It’s all here. Adventures in extreme knitting, the house of poop, and suburban permaculture. You may also find rants about politics, ecology, humanitarianism, responsible living, toe floss, and other topics not covered here. Expect profanity and irreverence. You have been warned.
Winter is coming. Kid won’t tolerate blankets when sleeping. Sleepsacks too small, too expensive to replace.
Solution.
1. Fix sewing machine. Check (with caveat – still no working zig zag stitch…)
2. Visit Spotlight. Check
3. Trace existing sleepsack, embiggen.
Check
4. Copy neckline from groovy new jammies.
Check
5. Cut out basic pattern for Sleepsack V1.0
Check
6. Search internets for bias tape destructions Check
7. Confirm status as “Legend in One’s Own Lunchbox”
Check
Apparently, there is another craft show on in Sydney, starting tomorrow.
I went to Janome today to get a new bobbin case for my MemoryCraft 4000, in the hope that it might start acting like a sewing machine, and they told me about it. Stay tuned for further sewing adventures…
Google has done a special banner just for today!
P.S. I wrote “our story” for Whiteknot.org last night, and this morning it’s on their site!
A campaign for marriage equality has started in the U.S. White Knot is asking people to wear a knotted white ribbon symbolising that everyone should have the right to tie the knot.
Wear a White Knot on Thursday
wherever you are. whatever you are doing.
The California Supreme Court will be hearing the arguments to invalidate Prop 8 which banned same-sex marriage. The result of this case will impact the fight for equal rightsthroughout the country. On Thursday, show the world how much support Marriage Equality has by wearing your White Knot and telling people why.
So this may be all about what is happening in America, but I believe that acceptance in America will help bring acceptance here. And everywhere.
The cuteness is extreme. Link via Jezebel.
I have a reason to go on living…
Last night Inigo slept all through the night, with no night waking, no needing a feed, and no screaming. At all.
That was the third night in one week. Not consecutive nights, but what the hell. Three nights of unbroken sleep, three miraculous nights I didn’t have to drag my sorry carcass across the hallway, and then back to my bed to hope that I could get back to sleep.
It’s been almost five months (since he started crawling) of horrible nights, and I am hoping against hope that these three nights represent an increasing trend.
In fire news, both Paige and Andrew are still safe, but apparently today is going to be another bad day.
Today I went to an ABA meeting to learn about how to become a breastfeeding counsellor or community educator (the people that give talks at Child Health Centres, ante natal classes, etc.).
During the early days of my breastfeeding journey, the support of the ABA was invaluable. Firstly, having done the course that they run for expectant parents gave me the confidence to know that I was doing my best, and that I would be able to succeed if I persevered. Secondly, when things were still not going well after 6 weeks of struggling, I knew there was backup available when I needed it. And when I did contact them, the support and information I got was exactly what I needed to hear at the time, and I will appreciate the time the counsellor took to help me out ’till the end of my days.
I’ve been thinking about furthering my education for a long while now, but wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I have an interest in far too many things to be able to narrow it down to a particular field of interest, and I’d need to be passionate about whatever I study to make sure that I actually do the homework! The course is structured so that all study is self directed, there are no exams, only assignments, and there are training sessions run once or twice a month where modules are examined in detail. Kids are welcome at the training sessions, and you can do the training at your own pace. And when you finish, you have a government recognised Certificate IV, the same as if you had studied at TAFE, and useful as “Prior learning” if you decide to do further studies in a related field.
So this opportunity is a bit of a no-brainer. I get to give back to an organisation that has given so much to me and my little family, and I get to ease myself gently back in to the rigours of formal education.
Since My Adorable Husband bought me the lens of my dreams, I have decided to start saving up for the “Last Kitchen Gadget I’ll Ever Need”. Of course, I will find other gadgets to covet, but this one should keep me enthralled for quite some time.
Kris linked to an aussie online shop that sells kitchen gadgets, and I found it.
The Kitchen Aid, in Caviar. Click on the picture in the link to embiggen, and see sparkly detail.
Not black, that is just black. The Caviar is SPARKLY black.
So much more useful, to have an appliance that sparkles, don’t you think?
Disco Knitter 