Part 2 of a detailed account of knitting a most unusual sock

Blossom is a sock that I have been wanting to knit for some time now. The pattern, by Stephanie van der Linden, was published in the Spring 2009 edition of Twist Collective – priced at $6 and sized for 8 – 9½” circumference, using Trekking Pro Natura on 2.25 mm needles.
No sooner had I seen [...]

About socks. Rather Special socks. And my headache. .

I don’t know what this is – apart from yellow.
It is just the outcome of a playtime session, getting the “feel” of the graphics tablet and MS Expression together.  The result of an extremely idle afternoon, in fact.
Shall I entitle it “Lazy Friday Afternoon’” ?
I have been experimenting with importing vectors and turning [...]

Dandelion lunch 2
Originally uploaded by ulygan

As usual, wrong lens in the right place and time. All the same, I like the image.
Set of 4 shots at Flickr, click through to see bigger and better and more…

Yellow roof
Originally uploaded by ulygan

There is a cornucopia of riches awaiting my East efforts in my stash basket, given my focus on spice shades as well as Yellow. We have rovings to spin and yarns to knit, and some yarns that I have earmarked for weaving too.

Plans for Project Spectrum East involve avoiding yellow as much as possible and doing my own thing…

Found this tiny yellow shell on our Sunday beach walk. It has furnished me with an idea for a PS4 East/Air project, which I hope to concentrate on while Mr L is away.

Obviously suffered at the dogs’ attentions. I found this dandelion head lying in a puddle by the back door. I like this shot because it shows the tenderness of  the petals.
The island, and our garden, is awash with dandelions right now – they do really well here. They will be followed by other yellow flowers, [...]