Did you know?

Captain Planet Foundation

One of my favourite childhood cartoons. Still rocks!

(P)eternity?

I am all for recycling but that seems to be a bit extreme...

There are other ways to make sure that your crafty works are sustainable without necessarily collecting your pet's hair (btw, I wonder if you could knit with hamster hair?...)
First of all, you can decide not to buy any new yarn altogether. Just give your closet a good cleanup or head to your nearest charity shop and see if there's anything you could unravel. Just recently, I decided to turn my old winter scarf into a nice knitted pillowcase.
And if you still want to go with the new, think of two things: how sustainable the manufacturing process was and what the 'afterlife' of the yarn would be like (is it biodegradable? can you knit with it again and again?).

My first homemade pumpkin pie

I know it's well past pumpkin season but I've been craving it since I watched 'I Robot' lately. It's funny how I remember food better than the movie plot :)

Blanket wrap

I supposed to finish that piece about a year ago. Finally I found time to do it and I must say I'm quite pleased with the effect. Hope the future owner will be too. It flies to Berlin tomorrow. Stay warm J.

Birthday present

It was my birthday couple of days ago and I got the best present any girl could wish for - new bag. It's genuine leather and beautifully crafted. You can throw in a change of clothes, some shopping and there's still plenty of room left. Needless to say, I love it.

Do I feel bad about wearing genuine leather? No I don't. Most of my bags, gloves, boots and favourite jacket are made of it. I'm not a vegetarian, so I see leather as a by-product of my eating habits. Actually, I find leather way more sustainable material than any man-made. I would rather have two classic satchels than tons of PVC bags. I could argue for hours about the amount of energy that is used to produce artificial leather, how long does it take to decompose (estimated 1700 years vs up to 50 years for leather). Or I could go for more practical reasons. Leather ages beautifully, the more scuffed the better it looks. It doesn't go out of fashion, at certain point you just start calling it 'vintage'. And it's perfect for the ever-changing English weather.