Wednesday, October 15, 2008

a really bad photographer




i have been knitting accessories like a mad woman lately. and unfortunately my knitting is very often better than the pics of my knitting.
last week it was my sister's 54th and i gave her a present together with a lot of other family members. so i thought i'd make her a little knitted surprise. i had two lovely skeins of tweedy lambswool from my lys, that i originally bought for a porom. so i doubled it and whipped of a feather and fan scarf. it is a lovely green. the kind of colour that makes us scandinavians with reddish skin look just so much better. i am obsessed with green because i think it balances your natural colours and because it is good with any eye colour.
i am always in doubt whether to buy yarn from my lys that carries some nice yarns and is expensive or ordering it online which is cheaper. the owner of this lys is such a delightful and generous person who is really interested in her trade. when i was there the last time she had beautiful wooden crochet hooks on sale and when i wanted to buy a few she didn't want to charge me. how nice is that. i insisted on paying though. i would like her shop to stay where it is. but i love the secret bond among us crafters. we have this love of sharing it with other people with the same love of fiber and tools. and it is good to have a good irl chat about fiber and knitting techniques every once in a while.
now i have to get my brothers sweater going. or the wallabies for my great nephews. a knitter is always busy......

2 comments:

Shan said...

Oooh, green is gorgeous.

Sinéad said...

I love your scarf, the green is yummy. I agree it's a colour that suits almost everyone.