Hilary's Musings

I can’t understand how it’s almost been a year, but reflecting back it was definitely a full one.   Fall came, winter hunkered in, we walked in the snow, ate delicious food and I knit, sewed stitched and wove.  February came and we were talking of a cross Canada road trip.   Then the Great Pause of 2020 arrived.  Everyone has talked about this in hundreds of ways: Mother Earth has sent us to our room for time out, the universe is giving us a massive correction, the higher source is offering us an opportunity to stay still, listen closely and reconsider.   I know from my conversations and self reflections that this - while devastating throughout the world- has guided me to a return to what I like to think of as my better self.  Hopefully a kinder self not only to others but to me.    I can be so self critical and it’s a relief to lighten up on myself!   Who knew. So projects that have been completed have been drawing from my stash, finishi...

It was an amazing start to the month here in our northern desert.  Sunsets shifted from pink and burgundy tones reflecting the colours of smoke bush and buddleia. The early nights were balmy, nothing like the heat of summer nights.  These nights are those you savour, where you sit on the deck and feel the warm breeze knowing that soon it will be too cold to be out and windows will get shut. This month has been all about my first test knitting project.  I was accepted by @this.bird.knits to knit a gorgeous sweater in colour work with fibre from @autumn&indigo.  Lovely independent designer and independent dyer.   My challenge was to knit a full pullover sweater in 6 weeks. I made it! It is a wonderfully easy sweater to wear and the fibre is relaxed and soft.  It feels like a favourite already Readying myself for fall and winter I also took time to begin to wash up two gorgeous Romney fleeces.   One white and one grey.  The white one i...