Saltwater Purls

bleech!

Well I thought the walnut would work in Meredith. I got one nice stripe in and then tried it with the blue. Yuck! So I've thrown her to one side (well I did start the sleeves) and I'm waiting for new colours. Istill have the dusty lavender, and Yarnzilla has agreed to send me the proper colour (another green) I ordered and give me the walnut. What to do when your project goes awry....finish one already on needles?

Don't be silly....start another one. This is Jasmine from Kim Hargreaves Nectar collection. I'm jazzing it up a bit by adding some stripes and knitting it in the round. I love Kims classic fitted knits but oh boy they can get boring to knit. I am using Rowan 4ply cotton that I've picked up in sale bins over the years. I have 6 balls of the green in 4 different dyelots...so I'm striping the balls.

I really like Animals...

...I like them a lot
15 animals is what I've got.
I've 15 animals so friendly and tame
and I've given each one of them a special name
I've got a cat named Bob, and a dog named Bob
and fish called Bob and Bob....

Fifteen Animals by Sandra Boynton

Why yes that is another version of Bob this time the yarn is Noro Blosson, Cherry tree Hill Worsted Possum and Classic Elite Skye Tweed. Finlay loves the buttons, which if you can't make them out...they are a tractor and a trailer. The button band is my own addition to the pattern due to Finlays large German head. No he doesn't look like his parents, and we frequently get people stopping us in the street asking us where he gets his blond hair from...just as well he isn't adopted and he never left my sight in the hospital!

True story of motherhood

'Mama, mama....what's dis?'

Chubby fingers are pinching a tiny object. I crouch down and look closer. Instinctively I gasp as I see a bee's thorax bending and searching for purchase with its sting....

The Pattern: Bob by Kim Hargreaves in Rowan Babies
The Yarn: Jaegar Luxury Tweed dark blue and rust and a mystery hand dyed dk weight yarn.
Confession: My mother made this for Finlay. I was going to mail the wool to her in Britain but due to unforeseen circumstances she arrived in the US earlier than expected. I think she had fun with this pattern. Bob was the most useful vest last year...I wished for more.

Meredith

One project finished, another started. Meet Meredith from Kim Hargreaves thrown together.

I'm using the called-for yarn RCY Cashsoft 4ply. The same yarn I used in the little lattice cardy. Papyrus and bark were on sale 1/2 price at Jimmy Beans, Deep is left over from said cardy, and loganberry, fennel nad forest are from Yanrzilla at a reasonable price. Yarnzilla also sent me walnut by accident instead of suede and I was going to send it  back but I decided it worked okay. I am still waiting for Monet from the Knitting Garden. So many online shops...yes well I can't get much 4ply locally so there.

Not a Drop in the sky!

Lame title but I can't think of anything witty with the name of this cardy (Drops Garnstudio have such boring names). I also had trouble getting the exposure right on the the photos as I was doing them by timer and the backgrounds were limited.

Pattern: Drops Garnstudio Cardigan knitted in lace pattern with Silke-Tweed (Free pattern)
Yarn: Jaegar Trinity in colour Sky
Words of Wisdom: So I did not used the recommended yarn, nor did I follow the pattern that closely. Namely I changed the neckline to a scooped one. I think if I did it again I would have brought the sleeve caps in more and made the neckline smaller. The lace pattern was fun though.

Garden Gnome Infestation

Now you see them...now you don't....

On the road again

I've just spent the last few days here...in a very nice town...any guesses?

Gratuitous flower photos

Well I have a new FO and I started a new project....but to show you I would have to take some photos...except that it has been too hot and I've had a post-airplane cold. Instead I'm going to show you flowers from the garden.
 

Top left: Coreopsis 'Snowberry', Top Right: Lily

Bottom left: Oriental Lily, Bottom Right Toadlily 'Taipei Silk'