I don't do November...
I’ve decided (thanks to Ruth-who-is-Ruth’s-godmother – mother of Isabel-who-is-my-goddaughter) that I’m “run down”. I’ve not been well since the middle of October – I’m not ill, well, not particularly, but I’m not well either. But it will be December soon, and that means lovely things like the end of term, and Christmas, and holidays, and time to mess around with the family.
Anyway, I have an FO to report – the scarf for Helena, my other goddaughter (twin sister to Alex-who-is-getting-the-PC-Plum-scarf):
It’s my sideways-knit garter stitch scarf. I’ve loved doing this – although I frogged the first attempt as I’d got a bit too enthusiastic about inserting colours randomly, and my tension was all over the place as I’d used it as an exercise in practising knitting continental style (is that what I mean? – with the thread in my left hand instead of my right hand). Anyway, to make sure I didn’t go mad with colours again, I did this:
I remember my parents using a similar method to arrange threads when planning a weaving project. (More on their weaving in another post.) The thing I really enjoyed with this was the way that garter stitch completely messes up the planned order. I realised that if I put two threads so that they were separated by 2 more threads, on one side of the work they came out next to each other, and on the other side they came out apparently 4 rows apart. Anyway, I had great fun – I used mostly Sirdar CountryStyle, with some Rowan Lurex, some random shiny acrylic I got from my mum, and I twisted in a few threads of KSH – and I think the result is suitably pink and sparkly without being utterly nauseating. It’s a fairly skinny scarf – only 4 inches wide, but isn’t that trendy right now?
Now for other stuff – I’ve noticed that some people post pictures of the sky on their blogs (it’s probably supposed to be done at a specific time on a specific day of the week, but hey!) – so here is the sky as it was here at 3:30 this afternoon:
But that is very boring, so I thought I’d get a bit arty in the garden. So here are some shots taken around our (currently much-neglected) garden:
I can’t decide which of the first two I like best – I love the stark silhouettes of the first one, but I also love the effect of using flash outside at dusk.
And, finally, the view from the bottom of our garden:
It’s dull, grey, miserable and boring, but still special – that is the local hospital, and just underneath the crane is the maternity unit where both Adam and Ruth were born. I never had a home birth, but I did have an “in sight of home” birth – both times I could see our house from the delivery room (not that I was looking at the dramatic moments!)
Oh, and I’ve fallen in love – I need some Kauni
Oh, and finally, finally – thanks to Denise for this Well, I guess if you can knit a womb, you can knit a digestive system!
two comments:
Have you tried Bio Strath Elixir? It sounds like one of those hocus pocus type potions & I was as sceptical about it as I was about my magic period pain magnet – but the elixir stuff also seemed to do the trick, I certainly had more umph after about 10 days of it. http://www.bio-strath.ch/en/firma.html They usually have it at Holland and Barrett or health food shops.Oh, and I was born within view of home and highly recommend it (as I obviously remember a great deal from then!). The hospital is just t’other side of the road from the house… When my brother was born they made Mum have an ambulance to take her across the road!
Daisy () (link) - 23 November '05 - 18:44
I’m glad you like the digestive system Anne…..i thought it was ace!!!!
Denise () - 23 November '05 - 22:01
