Mushrooms, Moss, and Hellebores
Archive for January, 2016
A Little Rain and…
Saturday, January 23rd, 2016Lovely Mold Growth
Saturday, January 23rd, 2016Interesting that the mold growth is not just circular. Unfortunately I will not be able to document the progress of the bit that appears to be a cylinder. Someone disposed of all of the moldy ones.
Agave
Friday, January 15th, 2016
Agave has narrowed in width and has more of a tilt.
Loom Knitting Pages for a Book
Friday, January 8th, 2016I am attempting to knit pages for a book on a sock loom. The yarn is Lion Brand Fishermen’s Wool. The color is natural.
Row 1 U wrap knit
Row 2 U wrap knit, Slip;… U wrap knit
Row 3 U wrap knit
Row 4 2 U wrap knit, Slip; end with Slip, and 2 U wrap knit stitches
Slip Stitch–start a purl stitch and slip the new loop over the peg, rather than pulling the existing loop off of the peg and replacing with the new loop.
Sock Loom Knit Front
Sock Loom Knit Back
A similar stitch pattern on a larger loom with two strands of LB Fishermen’s wool. I didn’t want to felt the piece because I wanted a bit of the stitch to show.
Row 1 Knit
Row 2 K, Slip…, K
Row 3 K
Row 4 K, K, Slip… S, K, K
U wrap Knit
Slip–remove loop from loom, lay working yarn on peg (to the inside of the loom), replace loop.
When fulled, the piece was too thick.
Poinsettia Leaf
Thursday, January 7th, 2016Gorgeous Colors
Happy New Year 2016
Friday, January 1st, 2016Our tradition continues–January 1st, visit the beach.
Early this morning it was 35º. When you live on the California Central Coast it is common to dress in layers. Today I added a couple of additional layers thinking it would be cold. It wasn’t. It was a warm and gorgeous day.
Today low tide was at 10:00-ish, but not exactly low tide. It was about 2 feet. The dark curved area in the upper portion of the photo is actually a great area for exploring tide pools. Today totally covered with water.
And part of the New Year tradition is to search for holey rocks. I do not believe that they are a source of good luck, but nature-made holes are very cool. In the past I have used rocks with holes in my work.
