Stitch Rabbit

The First Signs

While most of Canada is covered in snow and ice (and I am often jealous, believe it or not) we live in a much milder climate in Vancouver. I often yearn for quiet snow falling outside my window as I knit by the potbellied stove (the fire is purely imagination - we don't have one, pot-bellied or not) The children would play quietly beside it, playing finger games and doing puzzles (also purely imaginative, they would be more likely banging on a pot and breaking things) Instead, in Vancouver, it drizzles. Drizzles and drizzles and is grey and sometimes the wind picks up off the ocean. No snow, not much at least.

Though I love the winter hibernation that is my home, all warm and slow (rain or snow) - I couldn't help but feel the heartbeat of spring when I discovered this in the frozen ground that is my yard. The very, very beginnings of spring. Is it really coming already? I have barely started the spring dresses - and that new patchwork beach blanket... how can a girl ever keep up with Mother Nature?

What I Love To Do

I thought I ought to give you a peak at some of the things I love to do. While I make mostly for myself, my kids and as gifts, I am on the brink of beginning to sell my wares as well. It's terrifying. Will people like my work? Is it good enough? Well-made? Original?

A learning process in confidence, I am sure. What I do know is that I do it with love. Handmade anything holds so much value to me - and to a lot of you out there too! When something is created with a little bit of invention, a little bit of vintage, a little bit of found pieces and a lot of stitches it becomes a piece that is sentimental and special. It tells a story.

Here are some of my stories.

 

 
* Please forgive the blurry photos. I am only working with the camera on my iphone and the photos only look pretty on the phone, not in a larger format. My first lesson in this process is " It's time to buy a new camera".

Any suggestions?