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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

around here

around here i've been knitting, making soap, sewing, shipping, also mending a pile of things including a pillow case and that chenille bedspread up there.

i've been thinking about things like happiness vs. fulfillment, energy efficiency vs. reducing energy growth and use. i've also been thinking about little people and alternate realities.

the soap making has been great. my favorite thing about it aside from making something good to use is the smell that fills the house. i made olive oil eucalyptus soap last night and olive oil lemon this morning. i'll have some of both in the shop in a few weeks.

i'm about to go read and listen to this.

at the enhabiten shop i'm offering the sale in the shop through the end of today. if you want to take advantage of a 20% off discount use the coupon code FLIRT at checkout.

wink wink

Saturday, January 15, 2011

my precious

i did a little post for the etsy blog series saved from the fire yesterday. here's a link to it. i could only choose one thing to save for etsy but i wanted to show you some of the other things over the next week or so that are significant to me.

first is this little sweater i made for my daughter, olivia. it's one of the first things i ever knitted. she must have been about 2 years old. she wore it all the time and as you can see it's gotten a bit ratty. the pattern is an elizabeth zimmerman one called baby surprise. it's knitted in one piece and comes out a funny shape till you sew up a couple quick seams. you have to have faith in this one. it's wonky till it's done. but it's an easy stockinette stitch. i managed it as a beginner just fine. and as a side note, i lived in burlington vermont at the time and bought my yarn from all time favorite jamie harmon.

olivia keeps this in her room. she tells me that when/if she has a daughter she wants her to have it. how much this mother loves that is more than i can tell.