I've been laying quiet and low. My mother is very sick, and it's been a sad and exhausting couple of weeks. Thank goodness for knitting! Knitting can get me through some intense and scary life issues..... it's portable, somewhat easy, a bit creative, calming, and always there for me. Over this past week I've been knitting this lovely cowl. I think it came out quite nice.
My current color love is gray.... can't get enough! I bought some adorable gray dessert boots that I'll show off with a pair of my knitted socks when it cools down some. I found this free pattern on Pinterest. I had been looking for "my perfect cowl" for sometime. This caught my eye because the cowl pictured on line is also in gray... and I like the little design knitted in. I think I'll wear it a lot this winter (if it ever cools down again......... sigh).
Of course I've always got a hooking project on the frame. Below is a shot of the current one in progress.
I had noticed the photograph on my husband's computer as he was going through some things he had recently shot. Just some little wild flowers in the woods. I thought it might be a fun challenge to try and hook this. It's a small piece and I'm hand cutting every strip. I'm obviously not trying for every little detail.... I have to get somewhat abstract with all the dried leaves, grasses, stems, and dark areas.
Yes, it is tedious... but I've done a few similar projects, and really enjoy this detailed type of hooking when I'm in the mood. It creates quite a mess as there's wool scraps all around my chair. I don't like to clean any of this up until I'm done. I could hook in the studio, but got this started inside, so that's where I'm currently planted. It's the sort of project that is soothing and tranquil for me. I'm not at the cutter sawing off chunks of wool strips. I just look at an area, cut a piece or two with my scissors, and hook. I pull out what doesn't work and try a lighter or darker piece. I've only used what's in my wool stash, and this is a scrap piece of linen. You can use up the tiniest strips and scraps of wool when doing a hooking project like this!
I haven't left many, if any comments lately. But.... I do peek in and see what's going on. I've just been a bit tired due to this current life circumstance. Things seem to have settled down some, so I"ll drop by soon.
xo
dulcy
My current color love is gray.... can't get enough! I bought some adorable gray dessert boots that I'll show off with a pair of my knitted socks when it cools down some. I found this free pattern on Pinterest. I had been looking for "my perfect cowl" for sometime. This caught my eye because the cowl pictured on line is also in gray... and I like the little design knitted in. I think I'll wear it a lot this winter (if it ever cools down again......... sigh).
Of course I've always got a hooking project on the frame. Below is a shot of the current one in progress.
I had noticed the photograph on my husband's computer as he was going through some things he had recently shot. Just some little wild flowers in the woods. I thought it might be a fun challenge to try and hook this. It's a small piece and I'm hand cutting every strip. I'm obviously not trying for every little detail.... I have to get somewhat abstract with all the dried leaves, grasses, stems, and dark areas.
Yes, it is tedious... but I've done a few similar projects, and really enjoy this detailed type of hooking when I'm in the mood. It creates quite a mess as there's wool scraps all around my chair. I don't like to clean any of this up until I'm done. I could hook in the studio, but got this started inside, so that's where I'm currently planted. It's the sort of project that is soothing and tranquil for me. I'm not at the cutter sawing off chunks of wool strips. I just look at an area, cut a piece or two with my scissors, and hook. I pull out what doesn't work and try a lighter or darker piece. I've only used what's in my wool stash, and this is a scrap piece of linen. You can use up the tiniest strips and scraps of wool when doing a hooking project like this!
I haven't left many, if any comments lately. But.... I do peek in and see what's going on. I've just been a bit tired due to this current life circumstance. Things seem to have settled down some, so I"ll drop by soon.
xo
dulcy
