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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Test Knitting

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Anybody know what this is called? It's very fragrant. Some of the vines are intertwined in my rose bushes. They're also lining the back fence of my back yard.


M rode on a pony for the very first time. First words out of her mouth at the end of the ride was, "I want to ride again!" Guess she really liked it. Would you believe that I have never ridden on a pony before?

We're going on a little road trip up to Wine Country sans the LO and I am thinking of using this purple yarn for either Luna Moth or Swallowtail. Probably Luna Moth. The yarn comes in little hanks, so I will have to rewind them before we go because I am not sure if there is anything appropriate I can loop it over at the place we're staying. No, I can't count on DH to hold yarn. Plus I want to get it started at home because the Luna uses PCO which drives me batty since I can never figure out which side to pull to "unzip". I'm thinking of making this for myself, so I can wear it to a wedding in Sept.




What is that mess, you ask? Whatever it is, it's quite overgrown on one side. Those branches are weighed down and pretty much touch the elevated section of the back yard.





Look! It's fuzzy fruit! Or more accurately, organic fuzzy fruit. :-)




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Here's the test knitting I mentioned in earlier posts (back in April?), but couldn't show you until the KAL started in June. Well it was the middle of June when I discovered that Dianna decided not to use this pattern for the June KAL (she used this one instead); I haven't had much time to hang out on Rav lately. So I asked Dianna and she told me I could go ahead and show photos of the mitt (yay) even though she hasn't published (or named) the pattern yet. Of course the challenge now was to dig up the photos I took such a long time ago...



Here's what it looks like on my hand. Pretty good fit (I have smaller hands than the average person). These mitts were a cinch to knit, and very quick using worsted weight yarn; it's very similar to knitting the my mitt pattern from Dec2008. This means it'll be great for last minute prezzies. My hand is odd and it makes the design shift towards the thumbs rather than being centered on the back of my hand. If I make these again, I would add extra stitches between the pattern & the thumb to compensate for this. I'm so glad I knit these back in April when the weather was much cooler. I can't imagine knitting these now, while we have been having temps in the 25º~30ºC range.



I just finished watching the 1st episode of Royal Pains (yeah, I'm always behind on everything on my dvr) and it looks interesting enough to watch the next episode. The problem with liking a show on the USA network is that they always have shorter tv seasons. I didn't have time to rewind those hanks today and it is getting late here, so I'll try to do it tomorrow. Time for bed...

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jiva said...

Its honeysuckle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeysuckle
a beautiful plant and great for bees!

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

The top photo is honeysuckle, and you're right...it smells wonderful.

Thought I'd let you know...I finished knitting your Miranda scarf yesterday and absolutely love it. Your patterns are just lovely. Thanks!

SusanB-knits said...

It does look like honeysuckle but I'm not sure.
Love, love, love the purple yarn. I bet it is sooo soft!
Aw, now I'm going to have to bug Dianna for the mitt pattern. I love the cables!
Enjoy your vacation.

LisaW. said...

lovely honeysuckle...when i was a child it grew all over our backyard fence. my cousins and i would pick the flowers then pull the stamens down through the stems side of the picked flower and 'suckle' the bit of nectar it drew out. haven't thought about that in years. thanks for the memory..
great looking mitts i might add ;0

junior_goddess said...

You need to ride a pony. Really. Just give it a shot.

NightOwlKnits said...

About that purple SoftTwist - use blunt tipped needles! It snags really easily and the snag is really hard to work back in...

I'm so jealous of your beautiful flowers and fruit! We live in the peninsula hills and the deer see this area as one giant salad bowl...

Claudia said...

mmmm honeysuckle!!!!! I LOVE that fragrance!!!!! And those peaches!!!!! I wish we could grow fruit on trees here. *sigh* :)

Lupie said...

I have followed your blog for a long time and have enjoyed it and your designs. I have a group on ravelry
Lesser Known Skeins and thought you might be interested in it. I will send you an invite.

celaine53f@comcast.net said...

Honeysuckle for sure. It will take over! But the scent is really wonderful.

Ursula said...

My husband and I have been watching Royal Pains since the first episode and we both really like it. Yes, it's a shorter season and a loooong time to wait for the next season but the content is worth it. Funny and cute - I like the characters and the actors. Thanks for stopping by my blog :) I'm heading to Seattle with the little guy this weekend. First plane ride...oh boy!

Anonymous said...

The peaches look amazingly. I miss the peach tree in our previous home. Did you notice how frequently it looks like there are two peaches growing from the same location. Kind of like two little twins. That has to do with the kind of seed a peach comes from - can't remember the exact word, sounds something like dicodilian. Anyway, if you pinch off one of those two fruits when they first begin to form you will allow the remaining fruit to grow bigger and better. It also will be easier on the tree resulting in better crops in the future. I got this info from a crotchety old farmer we lived next door to. He was right. After I took his advice we had fruit enough for the whole neighborhood and the tree seemed happier.

tiffars said...

I've been watching Royal Pains and I really enjoy it! It is such a pain that USA has shorter seasons. I get all antsy waiting for the newest season of my favorite shows to come up again.

Rachel said...

Yup, those are peaches and honeysuckle vine! You can actually eat the flowers of the honeysuckle, and they're rather sweet (which is where they get the name from.)

hakucho said...

Yup, I have to chime in and put my 2 cents worth in. Most definitely honeysuckle!!

gisèle said...

bonjour
je confirme, votre plante grimpante est bien un chèvrefeuille ou lonicera.
Cette plante est envahissante, n'hésitez pas à la réduire.