Jet-Lagged, But Home . . .

On Saturday, I was knitting a glove in Paris. And I’m finishing its mate at home now, settling back into a comforting domesticity after five weeks of playing the vagabond.

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Stitching, Pre-Travel to Post-Travel . . .

I don’t know about you, but it takes me almost as long to recover my regular daily rhythm and activities AFTER travelling as it did to plan and prepare for the trip. But a little bear has got me back to my knitting, at least. And reminded me that I still haven’t shown you another Little Creature that swam off my needles before we left mid-April.

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Of Mice and Mending and Socks and Sweaters: I’ve been stitching. . .

Mice and mending, socks and sweaters: yes, my needles (both knitting and darning) have been steadily busy these past few months. Here are a few finished projects, and some thoughts about sustainability in our fashion and in our fashion-ing (see what I did there?). Warning, though, a surfeit of CUTE happens halfway through this post. . . Oh, and don’t miss the homage to Chanel. . .Yes, it’s the post about knitting that’s got it all! Read on!

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Five Things Friday . . . Whoops! Make that Six Things Saturday!

1. Vancouver Mural Festival winds up this weekend, with 60 murals added in 11 neighbourhoods around the city. On a walk last week, I spotted artist Dimitri Sirenko taking a short break from his work…

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Monday Miscellany

Let’s mix it up today. Starting with this cutie. . . some of you will have seen photos of this turtle checking on my container garden on the terrace, but since then, I’ve knit them…

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