And sometimes, I sew . . .

For some reason the idea of heading off to see the world sort of put a fire under my rear and led to me tackling a few projects I've been putting off. Knowing that I would be spending a lot of time on a coach watching the world go by I figured I was going to bring some knitting. (also that if I went two weeks without knitting I might lose my mind) But all my project bags were store bought and too big or too small. So I got out the fabric stash (which is not super impressive - I have to buy fabric if I want to make anything that requires more than half a yard) and took two fabrics I liked. I sewed them together inside out on three sides, turned them right side out, hemmed the one end, folded up what I had- leaving a flap, sewed the sides together, added some snaps, and sewed buttons over the snaps. And that was how my perfect size project bag came to be. Poking out in the open picture are the socks I made while in the coach. I just finished them as we approached Paris - which was the last stop so- perfect timing.

Ladies and snotty nosed women should always carry . . .

I think I came to the whole hanky world quite firmly one day when I was standing in a store with snot globbering down my face, not a tissue in sight, and a $5 t-shirt seeming a tempting option. (I would have bought it after I blew my nose, kay?) After that I bought half a dozen pack and of course used it as an excuse to embroider. All the pretty designs are from various Sublime Stitching kits and while I love to embroider I feel it should be used sparingly in one's wardrobe. One's hankys on the other hand . . . I have a pack of ten that I'm at work on now but it may be a bit. I'm even thinking of doing my own designs for some of them.

The hankys look so nice because I ironed them, which I do not normally do and am not converted into doing -it was all for the photo shoot. I ironed them while watching an episode of Mad Men. It was nice to think that due to a few massive shifts in society I rarely touch an iron except when sewing or ironing patterns on.

Knitting content should come once I can figure out how to get decent pics. I think I need a new camera but that will have to wait for now.

Notice the Clove gum. It's in stores right now. I bought like twenty packs. I love Clove gum.