Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Sentinel

Sometimes it takes weeks (and weeks) to get decent photos of a shawl.


But with temperatures reaching 30 degrees C this past Saturday we found our way to a favourite and little known bay on Banks Peninsula, just down from the Summit road.


Where the grass is long, the rocks are volcanic, and the water is virtually wave-less. There were even cicadas singing in the gorse.


What I love most about Banks Peninsula is that it's just a short trip through the Lyttleton tunnel, or a few minutes from town over the summit road and you instantly feel like you're out of the city and on holiday.
It just feels different.


Friday, November 7, 2014

Poppy Seed

Ashfords Merino/silk sliver



The idea was to create a simple stocking stitch shawl that highlighted the beauty of handspun fibre, with just a bit of a lace edge.






It may be a little more lace than I initially wanted, so will try another version in this. At least that is the plan, but it may be too stripy


above yarn was from this:


Monday, November 3, 2014

Equinoctial Gales

Blocking a shawl in a howling Nor' Wester.


It's not just the power of the wind, but the dryness of it - sucking the moisture out of it before I've even finished pinning! I'm guessing it's dryness that equates to a well stretched-blocked shawl, and not length of time it stays pinned out.

Not quite enough rocks, pot plants, mops, or cast iron frying pans

Oh November.