I took a couple of days off work last week and the weather could not have been better. The ball and chain and I went for a hike (more of a walk) at a park in Hamilton and enjoyed the day. Check out the colours in this shrub. I love the red branches combined with the sprouting leaves.
I've been making some progress on craft projects too. I made Lazy Girl's Miranda Day Bag with fabric from my LQS. It was really fun to make. The instructions were very clear for people like me who are challenged in the sewing arena.
I was going to use a "real" handle for the bag but the one I have is the wrong colour so I made fabric handles instead. I did learn that you have to really anchor those suckers or they come apart from the bag in about 5 minutes. Unfortunately, I discovered this while walking up York Street in Toronto. Fortunately, nothing fell out when the bag crashed to the ground, I bought pins to temporarily repair things and kept going. There is now quite a bit of reinforcement in the form of several sewing lines.
On that same day, I went to visit the Purple Purl, a very nice yarn shop in the east end of Toronto. I did a little damage there. Not so much that I couldn't find storage room when I got home.
I've also finished this beautiful Lace Wrap from Vogue Knitting Fall 2005 edition. I made it out of Handmaiden Silk Maiden (I think, can't find the ball band) and I'm really happy with it.
