RSBSY Blog

• Sewing Memory Lane

  Chantal Ratnam

  Posted on April 10 2019

  

  Welcome back everyone! I actually remembered that today is Wednesday and I am absolutely claiming that victory, and not because I spent half the day yesterday reassuring myself that it was Tuesday and not Wednesday. There’s nothing like being off of everyone else’s schedule to make you really appreciate that time really is a construct of our own making.

  This week’s blog post has both a super exciting thing and a not so great thing.  If you’re not a bad news first kind of person just skip to the bottom and I’ll get to the good stuff.  The bad news is I think I feel a rut coming on and not just a knitting rut, a makers rut.  I have no idea where it came from.  I have a few super cool projects pending and while I was excited to prep for them, all of that energy has sort of…. Deflated.

  I know the headaches are part of the problem and so is the crazy eye pain and all of the other symptoms but at the back of all of that stuff is this nagging little question: to what end?  Why am I doing all of this? It kind of just feels like I’m occupying time until somethinghappens.  I don’t know what that something is though.  Now that I’m putting it on paper, maybe it’s not a rut, maybe it’s just an existential crisis.  That’s what wine is for right?  Maybe I’ll try that and let you know how it goes.

• What happened to Wednesday?

  Chantal Ratnam

  Posted on April 04 2019

  

  Hey guys, welcome back! First of all let me apologize for posting a day late.  Yesterday my cousin on mat leave called me in the morning with a crying baby in the background and I thought to myself, “it’s Tuesday, you’re not doing anything else today, you should go keep her company”.  So I went and cuddled the baby and didn’t realise that it was actually WEDNESDAY and I did have something to do, namely, this blog post. 

  Normally in those circumstances, (and I’m not ashamed to admit that this isn’t the first time that I’ve lost track of the day of the week) I’d just skip the week and post in the following one but I’ve actually been looking forward to speaking with you, largely because LOOK WHAT I KNIT!  I’m so excited about the progress on my Harlow hat!  First, I promise that the blog is not just going to be about Harlow for the next 10 weeks but I can’t believe how well this looks. 

• Free Downloadable Calendar April 2019

  Ashley Ratnam

  Posted on April 04 2019

  

  Okay so I am a little late getting this calendar up and I don’t really have a good reason, my other work has been extremely busy and I have been exhausted. The office life is really not the best life sometimes.

• FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE HARLOW KAL!

  Chantal Ratnam

  Posted on March 27 2019

  Welcome back everyone!! We are four days away from our Harlow KAL and I’m sooo excited. I’ve got my yarn ready and I can’t wait to get started! I’ve watched the YouTube video’s, YF-SL1YO and BRKSL DEC are no longer intimidating and I think I can confidently say, ‘I’ve got this!” More importantly, one of the lovely ladies on Instagram, Amanda Schwabe (@aknitica) posted a tutorial on fixing brioche knitting. WE ARE SET MY FRIENDS!

  In case this is the first time you’re hearing about this Harlow KAL.   Ash decided it was time to step our knitting game and try brioche and since she didn’t want to do it alone she decided we should all do it together and if you do it with us you’ll be eligible for a prize at the end of it.  I’ve already heard a few things about this prize and I’m telling you, you’re going to want in on it.  The KAL will be run on our Facebook group and will take place between April 1^stand June 15^th.

• HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!

  Chantal Ratnam

  Posted on March 20 2019

  

  Welcome back everyone! HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!! It’s been a couple of weeks since we chatted.  Last week John, Ashley and the girls came down to Toronto and we had a pretty standard visit.  Ash and I knit, the girls played and met their new cousin and my bro acted like he was being tortured until I actually want to torture him.  I’m joking.  Kind of. My meditations on my sibling relationship can probably be saved for another day though.

   

  In other news I started a little Etsy store! Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere.  Red Sock Blue Sock Yarn will always be my first love but since I have recently found myself with some time on my hands I decided to try something new.  I made the announcement on Saturday on Instagram with just a handful of notions pouches that I’ve been working on over the last few months.  I did not expect the response that I got from my Instagram family.  Within 24 hours all of my little pouches were sold out!  I’ve never been so excited in my life! I did a little happy dance and ran to my sewing machine to start making more when I had a concussion brain moment where I forgot that this isn’t a brick and mortar store where people buy something and go on their merry way, I actually have to mail things out.