Despite the glorious drug that is winter sun, these last two days have proved a bit of a strain or should I say sprain. Young Tom flipped dramatically in his skates at school and has consequently sprained, fractured or possibly broken his ankle. Unfortunately he was not able to keep the leg still long enough to award a good x-ray image so we are having to speculate on the internal damage based on swelling and pain level. Swelling has reduced and the pain is definitely subsiding so we are keeping our fingers crossed for sprain only, resulting in the possibility of a christmas session on the ski slopes. This whole scenario has been a vivid lesson in the law of attraction since only two weeks ago Tom was gleefully leaping about on a set of crutches in the community hall saying how he would quite like to have to use crutches for a while. I did, at the time, remind him that he should be careful what he wishes for and couldn’t resist a smug “what did I tell you?”. Now Tom is a bit spooked.
So, as you may have guessed, work schedule has been mildly interrupted. However, I did manage to complete the faces of the twig and strip roman blinds.
Tomorrow I press on with the lining and mechanism and in the evening pick up Jenny the sheepdog whom we are adopting for a month while her mum and dad globe trot to New Zealand. I’m hoping she will be prepared to either run alongside my bike or sit in the tag along during my commute so that she can keep me company at work. Do you think the occasional dog hair and paw prints might add an extra “Je ne sais quoa” to my work? Hmmm
sarah campbell 
Love the blinds!!!!!!!
I always find dog hair to be a welcome addition to any project I’m working on. 🙂
S
Oh my goodness! I hope everything is ok over there. That mist is beautiful. I really like those felt strips, what a nice pop of color!
That gorgeous photo is taken from my croft. How amazing. Great to read you again Sarah and isn’t this weather a great drug……….
Sara, that woolly fabric you are using looks so luxurious! I like the patchwork line, extra touch of colour – and the berries of course!
We were in Oban in the summer, passing Lismore on several occassions, I though of you a lot…! Merry Christmas to you and a soon recovery for a patient!
sarah thank you for your lovely blog and inspiration!!! happy holiday!
We hope you are doing well.
Peggy and I are spending a quiet afternoon at work. We are both massage therapists and like to take our spare time to have a tea and chat and sometimes learn a few great things in the process.
We happened upon you blog this wonderful winter afternoon in Ontario, Canada while looking for Boiled wool on the internet. We were looking up how this fabric was made because I(Gloria) have never heard of it and Peggy was wearing a fabulous sweater made from the material. While looking up images of the material, the photo of your custom made beret (from October 2008) caught our attention! SMASHING! we both ooed and awed over it! and then we saw how you dyed the red part on the top and thought it was absolutely wonderful!
We were delighted to read some of your blogs and all of your creative endeavors. You are definitely an inspiration. We both knit and you have definitely rekindled an old desire in me to sew. I can definitely tell you attract lots of wonderful energy. Such creativity!
We are wondering, which Lismore are you from? Apparently there is one in Canada, USA, Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland. All of your photos of where you live look so welcoming.
Do you sell your items over seas or is it strictly a in Country selling?
Well, thank you sooo much for sharing a little bit of what you do. We have definitely been affected in the most positive way!
hoping all the best for you!
Peggy and Gloria