November 24, 2005
A little while back, Ailsa, Jussi and I ordered a cone of Zephyr to split three ways. It came to my house last week, and I sent it on to Ailsa, who used Donni's jumbo ball winder to wind it for us.
And yesterday it came back to me.
Thank you, Ailsa and Donni!
I think it is destined to become this.
The Seascape Shawl from Fiber Trends. I buy my Fiber trends patterns from an Australian ebay seller, Wool Cottage. Great prices, and actually w-a-y cheaper to buy in Australia than to import from overseas. (For a change!)
Not sure when I'll get to the shawl, I seem to be buying projects faster than I can knit them.
I joined a new knitalong too! Sock It To Me Summer hosted by Taryn and Alison. I really need to finish Em's never ending knee highs so I can start new socks. I want to teach myself 2 socks on 2 circs.
I took some pictures of the lorikeets in the front yard. Here is Australia, we have some really pretty native birds. These are Rainbow Lorikeets. Extremely pretty, but noisy as all hell. I'm telling you, the prettier the bird around here, the more horrible it sounds. These guys are not often seen alone. There are generally 2 or more together, and they feed in the native trees. Our villa complex has Grevillea bushes all up and down the driveway, with one only a yard or so from our bedroom window, and another one 2 yards from the loungeroom window. One day last week, there were several in each bush, squawking, arguing and chattering to each other at 5.30am. Loudly. Seriously, they never bloody shut up.
That last guy looks a bit menacing, doesn't he? You can get up pretty close to them, but as soon as they realise how close you're getting, they start telling you off. Loudly. They don't do anything quietly! The galahs and cockatoos are noisy too, but we don't get many in our yard. We occasionally see Kookaburra's. When we stayed at the in-laws last christmas, there was a Kookaburra right outside the window that started carrying on every morning before the sun was up.
It's amazing how unamusing their laughter is then!
Comments
Your Zephyr will make a beautiful Seascape Shawl. Love those birds, maybe not the noise, though.
Posted by: Chery at November 24, 2005 02:31 PMThat bird is magnificiant ... beautiful ... stunning ... and a bit scary looking. If I were to take a picture out my window there would be no vibrantly coloured bird sitting in a lush tree ... there would only be snow. ick.
Have a great day! :)
Posted by: Samantha at November 25, 2005 12:15 AMWow. At least the bird is stunningly gorgeous. Although at 5 AM, you wouldn't be out admiring their glory...
Posted by: Janet at November 25, 2005 03:54 AMthat's a beautiful pattern, and your native birds are gorgeous!
Posted by: lynette at November 25, 2005 04:27 AMour local lorikeets have taken up residence on the windowsil outside the kitchen, they sit there and stare me down as if to say 'feed me!' that is one gorgeous shawl, its gonna look lovely!
Posted by: taryn at November 25, 2005 07:16 AMour local lorikeets have taken up residence on the windowsil outside the kitchen, they sit there and stare me down as if to say 'feed me!' that is one gorgeous shawl, its gonna look lovely!
Posted by: taryn at November 25, 2005 07:16 AMBirds are my favorite. I enjoy it when you show us the birds in Australia, so different from what I'm used to. It looks like the bird in this picture is eating something from the blossom on the shrub (tree?). What's he after? Fruit? Nectar? Insects?
Posted by: wool winder at November 25, 2005 09:41 AMWhat a colourful bird! Yea, that one did look kinda fierce. The ones we have around here are usually brown or black, pigeons, myna or sparrows. One thing I like about Australia is that it doesn't seem to have any lack of natural environment.
PS. Thanx for the tip! I'll try it out once Christmas is over. I'm actually kinda excited to do proper lace (that looks like lace) for once. =)
The Zephyr will be perfect for the Seascape Shawl. I made this shawl a few months ago and love it.
What a beautiful bird! Pidgeons, seagulls and sparrows really pale in comparison. I'd love to look out my window and catch a glimpse of these beauties.
Posted by: Michelle at November 25, 2005 02:42 PMWell, thanks so much for the link to e-bay, I've been coverting fibre trends clogs and ballet slippers for EVER and have just scored myself a few patterns...wow what a great price! Thanks for that Donna (I'm supposed to be on a anti-yarn and all things knitty budget...opps, my bad!)
Posted by: Rachael at November 26, 2005 07:50 AMThe Zephyr looks so scrumptious! That Lorikeet is really gorgeous. Our birds are pretty brown and boring. Once in a while, you see one with a blue belly but that's about the only excitment!
Posted by: Evelyn at November 27, 2005 04:46 AMI have some Lornas Lace sock yarn called "lorikeet." I had assumed that it was a made-up word, but the truth is out. The yarn is the color of your birds. It's apparently a good thing that the yarn doesn't talk.
Posted by: mary at November 30, 2005 06:27 AM
YAY !!! for socks. The two circ thing sounds fidley to me and I imagine I'd tangle myself up with two balls of yarn going. I have just discovered the 30 cm addi which means I can take my socks with me without stabbing myself every time I get them out of my bag. I'm still finding casting on and the first couple of rows tight and fidley but it seems to make the socks go much faster not having to change needles every 5 seconds.
Posted by: Carol at November 24, 2005 02:05 PMThose Lorikeets are gorgeous too.