Entries from September 2007

September 28, 2007

sewing

Recently:
• applying for jobs;
• searching for a sewing machine on Used Victoria;
• borrowing my sister’s sewing machine in the meantime;
• baking plum cake and pumpkin muffins
• finishing one Charade
• making the Artsy Clutch from Amy Karol’s Bend the Rules Sewing.

Sometimes I can be quite lazy when it comes to digital photography, so I’ll have to [...]

September 11, 2007

one monkey

My knitting on the trip was one Monkey sock and I finished it shortly after we got here. It was made with Sweet Georgia yarn, in Honey Fig which I bought when I was in Halifax this past winter.

Being unemployed and all, I decided to make my own sock blockers out of a plastic place [...]

September 8, 2007

hello from the island!

Hello! We made it to Victoria in one piece, with only one minor mishap involving our bike rack. Don’t worry, the bikes are still intact, but it was a terrifying few minutes when we looked in the rearview mirrors and saw only one set of tires behind.
For those of you just tuning in, my partner [...]