Menonday Art Vibe; Rocking It
There were a lot of works in this year's Annual Open Exhibition in Edinburgh which reflected, or were inspired by, nature. Some even brought nature right to the gallery floor and walls. This fellow's rocks had us all wanting to break the "please don't touch" rule! The ones mounted on the wall were so perfect it was almost hard to believe they were genuine stones. (As the general wall picture also features quite clearly two other paintings, I am including the captions for those also.) Mac1 and I (and many other folk) lingered quite long with these stones... it was not at all hard to imagine being on the beach with them.
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Menokreatikkul; Saturday Stitches
Just a brief teaser post today... I had that week in the Hutch where I had to have something to keep my hands busy. The crochet throw and cotton knit were both still in The Grey, and although there are a couple (or more!) WIPs sitting in the flat awaiting my attention, I had the urge to start something else.
That's as close as I could get to the true colour of the yarn - which is 100% acrylic DK, 300m to the ball. It is on the thin side of the DK weight range, so I had to up my needle size to match the gauge. At the moment, that pattern trim is a bit gnarly, but I am hopeful that when it gets to blocking time, that will flatten out nicely. It's a lovely pattern to knit... Lorinda. Check it out. I have just gotten past the slight shaping for the waistline, and am now onto the straight stocking stitch stretch up to where splitting for bodice work will happen.
I can already see that this is a pattern that probably deserves better quality yarn than I am using, but I do tend to make use of the more economical yarns when venturing somewhere new and deciding whether it is worth upping the ante. I am excited to get this one up and done, so that I can select some of the better, natural yarns from my stash to do another! I may be adapting it slightly, as well... watch this space!
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