resurrection fern

once upon a time

in the land of resurrectionfern

lived a dancing fairy princess

and a gentle dragon

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they became the best of friends

xx

a guest post

lili taught herself to use the camera on my ipad yesterday

and i am really in love with her perspective and compositions

her favourite subjects being her ballet slippered feet and her

sweet little brother whon she still calls baho or brother

or lucky if he is being especially adorable

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she even caught oma changing "lucky's" diaper

:)

 

using up every last bit

long before i went to iceland i decided to knit myself an icelandic sweater for the trip

i am very fortunate to have a lovely little wool shop just a few minutes walk from my front door

owned and operated by a norwegian

i told her what i was looking for and she showed me the upstairs storeroom

if i helped her carry bags of peer gynt yarn downstairs into the back sale section

i could have what ever i wanted at half price

of course i took her up on the offer

decided on the colours, took her advice on how many balls of each to purchase and away i went

i knitted up my sweater during the coldest winter months

enjoyed wearing it in iceland

but i had so many balls of yarn left over

i think she misjudged by size since when i went into the shop i was wearing one of my thick winter parkas

i challenged myself to see just how many other things i could knit up before the wool ran out

i met lachlan a fair-isle vest for his first birthday

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a cowl with triangles

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two toques with giant colourful pompoms

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and lastly i made a fair-isle brimmed hat that i think might just look darling on lilith

i added three coloured tassels

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i only have a ball of ivory yarn left

some mittens perhaps

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(i only used a pattern for the icelandic sweater and the rest i just made up as i went along)

 

buying fresh local produce

well as lili has been saying "winter is coming "

and with winter come "magic snowballs and snowmen"

in fact we might have our first "magic snowflakes" this week

and with the cold weather comes the last few saturdays of our local farmer's market

every saturday morning , except when I have been away travelling ,

I have gotten up early and headed down to the market , basket and totes in hand

to load up on some of the prettiest produce and the tastiest I can find

it was only towards the last few months that I decided my haul was so beautiful

that i should immortalize it in a weekly photograph

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on instagram a friend of mine

a vegetable grower herself

said the last one looked like a christmas tree

i think lilith

is influencing me

last saturday when she saw the string of lights in my living room she declared

"i love christmas oma"

:)