Hejsa!
It’s September! But it feels like May was just five minutes ago?!
Are you happy that autumn is just around the corner? I keep seeing posts on Instagram from people who are very happy that it’s almost sweater weather and time for pumpkin spice lattes (what does that even taste like? I don’t like coffee…) I must say that I prefer spring, the promise of longer days and flowers etc…
Speaking of spring. Here’s a pattern I started working on in March (!) and I still haven’t finished it! I blame it on my dodgy thumb. As you know, I’ve had to scale down a lot on my hand stitching this spring/summer. And I continue to do so, to not make it worse again. It has actually been really frustrating to not be able to stitch as much as like. :-/
But I’m getting side tracked. The pattern! It is designed with beginners in mind and uses just five stitches. It is also designed with kind people who are fed up with unkind people in mind! The pattern will also include a non swear-y version. :-D
I really want to get this pattern done soon. Maybe if I commit to it right here, right now: it will be done before my trip to Denmark. A deadline is what I need!
Over on YouTube I have shared a wee video on how I break in my sketchbooks so the blank pages don’t seem so daunting… :-)
Have a lovely weekend!
x Carina
Some Things I Am Enjoying
Book: This year has not been a good year for reading. Not sure why? But there are a couple of books I want to read soon, so maybe in the not too faraway future I will actually have enjoyed a book..? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Watching: A series on Sky Arts about David Hockney. That’s some good stuff. (Not sure if it is available outside the UK..)
Join the Pattern Lab and get this week’s motif:
I have changed things a bit for the Pattern Lab. It didn’t seem fair that you could sign up for a month and get access to the same as someone who has paid for a whole year. So, if you sign up for the yearly subscription you will get access to all the motifs I have already shared (and the ones to come, of course). But if you sign up for the monthly subscription you will only get access to two out of four (past and future). So now the yearly sub is an even better deal! :-)
If you have read all the way here to the bottom, you can take 10% off the single payment yearly subscription with this code: SEPTEMBERLAB. It is valid until 11:59 pm (BST) on September 5th. (Use this time zone converter to see when that is in your location.)