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rimented with learning a few new crafts and took several workshops both online and otherwise which was one of my goals at the beginning of the year and we tried a whole bunch of different things with r s yarn with varying degrees of success but always with equal amount of heart all in all i feel quite grateful looking back and relieved to be moving forward wishing you all the best for 2019 some of the year s highlights include 1 our mini vacation to kick off the year in north germany with our best friends 2 a wonderful week long visit from my dad to celebrate my 30th birthday in the spring 3 our whirlwind 5 days in iceland which i can honestly only describe as epic 4 arriving in canada just in time to celebrate caleb s 2nd birthday with all my family including my brand new baby nephew 5 flower school with my sisters which also represents all the time i spent in the summer creating just for fun and taking some of the pressure off of my creative self 6 7 our road trip up to haida gwaii and back which was not only an incredible adventure but also represented a real emotional turning point for me this year in getting some of my priorities straight 8 a spontaneous trip to seattle with my mom sister 9 and finally launching homestead this fall which was the bright spot in a rather difficult few months and a true labour of love that i couldn t be prouder of posted by unknown at 2 19 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels goal setting saturday december 29 2018 make 9 2019 bringing back the blog for one of my favourite times of year which in german is so aptly called between the years these slow reflective days just before the year turns which i use to look back on this past year as well as plan and dream for the one ahead last year for the first time i decided to participate in the make 9 challenge at the beginning of the year i picked 9 projects that i wanted to make in my case mostly knit for my handmade wardrobe in the end i didn t get even a little bit close to finishing this project i ended up with 4 finished items for myself not counting hats and socks and two of these weren t even on my original make 9 grid but what did happen through my participation in this project is that i got waaaaay more intentional about what i was knitting i knit from my stash including a few lonely skeins that i was really unsure how to use even the two projects that were rather impulsively cast on my tegna and arboreal were still carefully considered as i had to remove a project from my make 9 grid each time to accomodate the cast on the result is that i m happier with my finished items than i ve been in awhile and so it only seemed natural to me to continue on with this format for 2019 i thought through the items that were left on my grid at the end of this year and picked a few to carry over while letting go of some others then i thought through the current holes in my wardrobe for me this is summer tops that i love and feel comfortable in and basic workhorse sweaters for every day wear with this in mind i ve created a loose make 9 for 2019 with more summer knits basic sweaters and a few shawls just for fun i suppose i should mention that i didn t include any socks here but that doesn t mean i won t be knitting them socks are a huge hole in my handmade wardrobe and i ve always got a pair or two in the works in the background i just decided to go ahead and leave them off this list i ve also got a few projects commissions samples gifts mostly that i ll be working on this year that will take precedence to the make 9 projects so we ll see how it goes but as i said above i m honestly not concerned at all about finishing all these items i m more concerned about making within the guidelines that they provide and keeping the mindfulness i was able to introduce to my knitting life this past year so here s my make 9 projects for this year 1 weekender sweater designed by andrea mowry knit in homestead the new base from my own little company r s yarn i ve already cast this on this morning actually and i m super excited to have this basic staple every day sweater in my wardrobe 2 stokur shawl designed by melody hoffman this is a carry over from last year s make 9 grid as much as i love triangle shaped shawls i tend to wear longer wrap style shawls a lot more frequently i love the simplicity of this design as i think it will make it easy to wear without of course being plain i m thinking of trying out tukuwool fingering which i ve been dying to get my hands on but i m stuck on a color 3 lucinda pullover designed by carrie hoge from madder anthology 2 and knit in moeke yarns elena i ve just finished the body on this and am about to separate for the sleeves while in canada this summer i decided to purchase a sweater s quantity of elena for my only stash enhancement and although it s a bit thinner than the yarn the pattern calls for i really thought they would be a good match fingers crossed i can get the fit right on this one 4 something from the making stories stripes collection pictured here is the stripur pullover this photo is a bit of a placeholder as i ve not yet decided which of the designs i m going to make from this collection first i plan to make both stripur the pullover pictured here as well as the rayure pullover at some point though i m thinking that i might end up doing suora or juova this year both tops as that will help me fill out my wardrobe hole a little better i ll be definitely using lino muka linen yarn for either of those tops and for the pullovers would probably pick the silke tweed from magazin duett but again this is a bit of a wildcard pick so i m going to have to consider it a bit further 5 telja sweater by knit love wool shown here knit by colleen of postscript love in lettlopi while in iceland i purchased a sweater s quantity of lettlopi to make this sweater in a very similar color palate to collen s version pictured above i m excited to turn this very special yarn into a sweater that will remind me of our trip though i don t think i ll be getting to this project for quite a few months yet 6 plumetis shawl by melody hoffman while on the hunt for a project to use up a lonely skein in my stash i stumbled upon this shawl and fell in love the skein i was hoping to use up is an off white skein of manos del uruguay milo a mix of wool linen i think it will pair perfectly with purl soho s linen quill which i d love to get a skein of this spring while in new york so i can use up my stash as well as add in a skein of souvenir yarn which feels like a double win 7 bobbie by pam allen knit in quince co willet i ve honestly loved this design ever since it was first released a few years ago but i must admit that i completely forgot about it i m mostly drawn to the woollier cold weather knits and this pullover just wasn t on my radar but i m glad i discovered it while going through my pinterest boards to create this grid as i think it s the perfect transitional piece and will help me add another summery top to my wardrobe i d really love to knit this in willet which is quince s line of cleaner cotton most likely in mast windlass or sail so hopefully i can get my hands on that somewhere here in europe 8 sauvabelin by jessica gore knit in r s origin another carry over project from last year s make 9 i really really want this sweater so i m hoping i can carve out some time to knit on it once we get our shipment of origin 2 0 sometime in 2019 9 solano by stella egidi from breeze knit in wollen berlin s lino muka lithuanian linen yarn ever since i first visited wollen and saw their linen yarn line i ve wanted to make a sleeveless top it s just taken me a bit of time to pick which one i think i ve settled on the solano tunic but i know i ve settled on the colorway yellow ochre for my top i ve excited to knit this up hopefully in time to wear all summer long ps i know there are no links in this post but all these designs can be easily found through a ravelry search also if you re curious to see what else i knit in 2019 you can do so here posted by unknown at 3 59 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels craft goal setting wear handmade thursday december 27 2018 my year in books bringing back the blog for one of my favourite times of year which in german is so aptly called between the years these slow reflective days just before the year turns which i use to look back on this past year as well as plan and dream for the one ahead after last year s carefully planned out reading list i decided not to set any reading goals for this past year beyond the 24 books that i wanted to hit and just go ahead and reach for what i felt like the results of this were interesting i ended up reading much more fiction than usual across a fairly wide range of genres and even started a series or two which was something i d been missing for the past few years but honestly this was probably my most disappointing reading year in awhile while i certainly read some gems all of which can be found on the list below i also read a ton of books that were just okay so in an attempt to change that this coming year i m reintroducing a bit of structure aside from my standard goal of 24 books that i ve had going the past few years i ve also identified a few topics and genres that i d like to focus on which i m hoping will stretch me to find a few new favourites as well as keep me a little more focused when selecting choices this year in terms of non fiction i d like to read a few books on the enneagram as well as some in the direction of self help and parenting i think i may finally be feeling brave enough to tackle brene brown again for fiction i m looking to mystery a rather new to me genre i discovered late this year as well as sci fi something i always love but for some reason am rarely drawn to i d also like to read both more new releases and more books written by women of color best re read the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society mary ann schafer annie burrows most surprised to love the alice network kate quinn hardest to put down career of evil robert galbraith most relevant to my daily life the course of love alain de bottin most quotable in the company of women compiled by grace bonney most loveable characters eleanor oliphant is completely fine gail honeyman most heartbreaking the immortalists chole benjamin best memoir biography my berlin kitchen luisa weis best craft related book folk fashion amy twigger holroyd the one that kept me up at night the underground railroad colson whitehead the one i m still telling everyone about station eleven emily st john mandel posted by unknown at 1 52 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels books on my bookshelf tuesday april 10 2018 project planning what to do with a skein or two of origin wondering what you could do with just one or two skeins of origin personally i think you ve got a ton of options our yarn is a dk weight and i ve found through knitting with it personally that it actually lends itself quite well to a wide range of projects and patterns here s a little round up of what i ve been knitting and am planning to knit using origin one skein projects obviously some of my very very favorite projects are the patterns my friends designed specifically for origin you may remember the lahn hat designed by verena of the wool club for our shop launch i absolutely adore my lahn hat it s the warmest coziest hat i ve ever knit and i wore it all winter long you can view and purchase that pattern here and then there are of course the waveform mittens which were designed by becky of soprano knits these simple mitts are so cute and functional they ve quickly become a wardrobe staple for me you can view and purchase that pattern here while we re on the subject of mittens i also think the moorland mittens are a great match for origin this is a pattern i designed myself a few years ago and then knit up this fall using r s mill spun yarn dyed with walnuts it s another simple workhouse mitten pattern just the thing to pair with our yarn if you ve got children or are interested in knitting for a friend s little one i ve also seen some really lovely versions of the naturkinder cough shirt and i think our cream color way would be soft enough to make this for a toddler or young child i ve got to get one on the needles for my own little one soon another good project one that my friend simone of ink soil made with her skein of origin is the middle fork hat a pattern available in the tolt yarn and wool ravelry store here and finally something i discovered when working on my arboreal pullover pictured above is that origin lends itself super well to mixing in with other dk or worsted weight yarn in color work this is a really great way to use our yarn with something you already have in your stash to create something amazing in my sweater i ve paired it with gilliat from one of my favorite yarn companies de rerum natura two or more skeins one project i d really like to knit out of a skein of origin is the winter morning socks by my friend jess from shop la mercerie ever since jess published this pattern i ve been itching to cast it on i think the cream colorway would be a perfect main color with a second mini skien naturally dyed for the contrast i ll be offering naturally dyed skeins in the shop coming up soon or you could try your hand at it yourself personally i am dreaming of a shawl in origin there are several that i think would work really well and one of my very favorite options is the regen shawl designed by shannon cook this shawl takes just 3 skeins of dk weight yarn so if you ve got a skein or two already you could consider stopping by our next shop update to get a few more to make the project and finally sweaters i m planning to make both waldi and i a sweater out of this first run of origin waldi s will be the fort sweater by jared flood in grey pictured above for myself i m dreaming of sauvabelin from woods in cream can t wait to cast on if you ve got a skein of origin or are thinking about purchasing one in our shop update next thursday and are wondering what projects would be good or just want to chat about what to cast on please do get in touch with me hello raincloudandsage com i d love love love to chat project planning with you posted by unknown at 6 42 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels craft in my studio listology wear handmade yarn friday february 9 2018 on slow fashion handmade wardrobes my finished rosemont designed by knitbot and made using de rerum natural wool this post has been a long time coming for real slow fashion and handmade wardrobes popped onto my radar a few years back and i ve not been able to shake the idea planted like a seed in my mind the truth is for several years i ve felt a bit of a disconnect betwe...