Friday, August 11, 2006

Finito!

Voila!



Here it is! The ends are all woven in, the armpits grafted, the tie done. There is absolutely nothing else to be done on this sweater, unless I block it, which seems rather pointless since it is mainly nylon. In fact, I feel a bit like Eliza Doolittle ready to burst into song about how I could have knit all night......wouldn't that be loverly???

Oohs and Ahhs are welcome!

I have some photos that I want to post....First the photos from Lambtown. First I have to say that I was not trying real hard to photog the show, and once I walked into the hall with the fiber vendors, I completely forgot about taking pics. Oh, and because I know that someone will ask, I am not sure of the breed of these sheep, but they are commercial or market sheep.

However, I do have a couple of nice photos of the shearing contest and Janet in front of an incroyable kite.


And finally, some may know that I am in the Dyer's Garden Along, but had some ...erm...delays in getting the garden in, as well as my herbicidal husband who killed most of my seedlings while I was in London in May. That said, the garden is going, and I did harvest some dyestuff from the garden recently and then freeze them.


From top left counterclockwise are: Amaranth, marigold, zinnia, coreopsis, and peeking out are some zucchini that are just going gangbusters so far.

Isn't the amaranth spectacular....notice that the new growth on the leaf is scarlet, and it darkens to a deep burgundy at the leaf tips.

2 comments:

Janet said...

Now, girl, you know that there will be paybacks for you posting a picture of me on your blog!

Mmmwwahhahahahahahah!

Anonymous said...

Hi secret pal. Sorry I've been a little remiss in my communication. I have a package almost ready to be mailed -- just a few final items to be added and it will be on its way!