Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Madder Anthology 1 samples

I'm sure many of you have seen Carrie Bostick Hoge's gorgeous new collection, Anthology 1 (slideshow of the collection is here). To say that I love everything about this would be an understatement. The patterns, the styling, the photography, the colour palette, it's all perfect. I knit 2 samples for Carrie:


The Sibella cardigan

Photo courtesy of Carrie Bostick Hoge




Photo courtesy of Carrie Bostick Hoge



The Beatrice cardigan

Photo courtesy of Carrie Bostick Hoge




Photo courtesy of Carrie Bostick Hoge








Photo courtesy of Carrie Bostick Hoge


Both have that exquisite marriage of simplicity and femininity that Carrie is famous for. Of course I want to knit them again for me.

Perhaps when I get back from my trip. Only 1 more sleep before I leave. Eeeep!

Sunday, July 20, 2014

My church

Sunday morning has always been a favourite time of mine to take a walk in the forest. To me, it's the perfect place to centre myself and connect. Sadly, I haven't been able to get out much so far this summer. Several weeks ago, I slipped and fell down our stairs and partially tore a ligament in my knee (goodbye fall marathon). Lots and lots of physio ensued. It was really tough being "good" and staying off the biking, running and hiking trails. I finally got the ok from my physiotherapist the other day to test my knee out on a modest (but oh so pretty) hiking trail. I was very relieved to find out that I should be perfectly fine to wander around the beautiful Shetland and Iceland landscape. Phew!

It's as if the forest knew I had been longing to see her. She put on quite a show for me.


This underpass always makes me think of the Hobbit.














Everything smelled so fresh and green.




Looks like this White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis) had a lucky escape





Unfortunately this little guy did not.




Look at those incredible digging hands! I think this is Parascalops breweri, the Hairy-tailed mole. I wonder what happened to it? I could not see any obvious signs of injury.







Some sort of Fleabane.





Hello Daddy Longlegs.






I was so excited to see this White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) that I didn't think to switch the camera to auto-zoom. This was the best pic in the bunch.






Maidenhair fern, Andiantum pedatum, one of my favourite woodland plants




Rubus odoratus,
Purple-flowered raspberry.




 Anemone virginiana, Thimbleweed.





??? (note to self: buy a mushroom identification guide!)





What's this odd creature? I think it's the rare Coco knittyii.

That was SO refreshing!

Ok now, back to my to-do list.



Thursday, July 10, 2014

Beautiful Bairn

Here's one of the epic samples I was telling you about. Several months ago I knit Bairn, a yummy blanket design by the brilliant Julie Hoover.


Photo courtesy of Jared Flood/Brooklyn Tweed



Photo courtesy of Jared Flood/Brooklyn Tweed


Mmmm.... cables in charcoal grey.... you can imagine I was all over that!


Photo courtesy of Jared Flood/Brooklyn Tweed



Photo courtesy of Jared Flood/Brooklyn Tweed


I love the rich red version too.

The blanket was part of an absolutely charming kids collection by Brooklyn Tweed. Oh these people know how to do it right. And speaking of charming, did you see the sweet "behind the scenes" video they made of the photo shoot?





Highlight for me was seeing Jared having a dance-off with the cutest little boy.


Saturday, July 5, 2014

Bressay in progress




With only 18 days left before I leave for my Shetland trip, it's going to be a race for the finish on my Bressay dress. I've been extremely busy with EPIC samples (which I can't wait to show you) but now, it's all about trying to get my dress done so I can match this lovely lady (you must check out her FO blog post, the pictures are just magical!)





If I run out of time, this might end up being a tunic rather than a dress... We'll just have to wait and see. This weekend is all about miles of stockinette and Wimbledon nail-biting (sad about Genie, but go Fed!!!!)

What are you up to this weekend?