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Showing posts with label countryside. Show all posts

29 Aug 2016

The Sights, Knitting etc.

August 29, 2016

Hi there!

Time has been flying along, and the summer is slowly winding down. Queen Anne's Lace, Golden Road, and the  Brown Eyed Susie's are  beautifully carpeting the countryside. It has been such a wonderful summer weather wise: a lot of sunshine and enough rain to pump up the lushness. 


Flora
Bindweed and Jewel Weed.


Fauna
An Osprey watches the watcher. 
My kingdom for a telephoto lens.




Lucky Purple Martins inhabit the 13th floor.

Countryside



Off the Needles
 
Netherfield Evening Bag from Jane Austen Knits Fall 2012
I've always loved the old fashioned recticules, and I have been wanting to knit this pattern since it first came out. So I did a deep stash drive (my stash is embarrassingly small just now) and found this yarn. It's wonderful yarn to knit with, but the colour is not what I expected. With mail order you can't always tell.
 The bag still needs to be lined and requires a French seam, (O, dear) and since my sewing machine gave it up long ago (gasp!), I will sew it by hand. Also, the pattern calls for beads on the points. Will anything match? Perhaps a dye bath would help. :)

Beautiful old things
Loved this display. Old tools (well mostly) of the trade.


 Something different:
Masks ~ Comedy and Tragedy. 
The written words require black ink.


On the drawing board...The Stargazer Lily.

My 20% shoppe sale is on until the end of August. Just type SALE at the checkout.

Thank you! 

Enjoy the week...








2 Sept 2015

Dog Days of August/ Knitting

I put my files in order so here are a few pictures of the countryside that I wasn't able to post in August.
Because the sky was such a beautiful blue that day, I spent a long time admiring it.
Loosestrife. Invasive but pretty.

Bull thistle.


The path taken.
A few cattails.

In the past, I am sure I've mistaken the pink flower for milkweed, but I believe that it is Sweet Joe-Pye Weed. It certainly does smell sweet!  I love to hear those tall rushes in the background rustle in the wind.

 
Off the needles... Rosetta Mitts

 I finally finished knitting and writing up my Rosetta Mitts pattern.  They are knit with Classic Elite Yarns Fresco, colourway Rum Raisin; I'd like to knit a pair using Madelintosh yarn, too.  They can be made in three different lengths, but I like my fingerless mitts long. I am looking forward to wearing these mitts later this fall.  I only have the ends to sew in and the  blocking to do. 

I am also happy to say that I kept my commitment to draw everyday for two months. I filled one whole sketch book and part of another.  Several birdies are among those drawings.  I can't wait to start painting them.

 'Til next time....enjoy.