Happy Monday

I have had one of the most uneventful weekends, spent mostly sick in bed, watching a lot of movies and trawling the internet for pretty things.  Though I'm feeling much better, it's still going to be a pretty quiet week for me.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go to the Type by Hand workshop on the weekend, but I did get to look jealously at other people's Instagrams (here, here and here) of the workshop.  A weekend in bed did give me some time to draw though, which was really nice.

Here's what I was internet dreaming about:

1. Norma by Status Anxiety
2. Hermine by The Horse
3. Leggings by Harvest Textiles
4. Baggu Pouch
5. Women's Hobes 
6. Orion Cuff by Of a Kind

Knitting

I am trying to incorporate more down-time into my weeknights and weekend in an effort to learn how to relax (instead of working continuously).  So, for the last 2 or 3 weeks, I've been knitting.  I haven't used any patterns, have just been trying out different stitches/stitch combinations.  I am having a lot of fun with circular needles, in various sizes, and have created 2 cowls and a necklace.  I chose knitting as a (hopefully) less stressful option to sewing (which seems to start out fun but quickly diminishes into unpicking and re-sewing over and over again). Even though I have unravelled and re-knitted many sections, I think it's still the less stressful option.

I'm not particularly happy with the blue one, my first effort, so think I will probably un-pick and re-do.  

The predominantly grey one I started four time, and each time had to unravel approx. 8-10 rows and start all over again in my effort to count to two.  I'm glad I did though, the combination of baby cable, cable and moss stitch has resulted in a really nice finish which is so soft (baby alpaca grey and wool/mohair light khaki).

My most recent effort is a woolen necklace.  I'm not convinced the smaller bronze/grey circle doesn't look tacky but I think with some more experimentation, the necklaces could work out quite well.