That's my first ever wall-quilt behind the bowflex. It has so many flaws and goofs in it that it's the perfect backdrop for the bowflex, since I'm hoping no one will try to climb behind that bulky thing to try to look too closely at my quilt. The only part of putting the bowflext together I helped with was putting the cables on. The SigO did everything else...aren't you proud of him?! Meanwhile, I played in the yard this weekend and got the weeds pulled, the pond cleaned, etc. The weather this weekend was very mild and I had enough deet sprayed on to repel even Them!
so, after playing in the yard for several hours, I sat out on the deck to do some knitting and watch the wildlife - which in my yard consists of several different types of birds, some butterflies and a handful of squirrels. Ever since I've moved into this house, I've been trying to attract hummingbirds and I've finally had a measure of success with that! I now have two regular visitors - one male, one female. The female is one bold lady. She hovers right over our heads, checking us out while we're on the deck and at one point, literally hovered one foot away from my face. I had my camera with me at the time, but when a beak that sharp is that close to your eyes, you don't make any sudden movements! I sat out there for some time trying to capture pictures of all the gorgeous birds and butterflies that come to visit. We even had a bald eagle fly overhead at one point, but those dang birds are Fast! By the time I get upstairs and download the pics, all I've managed to get is blurry images. This golden finch is the only halfway decent shot I got.
You can also see a household sparrow about to take a drink from the pond in this shot:
You can well imagine that with me trying so hard to get some shots of the local wildlife, I don't get a whole lot of knitting done. I did get one really good shot of a wild animal that wandered into my yard a little later in the day:
Quite the specimen - but beware, cuz yes, he does bite!I have made a great deal of progress on the pullover. In addition to both the front and back shown here, I've finished one of the sleeves and am 2/3 done with the other. I hope to be blocking the sleeves within the next few days, and then sewing it up this week.
I'm very pleased with the way it's knitting up. I've had to frog several rows and tink several times due to not reading the directions, or simply knitting along thinking I had tons of rows to go to reach the desired measurements, just to have to frog back when I discovered I'd gone 3" too far - this is my first time knitting with 100% wool. I'm more accustomed to knitting with DK weight or smaller, so I'm not used to four rows = 1 inch. It's nice to work with something that knits up that quickly, but it has thrown me off a few times.Finally, I wanted to share some pictures from the Lion King, just to show that even though the dance routines needed some more work, the makeup and costumes were well worth the price of the seats.
Scar, my favorite character - how can you not love anyone who's main line is: "My Teeth and Ambitions are Bared!"
The woman that played Rafiki could really belt it out!
Young Nala - my favorite part of the entire show was young Nala, Rafiki and Shenzi singing their mourning song after Mufasa dies and Simba disappears. Very nicely done.
The picture shows off the fit of the top, but doesn't show the lacework (at the top, near my neck) very well. The funny thing is I wore it to work Monday, and when I got home and hung it up I noticed I missed a few ends that still need to be woven in. Thought I had gotten them all.
There were many gorgeous quilts on display as usual. Here's a small sampling:
