Thursday, August 10
Look!! knitting photos!!
As promised, here are the current WIPs:
This is the Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport in #146, Flames. I LOVE it! I decided to do the Pirates (redux) hat lining in the flame yarn, mainly just to see how long the colour repeats were and if this yarn would make the skulls more legible on the charcoal background. I think it's going to work!
The simple 2x2 ribbed scarf. This is Regia Crazy Color 6-ply sock yarn, colour #5259. I love it!
The Meilenweit socks ... they've been squashed in the bottom of my knitting basket for a little bit. Great colours, though!
The wrap cardigan, part deux. I didn't get much past the cast on and a few increasing rounds before my attention strayed to other projects. I need to go through my knitting basket and straighten it up - maybe then I'll rotate through my projects a little more evenly.
I should give a nod to the fantastic new camera I bought the big fella (and which arrived today). I noticed a disturbing trend with Nikon that they're phasing out the good ol' trusty Coolpix of the XX00 variation (i.e. 3200, 4800, 7600 etc.) and replacing them with lesser models (i.e. L1, P1, etc.) with fewer features (and yeah, they're cheaper now, too). One thing that I dislike with my Coolpix P1 is that the macro sucks - the flash doesn't "throttle down" so the flash washes out whatever detail you're trying to zoom in on. These were all taken with the "new" Coolpix 7600 and its fabulous macro capability. Huh. I might just switch cameras with him and he can have the 8 megapixel P1 with the big 2.5"LCD screen and I'll use the 7 megapixel 7600 with the fab macro. Also, on the P1 the flash is much weaker than the older Coolpix models, so if I don't specifically do an on-camera exposure compensation, the photos all come out dark. Anyway. I searched all my favourite online camera sources and was unable to get my hands on any of the Coolpix models from 5 through 7 megapixels, but then a chance glance on Henrys.com used department, I found this one for only $245. It looks brand new and works perfectly. Yay!
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