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Wednesday, April 18

texture wednesday??



i bailed on texture tuesday this week...i've been trying to finish up lots of odds & ends in the sewing room & studio because...

i'm leaving!!! yeehaw, i'm getting on a plane and flying off this island!! i'm so excited i could just spit because

1. i haven't been off this island in three years

2. i'm going ALONE

for the past two weeks we've had a couple of male house guests here on a welding job. guests are great, but there is already a husband, a 17 year old (injured) son and a small white dog in this house. the warm fuzzies for male companionship wore off about 10 days and two containers of clorox wet-wipes ago.

so how convenient that my daughter is moving into a new apartment right now. her first one that is all her own, no roommates. it's a landmark moment and call it grasping at straws, but i'm pretty sure it's required that mothers assist in these situations. i'll grasp whatever i have to to get out of this house.

so i'm off tomorrow, prepared to be amazed at how fast my new 4G iphone will work in the states. i can't wait to get on an escalator - love those things - smell a skunk. go to dairy queen. finally step foot in an IKEA store. and anthropologie. and see all those cherry blossoms everyone posts about. and eat sushi without a husband asking why anyone would pay for that when he can grab a raw fish anytime...

before i leave let me share what i've been working on. it's been a long winter.



i've been knitting and felting bowls...
lots of them. it's like knitting pets, they're small and warm and soft.



some of them i lined with my hand-dyed fabric scraps,
 i like how sturdy it made them.



this is a cowl knit from a beautiful merino yarn by Katia.
it's fluffy and soft and i like the subtle pops
of colour here and there in it.



this scarf is called "Loreli's Gift," i found the pattern in the book
Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders by judith durant.
i knit it in a beautiful heathered baby alpaca - soft as a cloud.


this shawl is probably my biggest knitting achievement to date. it's just a simple triangular lace pattern, easy to follow. i started it last summer, and brought it down to the lodge/outcamp with me. i tore it apart and restarted it many many times after losing my place. i worked on it until my hands got too sore and chapped at the outcamp and my fingers were snagging on the fibers, then i put it away.
i finished it just before xmas, and decided i couldn't give it away.



i love it too much. love the colours, and the silkiness. the yarn was a gift
from my daughter, it's an extra fine italian
merino lace weight by ella rae.
like knitting a lamborghini.


and then there's these guys


the socks.

 it wasn't enough that i didn't finish the first pair i started, i had to start a second pair.
i don't think there is a winter long enough for me to be able to finish knitting socks.
but sock are patient creatures.


that's it. that's all i got. i'm off to pack for my fabulous, man-less 13 days
of no dinner-cooking. i'm sure when i return i'll have great stories
of being lost in an elevator, or a parking lot,
or arrested for jay walking...
it's going to be so much fun.

4 comments:

  1. Oh, you had me giggling! I hope that you enjoy both Ikea and Anthropologie...two very different stores, but I love them both. Thank you for the kind words left on my blog.

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  2. Have fun and enjoy the 'real world' (*teehee*) and your stay with your daughter! - I enjoyed reading your post and wowzah girl, you're a knitting queen!

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  3. Your work is really beautiful. Hope you have a good trip...enjoy the shopping and time with your daughter.

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  4. what fun I've had this morning leaning in to enjoy all of your creativity and the colors (my eyesight is still wonky being in between getting my second eye fixed)

    WOW you've been busy...Love how you manage to create a gaggle of chicks and a flock of felted bowls and more!

    can't wait to hear about your adventures in "the states" with your dd...smelling a skunk is a lasting memory I think LOL
    Know you are having a great time!
    oxo

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