knit, purl, crochet and bit of collage

mini book created with paper bags

i immediately fell in love with this yarn when i saw it and also immediately imagined what i would knit with it, a soft, stretchy, peppermint colored newborn baby blanket.  as i look at it now, finished, i wonder how many stitches went into it.  two solid afternoons and evenings knitting and crocheting after spending the most wonderful afternoon yesterday gardening and watering all the fruit trees, pruning the lavender deadheads and roses and watching callico take his afternoon nap on the deck and all the birds hovering around me happy at the sight of water and fresh birdseed in the bird feeder. 

and last, but not least, the pleasure of browsing through the blog of my newest follower

ciripibogar what a delight in nature photography

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en santiago llueve, y  en el barrio de prepara la cazuela. me han invitado a almorzar , esa delicia chilena con sabor a campo. ahi partire con mis palillos y lanas ya ue con el clima me ha dado por tejer. mi paladar se siente afortunado ya que ayer, cachureando como siempre en busca de nuevas antiguedades, nos hemos ido con la paty a almorzar al "miraolas", tentada por unos erizos y congrio frito.  la mayoria de las tiendas en uno de esos caracoles estaban cerradas pero di con una en que encontre una verdadera joya para mi costurero, un huevito de madera para las agujas.

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80 hours of labour

80 hours of labour
Originally uploaded by peregrine blue

Latest work. Huge amount of time and effort went into putting together this wall mobile since each circle was crocheted and then handstitched onto a felt circle then stitched again t along crochet strand for weight.

I will definitely keep this one since too many hours of work went into it to even start to put a price on it.

And this evening I begin another of my art dolls.

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Work in Progress Crochet

What a week. Bernardita came over to stay for several days and we went all over looking for cottons and yarns to begin the knitting and crochet phase anew. I have decided I must stay away from looking at other people's work and concentrate on looking within to picture my own fantasies and illusions. Only in this way can I really bring out my TRUE expression and materilaize it. An inspired work is good once in a while but I feel it really misleads me and frustrates me more than satisfy my creative instinct.

I began this crochet mobile with an old piece of driftwood I sanded. Lots of different sized cotton crochet circles will become a hanging rainbow of colors over a door frame.

Outside my window, my garden speaks to me. The colors are almost fluorescent. Watering in the evening is a happy ritual.

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