Jo Sharp Christmas

Posted by on Dec 28, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

Her Box Stitch Jacket it what I’ll be knitting for SK for her Christmas present… Poor love looked a bit confused when she received a bundle of ribbon tied swatches in these various colours, but a: I wanted to be sure I picked the right colour and b: ummm it was getting too close to ...

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Scarf finished for New Year

Posted by on Dec 28, 2006 in Craft | One Comment

According to some Sottish folkloric thingy, all current knitting projects need to be done and dusted before New Year’s Eve… and  no new ones started until midnight.01 of the New Year… this might be to give us all a break from knitting like demons to get things finished for Christmas or it might not… Anyhow ...

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Christmas in the city

Posted by on Dec 26, 2006 in London Life | No Comments

Spending Christmas time at home… It’s cold and foggy with pretty lights and empty streets… I love London… : ) ‘Paternoster’ by EJ Frink

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Happy almost-Christmas!

Posted by on Dec 24, 2006 in Craft | 2 Comments

Baked these last night as last minute Christmas Cookies… they’re v tasty but a bit of a nightmare to make… super buttery so a very melty, sticky dough and you have to watch them with eagle eyes whilst they cook. They only take about 5 mins and I burnt the first lot!

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Snowflake sewing cards

Posted by on Dec 22, 2006 in Craft, Sketchbook | No Comments

There’s something very soothing about threading coloured wool through punched holes… It reminds me how much I love the ‘stringing beads’, ‘drawing with crayons’ and ‘cutting pictures from a magazine for your scrapbook’ pictures in Richard Scarry‘s Great Big Schoolhouse:)

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Goodbye NYC… sniff

Posted by on Dec 13, 2006 in Travel | No Comments

WednesdayRainy wanderings around SoHo, visit the Housing Works bookshop then head home to pack.. goodbye drinks at the place with no name.. :(

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Chinatown bus to Philadelphia

Posted by on Dec 12, 2006 in Travel | No Comments

Monday / Tuesday – PhiladelphiaTake the Chinatown but to Phila. to visit M & S in their house in Queen Village…. walk lots, then dinner (and chat) at Gnocchi’s and drinks (and chat) at a bar nearby… Walk along the Delaware river (cold and bleak) then head up along South Street for coffee and a ...

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Ho-bo-ken or Hobo-ken?

Posted by on Dec 10, 2006 in Travel | No Comments

SundayMeet M and J and their new baby O at Coffee Shop on Union Sq.. take the train to Hoboken in NJ to visit the girls at the craft fair and check out Patricia’s Yarns (super friendly lady).Meet D uptown for the most amazing Korean vegetarian food at Hangawi…yum!

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under the BQE

Posted by on Dec 9, 2006 in Craft, Travel | No Comments

SaturdayBack to Williamsburg to the Read Cafe for breakfast and newspapers… check out the Bust Holiday Craftacular on Driggs Ave. The venue (The Warsaw) is amazing, as is the craft fair; but so so so busy we had to leave w/out really seeing too much in detail..Meet J and all his records on the L ...

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Tubas – RUDE: Mechanical Orchestra

Posted by on Dec 9, 2006 in Travel | No Comments

Haven’t written anything up here about NY cos was going to do it all when I get home, with pics.. But.. Last night we went to see M play tuba in his band.. Not just any band, but RUDE: Mechanical Orchestra.. A bonkers radical marching band (about 14 musicians, a flag / baton twirler, band ...

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