2012年8月31日金曜日

Cardigan

 
Considering that my need for a new cardigan is becoming acute, I have taken an age to make up my mind what to make. This is yellow 100% cashmere. I love Mari Dembrow's Pebble Cardigan, but I am just too clumsy - I catch the surface threads on things impossibly often. So I have decided to go with the ribbing pattern from that pattern for the whole thing. I will probably convert it to a raglan while I am about it as that makes my twisted spine and uneven shoulders less noticable.


2012年8月30日木曜日

Lilies

 
You can see here how I nip out the pollen bearing anthers from lily flowers. Lily pollen is extremely toxic to cats so I make sure to do it first thing as soon as the flowers start to open.


2012年8月29日水曜日

Dahlias


I can't remember whether my dahlias are small this year because of the weather or because I bought a smaller variety - maybe a bit of both.


2012年8月28日火曜日

2012年8月27日月曜日

Lap time



 
Sunny has discovered that my lap may actually be quite a nice place to sleep - but only if I'm in the garden. So far she won't come on my lap indoors.
 

2012年8月26日日曜日

Different mitts


I enjoyed knitting the last pair of mitts so much that I have started a new pair (in the same green and yellow yarns despite what the camera thinks!) This pattern is Fingerless Texels. I love the scalloped edging - amazing to be able to knit something like this.


2012年8月22日水曜日

Poppy


I love poppies - they are so fragile and so ephemeral, but they glow with beauty.

Sorry for the gap - I've been ill and am still only convalescent.


2012年8月14日火曜日

Garden Three


The far end of the garden. Just past the plum tree there are two small ponds that you can't see here.


2012年8月12日日曜日

Which?


I'm not sure if this was Ginger or Sunny enjoying the sunshine - at a distance they are hard to tell apart these days though Sunny is definitely smaller.


2012年8月11日土曜日

More garden


A view of the garden. The garden is nine feet wide by twenty-five feet long - but no one would believe it without measuring.


2012年8月9日木曜日

2012年8月7日火曜日

The printer!




I was printing a pattern from Ravelry when Ginger discovered the joys of the printer. The two shots are not very good but I had to snap what I could without disturbing him!

2012年8月4日土曜日

2012年8月3日金曜日

2012年8月2日木曜日

2012年8月1日水曜日

Hydrangea


Hydrangeas do not have to be pink or blue - they can be creamy-greeny coloured instead.