Sunsets and stitches.

Well, firstly and finally, here it is... Lost in translation. I am really pleased its finished.

I blocked it this morning.



Every night, and I just never get the camera in time, just as the sun sets there are a couple of minutes when it hits the tiles on the building next door and it looks lovely.

I thought you might like a little sunshine.

Oh... and Its about time I inroduced another member of our little family. Hamish consideres him his arch nemesis... This is Pickwick who was keeping me company yesterday while I studied and then knitted.


He's a blue mutation of a ring necked parakeet.

Oh, and I've also almost finished the first of the slippers from the felted cloggs pattern. they are huge! Pics to follow.

Lost in.... a ball of yarn

Guess what I have got....


I'll give you a clue....

Do not be distracted by the beautiful balls of yarn.....


Or the pretty colours...


Look beyond the balls.... to The Winder.... of the balls...


Fabulous...


And yes.... i did wind every bit of wool I have in the house!

Of course, Hamish found it all very hard work.... *snort*



'Lost in translation now looks like this...



As you can see, we have a neck and we are well on our way to having a covered up midrift too.


Speaking of covered up..... we have had a good deal of this the last few days...


I wonder if there is a 'real' explanation for why I can see farther in the photos than I can with my
eyes..... hmmm... its erie. It feels like we are characters in 'The Others'...


Sorry about the long pause in the posts, exams and knitting in the downtime.

Lost in a neckline

I know it sounds unreasonable, but I really want to finish this by saturday. This means that my man has endured me spending all my 'downtime' swearing at the knitting.

Still it has paid off, I am shaping the neckline
My next cast on's will be...

Fiber trends felted clogs

And.... oh my goodness.... a pair of socks....


I'm not known for my socks I know, but look at them, arnt they lovely? the pattern is 'Penllyn' by Lisa Parker.... how can I resist them. I'm glad that someone very sweetly sent me the patterns as a little trade off :).... though I think I got the better deal

Anniversary...

Today my man and I celebrate our anniversary. Like last year we will spend tonight in our favourite restaurant and smiling a lot. We've had a great year and the one that's coming for us will be even better. Neither of us could be happier.



However, until we go to the restaurant I will do some more of this...

Lost in translation, progressing nicely, in about 6 cm I will start the neck shaping. The one thing I will say is you need strong yarn and strong fingers for the cables. (Rani, the wool is some hand painted i bought from someone online no name. I thought since the pattern reminded me of foliage, I would use the wool that reminded me of foliage. I am using 2 strands)

In other news.... my new love ....

We affectionately call this one.... ball number one. (hand dyed, hand spun, plied)


It got better as I went on.... still my own dyed stuff... there is a better consistency in width

And this one is the last one from that batch of roving. I really loved learning to spin with it.


But this is what we love..... batch number 2, which I saved till I had done my practice roving.


The dark brown and the pale cream are natural colours, the caramel brandy in the middle is my natural dye experiment.... I first spun it this time, then I dyed the skein with onion skins. very easy, very nice colour, very cheap dye.

You may notice that the wool looks a bit more consistent and looks like something you could knit with. I think i am getting the hang of it.

My next step is from scratch, fleece, wash, card, dye, spin. I think it may take longer.

Exam went ok yesterday, results next week