niamhybeag

It's mornings like these that make the long days of boredom and sore feet worthwhile. Mornings where I bring Bosley out of the shed, saddle up and push away to the crunch of gravel, the squelch of mossy mud, and the annoyed sound the dog makes when I cruelly decide to go to work instead of giving him all the rubs. On mornings like this, the hills are easy, my knee doesn't crack, and I gear up and lean into the turns, remembering and thinking about the troublesome women who called their bicycles freedom machines. The liberation of getting from place to place by the power of your legs, the pumping of pedals, sweat and breath and smiling as you

It's been an unreasonable length of time since my last update, and things have changed muchly. I'm about 3/4 through my final year in college/uni/school (delete as applicable), and loving it. Craftywise, I've done very little knitting or crochet in the last 12 months, as clever me developed tendonitis in my arm and therefore am finding it enough of a challenge to use the computer for long enough to write my assignments. Instead, I've gotten the hang of sewing. I'm still having immense fun making LARP kit, and making more of it. I made a dress for myself, and a few banners and other small things. More to come. (Incidentally, if anyone has a d

So. Once again, I messed up college and thus have spent the summer studying rather than making things. But, for once I do have a couple of works in progress. If I can work out how to upload webcam shots, I'll show you what I'm making right now...