Years ago, my friend Rachel (my prayer buddy Rachel, or as she is known to my kids, either “Auntie Rachel” or “not-spinning Rachel”) gave me a book called “Knitivity,” with instructions for knitting a playful Nativity scene. It went into the “someday” pile, but this last year I realized my kids are at the prime … More Knitivity: Holy Family
It’s not every day that your little sister gets married. Our summer was largely structured around the joy of getting to go down south for nearly two months, to see our families and be a part of Leah’s wedding. Now that I’m kinda into quilting a little (haha), this was also the perfect excuse to … More Wedding Rings
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone! This is my last post about my knitting through the Bluestockings book by Kate Davies and Nicole Pohl. It came out a few weeks ago, and my copy arrived in my hot little hands this week! As usual, it’s a beautiful book, this time with lots of full-page historical reproductions and … More Sarah Scott
September started in the USA, spending one last week with family. What a great trip we had! We connected so much with family and already miss them loads. But we were ready to go home. We left the states on Labour Day. I won’t go into the hazards of travel during COVID-tide, but suffice … More September 2021 Round-Up: Rain and New Things
Today, for the first time, Orange Shirt Day is being observed as a national statutory holiday in Canada. (Like a federal holiday in the US.) It’s officially called the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. I wrote a little bit about my perspective on Orange Shirt day earlier this summer. You see here a family … More Orange Shirt Day
Mary Delany is an artist whose work I had heard of before the Bluestocking club. She is known for the accurate and stunning botanical art she made using cut paper. If you’d like to have your mind blown, you can read about her and see some of her works here at the British Museum’s website. … More Mary Delany
I’ve tried to say a little something about each of the ladies who inspired the Bluestockings patterns. It was easy for me to speak a little to each one. Except one – Phillis Wheatley Peters. Here I put a few words in my flawed way to honour a woman whose story silenced me. Mrs. Peters … More Phillis Wheatley Peters
August was our big vacation month! I haven’t been posting obviously – I haven’t found time to solve my photo hosting and storage issues yet, and quite frankly, we’ve been too busy having fun for me to sit in front of a computer and write to you about it. But I’ll give you a miniature … More August 2021 Round Up: Sock Summer
[sorry all, i’m working on something new with pictures. hopefully they are working now.] [ok I know they’re still not working. Our fam is on the go right now but I’ll fix them as soon as I can.] [OH MY GOODNESS sorry that took so long. Hopefully they’re really working now!! The deal is, I’m … More July 2021: Vacation Transition
These lovely socks, fourth in the Bluestocking series, were knit in the week and a half we spent at our friends’ cabin in early July. They were the perfect cabin knit: fair isle, portable, and self-contained. I enjoyed the striped heel and the complex, organic fair isle pattern. I’m thankful I got a chance to … More Mercy Otis Warren
