Manic monday

the title of this post has nothing to do with anything!!

It just sounded good!

I seem to have left the impression that I started four

PROJECTS

all at the same time.

I haven't.

I just tried a few patterns from the book.

this is to show that it is so dark today

the night light is still on

and it stands by the kitchen door!!

so the colours are off

way off

but no amount of shifting lights and places

helped.

knitted bobbles

never made them before and I think I bobbled too much

they aren't supposed to look like some sort of nasty growth!!!

leaves.... in a colour I have never seen in leaves

unless they have been in a fire

but it worked...... so a maybe

:) :)

this is a perfect example of no light

the one below is closer to the actual colour

one you have seen

many many times

this stitch is called

half linen stitch

the top is the front

the bottom

the back

and this ladies and gentleman

is my first attempt at

two colour

knitting

it is supposed to be done in

intarsia

which is done with a million bobbins wrapped in each colour

all hanging off the back and getting tangled

I did it, as was suggested it could be done,

in Fair isle

two threads carried across the row

tension is very important

and for the first attempt

it isn't soooooo bad

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just bad enough to get frogged

sorry little birds

I'll have to catch you on the second try!!
I also think I will add a couple of extra stitches to the edges
it got very messy and uneven
so if at first you don't succeed
try......
not to rip too much!!!

clip...

for those of you who don't knit or hook or sew

it all involves a lot of doing and ripping and re-doing

it isn't a sign of bad workmanship

well not always

it's just trying to be as close to perfect as you can get

and

some of us can get closer than others.. but not here or with this

!!!!!!!

and of course

practice makes

....

I saw the little diving ducks out there on the half frozen pond

and decided to go out into the

freezing cold and try to get a shot

I got one

a shot

.......

they are Buffleheads

and they do not like humans

with or without  cameras

bad bad bad

but there anyway

this little gaggle flew over while I was out there freezing my toes off

click

and this is just colour where there is none

and

they are good for you

crunch!!!

might be back later if I achieve the

unachievable!!

here we go again

blue white knit knit knit white blue

purl

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