend Teresa for their show during the In the Dead of Winter festival in Halifax in 2009. These ladies were fun and their music joyful. The Company House hosted them again last Tuesday, October 26th.


(photo found here)

The show was again a two-set night of hilarious stories (they must practice beforehand, they're so well-timed and funny) and heart-swellingly uplifting songs. I've never thought of myself as a bluegrass fan, but if this is bluegrass, I am.