Better Color Representation

Isn’t this: !http://static.flickr.com/43/83483434_b8b9911307_m.jpg(karaoke clapotis)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/83483434/ (This one is a few rows further – you can barely see the first drop hanging there on the edge – “Mom’s”:http://livinglakeside.com “Clapotis”:http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTclapotis.html out of “SWTCo Karaoke”:http://www.soysilk.com/karaoke.html ) so much better than this was?: !http://static.flickr.com/42/81291644_6616b26054_m.jpg(karaoke clapotis bad shot)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/81291644/ and isn’t this much better: !http://static.flickr.com/42/83483435_e02a4414f8_m.jpg(koigu 2atonce magicloop socks)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/83483435/ (“koigu”:http://www.knittingzone.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_38_29_31&products_id=1882 gifted from “caitlyn”:http://www.knotwithoutmyknitting.com/…

Knitted Mittens in Action

I love it! !http://static.flickr.com/36/83437954_da5cbc82b4.jpg?v=0(mittens in action)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/83437954/ Doesn’t everyone where mittens while at the skating rink? Especially convertible fingerless mittens?

Mittens for Baby Darlin

I finished the Valentine mitten’s from “SnB Nation”:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761135901/qid=1136611846/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8845346-4437522?n=507846&s=books&v=glance for Baby Darlin’ that I made from some of the first wool I hand-dyed. The girls helped me with those first batches, and they each dyed a small amount, too. I used the yarn that she dyed for the thumbs, the top of the cap and the…

Overdyed multidirectional scarf

Rember this?: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/31/51815910_94b643a6bd_m.jpg(multidirectional scarf)! It was the “multi-directional scarf”:http://crowingram.threadbearfiberarts.com/images/multi-directional-scarf.pdf that I made from some of wool that I hand-painted. Well, I’m not really drawn to pastel colors, and since this is the only scarf around that I haven’t gifted away, I wanted to wear this one, but the colors…. they were just not me.…

Happy New Year 2006

Well, here’s to another great year – full of family, friends, love, hope, promise, knitting, photography and all of that you enjoy! We had a very nice holiday season – spent Christmas eve at Mom and Don’s with the whole 27-person group of family and friends.  Then we spent Christmas Day here home, just our…