August 05, 2006
Saturday sky!
It was a bit iffy today - nice, then cloudy, nice then cloudy, but the clouds were pretty. (Before they turned grey!)
It made a nice change from yesterday's constant rain, and I even got some laundry done.
A great deal of time has been spent playing with the new camera. It's going to take me a long time to learn how to use all these buttons and dials.
Twinkie has been the subject of a great deal of this experimentation.
David is of the opinion that this pic proves the sun shines out of Twinkie's butt.
This is my favourite.
Em showed off for the camera. (Fancy that! ;)
I did get some knitting done, though.
I've temporarily tossed Icarus aside. The constant repeats of chart 1 are driving me a little batty. I'm too impatient to knit for hours and see little or no change in what I'm knitting.
So I cast on for Ene's Scarf from Scarf Style.
Impatient? You have to cast on 375 stitches! I'm consoling myself with the fact that the rows will get shorter with this one though.
You need to use a double strand to cast on. Be warned that you should be careful when using two ends from a centre pull ball for your two strands.
I think it took me longer to unravel the tangles than it did to cast on the 375 stitches.
I'm using some Fibreworks Possum/Merino laceweight that my friend Meaghan gave me, and it's just lovely. I don't usually like variegated yarns for lace, but this one is nice and subtle.
I'm up to row three, and down to 371 stitches already!
Comments
I can see a difference with the new camera already. Have fun with it!
Posted by: wool winder at August 6, 2006 12:58 AMBunny sunshine! LOL!
Posted by: jae at August 6, 2006 01:25 AMWhat kind of camera did you get? Man, Emily is sure flexible! I think I hurt just from seeing that! I've gotten my yarn all tangled before and I just cut it off because I get so frustrasted untangling it.
Posted by: Evelyn at August 6, 2006 03:25 AMThanks for visiting! I love your bunnies! I've wanted to knit Ene's scarf, too.
Posted by: Lisa at August 6, 2006 03:33 AMWhat a gorgeous sky you have today (at that particular moment, anyway)! Cute bunnies, and oh, how I long for the days when I could put my leg on the wall like that. It's been a long time.
Posted by: Sus at August 6, 2006 06:09 AMThe sun shinning out of Twinkie's butt is hysterical! Oh, and tell Em, she makes me tired-har!
Posted by: jade at August 6, 2006 07:18 AMNo fair, now I have to hurry and cast on for Ene too! And I am not even done with FBS #2. But I am going to see Nancy Bush next week. Maybe I should snap a photo with her and the scarf beginning and my book?
Posted by: Chris at August 6, 2006 08:34 AMNice sky shot and Twinkie is adorable!
Posted by: Kelly at August 6, 2006 11:02 AMIt certainly does look like the sun is shining out of Twinkie's butt. ;) That split by Em looks painful *ouch*
Posted by: kessa at August 6, 2006 02:38 PMBig OUCH!!! Painful manouvers by Em require warnings in future.
That yarn is soooooooo pretty.
Posted by: Carol at August 6, 2006 06:37 PMI am planning on knitting Ene as well - have bought the wool - the one recommended by the pattern in deep red (my favourite colour) - am just waiting on my ball winder, which I bought from eBay (so as not to subject my husband to 45 mins of holding a skein while I wind by hand) - can't decide whether to cast on as soon as I can or if I should try and actually finish one of the 8 projects I'm currently knitting!
Posted by: Rose Red at August 7, 2006 09:11 AMLove the bunny. I have the yarn for Ene too and have been thinking of casting on for it also. Icarus too is going around in my head. I told myself to finish Birch but I think I am in start something new stage which I did last week, casting on another Landscape scarf for my mother. I love the color of the yarn and can wait to see it knit up.
Posted by: Suzanne at August 7, 2006 09:48 AMLove that Twinkie! so photogenic. And Em- now that's something I could never do-maybe when I was an infant....
Posted by: Janet at August 7, 2006 02:17 PMEne's Scarf! Go girl! I'll be happy to see that one! Twinkie -sun -lol! :-) Shaz
Posted by: the stripey tiger at August 7, 2006 03:25 PMyou go girl! that camera reveals laws of the universe previously unknown to man and bunny. a worthy investment! nyuk nyuk nyuk
Posted by: Nat at August 7, 2006 05:03 PM
That picture of your buuny by the fence is hysterical! So cute. :)
Posted by: Christy at August 5, 2006 11:52 PM