Image: Su Leslie 2020Come winter and I get the urge to start knitting; something I do with huge enthusiasm and limited skill.
This year, there is a bigger project too — working through my stash of fibre and fabrics (so I’m allowed to buy more).
What am I making? Wait and see.
Zimmerbitch 
You’re such a tease!!!! Made me think of ‘those’ times where I’d buy material for well over CHF100, made my own designs and knitted (even if it’s me who says it!) über-fabulous jumpers(pullover). One of my all-time favourite ones was a masterpiece with a lady wearing a big hat and the materials were the finest silk, long fibres of elasticated I-don’t-know-what, costing a small mortage and being so beautiful that EVERYBODY wanted to undress me…. Sadly, that’s Tempi Passati, ‘then’ my son was still small, I didn’t go to work during ‘that’ time, and nowadays my clothes are rather pratical than unusually tantalizing!
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I envy your knitting (and design) skills. I have to stick with really simple projects or the results are hilarious (well, when I recover from the initial disappointment that is).
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Beautiful yarn!
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Thanks Amy; fiddle to knit with though 😬
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Lovely colours, Su 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Jo. Those blue-greens are my absolute favourite
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lol!! so I’m allowed to buy more. I understand that completely 😂
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Hehe. It will be a while before I’m allowed to buy anything 😬
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I wish I could use the same system for photography equipment!! 🤔
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Nooooooo. That would be no fun!
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Not the finishing up part – the buying new equipment part!!!!! As in, “I’ve learned how to use this new piece of equipment, so now I can buy another……” I do actually put that criteria in place for buying the next lens, etc on my list. But unfortunately, I then need to also wait until I’ve built up my savings for it. I’m now down to “the next piece” being really expensive lenses, so…….. it takes awhile. 😆
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I get that. I thought you meant getting rid of equipment in order to buy more. I can’t do that, even if it would help build the bank balance in order to buy something else.
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Yup. I totally understand! I do generally trade in my consumer lenses when I’ve upgraded to pro lenses, though. Our local independent photography store gives you a good deal if you trade them in for store credit.
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I feel that morally I should support local photo stores but honestly, I’ve had terrible service from a couple and they are so much more expensive than online stores — from whom I’ve had brilliant service.
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Oh that’s too bad. Ours has been here since 1976 and is brilliant. Service, classes, equipment….. and they help everyone from the casual snap shot photographer to the professional. We’re very lucky.
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You are! We used to have a couple of family-run photo stores that were great. I guess the older members retired and sold outside the family. The new people certainly don’t seem to understand the concept of service!
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Oh that’s too bad. I would miss the personal interaction with our great staff if I wasn’t local. I’m sure you do too.
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I was just looking up Photography
t shirts on Etsy and discovered one that says, “It’s Not Hoarding If It’s Gear” with a picture of all sorts of camera equipment!
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Love it!!
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It’s looking very colourful Su, can’t wait to see the finished product.
Leslie xoxo
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Thanks Leslie 😀
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Now I am curious to know what your winter project may look like. I guess you share your secret in small instalments.
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Hehe. All will be revealed in my Changing Seasons post!
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I love the colours and as someone has already mentioned, “what a tease” 🙂 I admire those that can create elaborate knitting designs. I am more like you in that my enthusiasm is higher than my skill.
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I admire them too. I don’t have enough patience for much more than “knit one, purl one” — though I have started knitting a cotton dishcloth as an experiment. Not sure mine will look much like the photo, but I’m curious to see if it will work as a dishcloth.
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Family members have been crocheted dishcloths which I think will keep their shape. Though it doesn’t matter and a bit of fun making your own. No matter what it is. Yes, I definitely don’t have the patience for more than basic knitting.
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I like the colors! I also try to finish things up so I can buy more, but truthfully I have stock piles of yarn and tons of other crafting things.
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Me too: I think it’s a crafter’s curse.
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I wish I was crafty! Seems so therapeutic right now . . .
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I definitely have more enthusiasm than skill; but as therapy, that (luckily) doesn’t really matter.
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That’s a wonderful attitude. I should give it a try.
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You are knitting a peacock?
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Hehe. Sprung!
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Stunning colour and mysterious texture – can’t wait to see what you are making!
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All will be revealed in my changing seasons post
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Aargh! The tension is unbearable! 😂 Now I’ll keep wondering what you’ll come up with!! 😀💕💕
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The lap blanket in my Changing Seasons post. First time I’ve ever knitted a blanket.
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Makes me want to knit one too! Or crochet, I haven’t decided yet. Also I might cheat by buying that chunky wool where you have to use your arms instead of knitting needles! 😀
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Hehe. I can’t help feeling I’d be terrible at that. I need my arms for talking.
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Hehe! I’m the same. 😀
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We’ll have to be careful when we meet in person!
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Haha! We could wear boxing gloves! 😁
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🤣🤣
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