This Lady Knits

Duck at rest, originally uploaded by ldymstmorn.

I love this shot, I was up at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery this last weekend, shooting grapes on the vine and ducks.

I showed this to some people at work, and they asked if it was a squirrel.  I had to look at the photo upside down to see where they saw a squirrel. Can you see it?

One day I will have knitting content again…promise.

View up 1st, originally uploaded by ldymstmorn.

I went downtown Seattle before knitting last weekend, went up a 10 story garage and took this lovely shot up 1st avenue. The cars and the people are all heading for a Sounders FC game about half a mile south of where I was at. note to self: check sports schedules before deciding to go downtown on a Saturday morning.

Snoqualmie Falls In June, originally uploaded by ldymstmorn.

I’ve been taking a photography class, and wanted to share one of my favorite shots with you.

I’ve been playing with my camera and decided to share some of my In Progress Weaving.

The warp is a varigated Tencel and he Weft (purple stuff) is Cashmere.  It’s a kit from Just Our Yarns that I purchased at Madrona this year.

I know my poor blog has been greatly neglected as of late.  I promise there has been fibery stuff going on, but I have to find some time to take pics of the new wheel…or is it wheels at this point, yes 2 new wheels since I’ve last posted. A few skeins of yarn and very little progress on getting any thing done, but I’m getting close on my Shipwreck Shawl, and I will make every effort to get pics and even post .

Gotta run, but I will try and get back here sometime soon.

Ok, so I played, I cast on 1 project a day for the last 7 days….you really don’t know how hard that can be until you find yourself deciding between the last project you cast on and casting on a new one.  Not sure that I’ll ever try that again, not saying that I won’t cast on 7 projects in 7 days, just not sure if I’ll actually set a goal to do it .

 I have finally finished something….a very tiny pair of socks, for co-workers baby, see quarter for sizing .  I cast these on forever ago, but have only been working on them during meetings at work…well at least the ones I was passively involved in,  seems like most of my meetings lately I’ve been actively involved in, which leaves little knitting time.

Yarn, who konws what it was, I certainly can’t remember…ball band…what’s that.  I do know it’s superwash and it’s wool.

Needles:  addy turbo’s size #0’s 2 pairs on 2 needles

Pattern:  simply 2 by 2 rib

Well it’s the start of a New Year and again I cast on a sweater. Maybe I will actually finish this one this year, the one I started last year on New Year’s Day is still patiently waiting to be sewn together and for a button band. This year’s sweater? Well back when I lived in CA, I did Symbolic Knots, if you’re curious you can find it here.  That sweater has seemed to have grown legs and disappeared on me, and I so loved it.  So I’m doing it again sort of.  Still using a Melissa Leapman pattern but this one out of her newest book, Continuous Cables, the pattern is Quick to Knit Bulky Pullover, same pattern on the front, the only real difference is this time it will have a small amount of waist shaping, where the first one didn’t.

On that note, I’ll be casting on at least 1 project a day for 6 more days, my So. Cal Knitting group is doing a group knit along and starting the new year with 7 days of casting on .  The name of this GKA is Feel like a Fl00zy GKA.   If you’re of a mind to, cast on along with us, the only rule here is cast on one a day or more if you feel like it.  There is no rule that says when you are expected to finish by or even that you have to finish.  Oh yeah, I forgot the one other rule have FUN.  This is guilt free casting on to start the New Year.

Who ordered snow?  Better question, who ordered it in time to interfere with my Wednesday knitting!  I tried, got out of the garage, and found i was driving on 2″ of the stuff and it was still falling from the sky, still is, last I checked.  Needless to say I didn’t make it to knitting.  I did make it to the mailbox to find one of our neighbors, had just spent the last 45 minutes driving the last 3.5 miles to our complex.  Glad I didn’t make it to knitting, as I like spending the night at home and not in my Highlander.

For the person that ordered the snow, couldn’t you have ordered it for 9:30 pst, so I could have actually made it to knitting?

Proof that I actually do some weaving.

Loom: Schacht Flip Rigid Heddle

Reed: 10 dpi

Yarn:  Yarn Pirate - Icicle – Merino Tencel from the Yarn Pirate Booty Club.

I thought about doing a lacier pattern with this, but in the end went with a plain weave, and the colors worked out beautifully.  Used the yarn for both warp and weft and just went the flow.  Took a few nights in front of the TV, once I got the warp on .

Yes there really has been spinning going on around here.  Opps knitters are having a Halloween KAL, so I thought I’d join the fun.  I’m thinking some generic fingerless mitts for this yarn.  Eastside Spinners is having a use your handspun SAL/KAL.  So I’m killing 2 birds with one stone with this one .

Color:  Spook from Dragon Fibers, Etsy shop is here

Fiber: Blue Face Leichester – 4 oz Roving

Spun: Supported Long draw