We stayed on the second floor, with a balcony and ocean view and had the perfect spot for watching the sunset and taking pictures of it.
It was also the perfect spot for feeding the seagulls pizza. You talk about 'survival of the fittest,' the ones that could fly by and hover, got thrown all the pizza. The ones on the lawn got the olives and whatever else fell from the sky. I was so excited cheering them on, that I forgot to take pictures. I'm sure you can see Wooly tossing pizza and me screaming, "Come back! WHOA! YES! WOW! OMG! Come back! YAY! Hey, are you guys down there getting anything? Better learn to fly by..."
The plan is to make Mom a scarf out of the Thistle for Christmas - her favorite color - she'll scream for sure. With the other two I'm going to make this for me and wrapped it around my head & neck and look fabulous going to stinking work. Wait. I'm trying to stay positive. Remove 'stinking.'
You're probably wondering about my Challenge Sweater...?
Well, on the 4th of July (Independence Day) I was sitting there minding my own business, watching the NCIS marathon, when Wooly got his boxers in a bunch about me watching it all day. I said, "Fine. I'll turn it off, but I get to watch it from 2-4pm because those two episodes are when they hook up with NCIS LA."
I jumped on the computer and all of a sudden I get an idea for my pattern. "Click-kity, click click click, copy, paste, copy, flip, click-kity, click click, stare, erase, click click, print, give to Kamati, stare, stare, show Wooly..."
Wooly says, "Hate to mention it, but that thing on top looks like a sergeant's patch, very masculine & military..."
"That's my lotus bulb. Glad you told me. Don't want masculine or military on my sweater."
The next day, I show him again. He says, "You need more contrast, dark & light. And you need to repeat motifs or shapes to make it congruent. "
Third day, I get what I think is perfect. Print it out, run downstairs, burst in on his bagpipe session and show him. He stares. Moves his lips around. "That's the best yet. Are you happy with it?" Like he can't tell. I'm doing my happy dance!! :)
Kamati's been holding it, and I've been staring at it ever since. Still like it, so here's the plan...
It will be knitted Norwegian style. Stranded cardigan with long sleeve. Beaded. Picot edge. Embroidery. Embossed (patterned purl stitches on satin stitch.) With a surprise on the back.
Surprised it's not Fair Isle? Me too.
Now, lets talk yarn...
The Challenge is to use only Virtual Yarn... When I realized my sweater was going to be Norwegian-ish, I was screaming, "Don't tell ME I have to use VY!" I'm thinking I want the background to transition dark to light, ombre style, (like that shawl I'm going to make for myself.)
I'm thinking Mara-Summer Tide-Stabhann for background.
Kittiwake-Solan Goose for the pattern.
Whin & Bogbean for accents.
But, breaking in & out Kauni Yarn, would be fabulous. Maybe I'll make two sweaters and see which I like better. Maybe.
Wooly said that maybe he'll come eat our tomatoes...
So, next time, I'll have pictures of The Queen's completed border. I only have 10 rows left. I can smell victory! And hopefully, I'll have my yarn ordered for The Challenge sweater.
Keep an eye out for those surprises! You never know what you'll see!
Happy Knitting!
Surprise!
6 comments:
My husband gets a little irritated about my NCIS and Law and Order marathons too! Saraste is a beautiful pattern! I put it in my queue. Our upside down tomatoes are not doing so good, but the ones we planted against the south facing wall of the house are doing much better - I think they get a lot more heat that way. We have about 13 green ones, but no orange yet.
I can't wait to see your challenge sweater!
Our beans and broccoli got munched by the bunnies, but we're going to have tomatoes up the wazoo. Where can I get one of the got rice shirts?
Wow, What an action packed post.
All that TV watching translated into a design - inspiration comes from everywhere!
I really like your idea of doing two versions of the sweater -- can't wait to see what you come up with.
The Oregon Coast......on my bucket list.......what video of Meg Swansen's does she knit on the oregon coast.....have to go look it up now.......
Michele- Send some of that cool air here, will ya? I'm melting, and it isn't pretty.
Tons of tomatoes here.
You are so inspiring, Michele! Can't wait to see The Queen and your "fair isle". No matter what you use it will look great.
Coastal Yarns? You were at Cannon Beach? So was I, probably that same week! Would've loved to have met you.
Your Challenge Sweater sounds really intriguing--any chance you could include a photo of the yarns in your next entry? I'm excited to see how it progresses.
I often knit favorite patterns twice. Half-way through the second one I always regret it. But then I do it again with the next pattern...
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