Broody

I joined the Ravelry recently, but haven't had time to find out more until today. I haven't added very much information in my profile yet. My profile name is dragonfruit, if someone is interested. I also changed my profile name in this blog, because hummingbird seems to be very common profile name in many forums.

I am feeling a bit broody at the moment and it doesn't help that people around are having babies in coming months, even twins. ;) So I am looking for some nice knitting patterns for the small ones. I think I am going to order some books written by Debbie Bliss or other great baby patterns. I actually knit a pair of tiny socks from Artesano Inca Cloud some months ago. It is really bad now.

Feelings

It is raining so much at the moment. I feel like this cat in Bangkok.

Spencer Tunick in Ireland

Photo: http://www.artdaily.com/imagenes/2006/08/09/080906e.jpg

The other day I was walking back home from the town (Cork City centre) and saw an ad full of naked people. It was about Spencer Tunick's Ireland project. He is famous for his pictures of big groups of naked people photographed in public places. He will shoot his art project here in Cork on 17th of June as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival. He has also another project in Dublin on 21st of June. I think it is interesting, but I wouldn't probably go. Or don't know, if I have friends crazy enough.:0 If someone else is more interested in exposing everything, you can find more information here. Has anybody been in Tunick's projects?

Some old stuff from last winter

The lovely hot weather turned to a dull one for this weekend. Especially the beginning of this week was quite roasting. I love hot weather. I am always happy to wear as less clothes as possible. :) Flip flops, dresses, skirts, that's it. We were planning to go camping somewhere in West Cork, if the weather had been nicer, but stayed in the city (town), when it didn't look too good.

When organising my photos lately I realised I had taken some photos of some works I made last winter. There are still some other winter projects what also need to be photographed. It is nearly summer, but it is probably never too late and it is raining anyway. :)

Some socks

The Kerttu-socks by Uhoava Gnu. I didn't make them exactly similar to the pattern. Actually my Kerttus are a bit strange looking. Maybe there is something to do with the yarn. I was using some leftover hanks of Nalle, what is not my favourite yarn. I think I am not happy with myself, when looking at the result. What do you think?

Pattern: Kerttu-sukat by Uhoava Gnu, with some modifications.
Yarn: Nalle-lanka.


Then Kerttu went crazy... This other socks look a bit better. They don't look as shabby and made-by-a-school girl as do those first ones. I didn't actually have enough white yarn, so did that strange endings. Socks photographed with the book of L.M. Montgomery, whose books I loved I was a child. (and still love)




Pattern: Kerttu-sukat by Uhoava Gnu, with some modifications.(Kerttu goes crazy)
Yarn: Nalle-lanka.


Some wool hats and beanies

All different kind of basic wool hats of different kind of yarns. I just measured them when knitting, so didn't have any pattern to follow. Last winter they were worn mostly by my boyfriend and some of them are gone missing already.

Last night I didn't sleep very well. I fell asleep in the living room when watching Elizabeth - The Golden Age with my partner. Then I woke up many hours later alone in the living room with upset belly. That's too much Gin and Tonic and the lovely Indian food from the Raj Gaylord restaurant. So I was then browsing in internet and decided to join the Ravelry as well. A few minutes ago my location in the queue looked this.

• You signed up on Today
• You are #160308 on the list.
• 2719 people are ahead of you in line.
• 113 people are behind you in line.
• 98% of the list has been invited so far

Are these children happy?

Valokuvatorstai

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Every day many children are working in different parts of Asia. Three pictures from Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

Valokuvatorstai 89.

I am still feeling sick, but well enough to get bored and do something else than sleep. So probably doing some knitting and related things today. At least I hope so.

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Valokuvatorstai

Painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec/Wikimedia Commons.

I haven't taken part to the Valokuvatorstai for many weeks. So now I will. This week I found interesting photo of my parent's cat Milli. This two are looking out of the window, but probably see very different things outside.

Kaksi ikkunastakurkkijaa, mutta kiinnittavat varmasti huomiota eri asioihin.

Sick

My holiday in Greece was great. Half of the time we stayed in Athens and the other half on the island of Mykonos and from there visited Delos. Weather was OK, not hot except two days, but no rain either.

After coming back I had only two hours time before going back to work. I was so tired last week and got a nice flu from my boyfriend. I have been more and less sick for almost a week. I am going to add some more story of Greece, when I feel better. I am definitely going to go there again and would like do more Island hopping.