scatterpig

I finally snapped a couple of shots of my Grecian FO over the weekend, these photos are a long time promised on here and over at Ravelry :)

My favourite aspect of the project was by far was using a hemp blend for the first time and the sideways cable edging, I really liked this technique. You can see by the puckering around the shoulder area that I followed the count for picking up stitches in each area exactly – it’s not as noticeable when worn so I don’t think I need to re-knit the neckline.

Right now I’m on a skirt & dress knitting kick so I’ll probably be casting on a couple of new projects over the next week (and no, I haven’t finished that last shoulder of Honeybee, but I’m sure the inspiration will kick in soon… right?).

I love gardening and one of my hopes is to have a big vegie garden that I can play in… and that we can get most of our food from of course :)

For starters we’ve planted some chilli plants and herbs in planters hanging over the balcony. Now there’s a wait until Spring to get everything else – I can’t wait!

Once they all settle in I’ll take some better photos.

It was a nice moment. I saw one of these prints by etsy seller WildLifePrints in etsy daily email, and after following the link this print The Cultured Cow really grabbed my attention (The Cultured Cow belongs on my wall).

It was only after checking the seller info I realised that I’d already discovered and admired the more serious work of the talented photographer Jeff Frieson. I love the light and shape in his photos, they’re really beautiful, and there are some similarities to his alter ego’s work :)

I haven’t been online very much for quite a few weeks now, but I promise it’s due to a series of very good reasons! An unexpected trip, a new job, and a move all around the same time has left me with not much time for a lot of things. I found my camera usb cord yesterday morning!

We only had minor injuries, lots of sore muscles, and too many boxes from the move.

I have found some knitting time, abandoning Honeybee on the final stretch (just have the shoulder shaping on one side to complete…) instead starting & finishing Ishbel. It isn’t blocked, but it’s finished!

A side note, I am loving the redesign of Flickr! It and the update of the wordpress backend interface seriously makes me even more motivated to redesign Scatterpig, it’s definitely time to find someone more competent than me at coding blogs who can turn a psd into a template for me…

I’m happy to be back :)