Once again life seems to have hit one of those phases wherein I am either super busy doing stuff away from a computer, or I am at a computer doing stuff that can't wait. This means that I haven't been posting lately (though likely only Mom really notices when I don't).

What do I remember from the past week and a half?

Nationaldag was fun-- ( Read more... )

Yesterday some of our friends from choir came over for home made pizza and movie night. They left right after the movie, which meant that I was able to go to bed around 21:30 and sleep for more than nine hours, which I needed after a busy week of not quite enough sleep each night ( Read more... )

Now that summer break is over regular activities are starting to pop back onto the calendar. Tonight was the first Nyckleharpa session of the autumn (note: it really is autumn--not only does it now get dark at night, the birches are pretty much all yellow in their leaves). We meet every other Monday, though, come October, when our Finnish Language ( Read more... )

Some weeks back I got a FB message from a lady in the Shire of Gyllangran (Sundsvall, Sweden) asking if I would like to teach an embroidery class at their Glöta event in October. They are only six hours drive south of us, yet, somehow I have never made it to an event in that shire, so, of course, I said yes. The event happens while my mother will ( Read more... )

I finally saw a link to a photo of me in my new dress--a tad blurry, since we were dancing at the time, but it gives the general impression...

I think I mentioned that our friend C came up for a visit just before Easter. It was lovely to have her here--much progress was made on sewing projects, plenty of time spent relaxing and cuddling, and lots of yummy cooking happened. lord_kjar and I had a four day weekend over Easter itself, of course, but even the following week felt like a week off, even ( Read more... )

Since I am still a good 15 or more hours out from finishing my bliaut (81 hours of sewing time so far), but I was feeling restless and not wanting to focus on stitching yesterday, we decided to turn on a film to keep me distracted whilst stitching. I know that this works for many people, but it turns out that for me this isn't a good idea if the ( Read more... )

I have been making slow but steady progress on my new blue silk bliaut, and today I finally remembered to take a photo of the two sleeves, which are mostly done, and a close up photo of the pretty trim my friend A wove for me ( Read more... )

The other day lord_kjar stopped by a second hand store, and while there spotted a good sized sturdy wooden box/chest that he thought looked useful, so it followed him home. Friday evening, before the band came over to practice, he took the wheels from an old piece of office furniture and mounted them on the underside of the box. This morning we added rails ( Read more... )