Hi there,
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year!
We had a wonderful time.
Below are two projects from last year that I wanted to finish before the clock struck 12:00. And I also wanted to ring in the New Year with a blog post, so I am nearly there.
There were a few personal milestones that I had planned to complete in 2018. Check. I never was much of a list maker, though I find lists really do help keep me on track.
I'll spare you the personal milestones, however I did finish a small knitting project, and I did have bird cards printed. I didn't paint and draw as much as I would have liked to last year, but it's a new day.
Long ago (say September- you may remember) I started knitting a hat named Bough. I used Brooklyn Tweed's yarn named Shelter. I contemplated using a bold, zingy colourway. Somehow that thought vanished. So I chose: Pumpernickel.
Anyway the finish line finally arrived, so yesterday we went off to the woods to take a few pictures.
Just look at that! Canada in January ~ sans snow. One gets the feeling it might be early spring. A florid illusion, I reckon.
A pompom too. How daring! But, then, one should live a little.
Cables add texture and beauty, and they are easy to make. Wishing my hands liked all that yarn twisting. However, knitting slow, like a tortoise might if he could, does eventually get you there.
While I was in the woods, these tenacious leaves and the pine needles below caught my eye.
For those of you who are not on Instagram, there's a program called "The Best of Nine." You enter your user name and voila the program calculates your most liked photos for 2018.
Call me fastidious, but I do want to straighten out that blue painting.
(Signo white gel pen on Strathmore Artagain 400 series.)
Wishing all of you a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year filled with love, and good cheer!
Cultivate your dreams!
3 comments:
Wishing you and yours Health and Happiness in 2019💖
I'm delighted to see a New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield on your sidebar!
You did well knitting such a lovely hat, I've always admired cable knits but thought them far too complex for me to try!
So nice of you to pop into my blog today.... thank you!
I'll keep in touch - I'm following your IG now. I'm Brocantesme.
Shane x
Happy New Year to you, Lovely Dixie♥ Loving that hat of yours. You are living on the edge with that pompom....love it! Gorgeous photo of you in the woods wearing your pretty.
What a gorgeous hat! Yes, one should add pompoms to hats since one must have a bit of whimsy in life. I am so happy to see the Fashionista bird is in your Etsy shop now. Happiness should be spread. I love your Instagram feed and happy to see a few of my favourites in this collection. You inspire me to play on black paper. Thank you for the wonderful inspirations, my dear friend!
-Soma
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