Knitting a weave
The best aspect of knitting, strictly from my point of view, is that I can knit while reading, watching TV or videos, sitting in the passenger seat while our new family driver takes on hill roads at h...
25 Apr 2016
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19 Apr 2016
Pahaadi peas aplenty
Army postings in North India would mean living in large colonial houses with a well-maintained lawn and flower border at the end of the driveway, a set of crumbling servant quarters behind the house, ...
15 Apr 2016
Bulky wool project
A wearable piece of simple knitting…at last! After a couple of huge knitting disasters this winter, I sorely needed a project which would reassure me about my knitting skills. The disasters happened ...
12 Apr 2016
When Breath Becomes Air
Spending an entire morning on the balcony overlooking the forest with its butterflies, birdsong, pine trees, blue skies and sunshine….. Sitting on the balcony swing, drinking mugs of tea and watching...
08 Apr 2016
Teaching knitting
“Hema, can you get that thing from there and put it over there?”….initial instructions to a mystified housekeeper, who hadn’t seen a washing machine in her life, who couldn’t figure out a microwave ov...
05 Apr 2016
Summer days
This photograph is all about the departure of winter and the entrance of summer. The fresh, ruby-red new leaves on the branches of the horse-chestnut tree has to be the best sight of the hills. They t...
31 Mar 2016
The great adventure of 2016
I will give you a hint... There are six sleeping dogs in that muddle of blankets and rugs. This is the only picture that was taken during those 12 hours of surgery, 2 days of holding onto our free sp...
18 Mar 2016
Building blocks and ripping sheets
It's the yin and yan of life....creation with destruction....growth with decay....summer days with winter nights. This season, my knitting has been on 'the anvil of destruction', more often than in '...
14 Mar 2016
Beloved dog
Ten weeks had to be kept aside for loving Biskit. No blog posts, not much of knitting, few emails and Facebook interactions, no visits and chats over tea and hot snacks, few guests and conversations. ...
23 Feb 2016
To see a small Big Cat and a Huge Moon
At noon, on Sunday, while the Army folks practised their ear-splitting shooting skills, while we decided to have the correct Sunday winter lunch ( Hot Khichdi with Hot Ghee), our neighbour decided to ...