Digressions

Okay... I know I'm supposed to be working on the KP&S top-down jacket... and I did... honest. But... I got sidetracked on Saturday while looking through the Holiday 2003 issue of Family Circle Easy Knitting. I saw the mosaic blanket on page 39 and wondered why I'd never tried mosaic knitting... I'd thought about it many times. Well, no time like the present. Pulled out my Barbara Walker's Charted Knitting Designs and got to it. What a blast! I can see how it'd be very addictive. Pay no attention to my messy desk. Creative minds are never neat.... at least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. There's two different patterns on the sample. The little sheep was a gift from my friend, LeeAnn, from her trip to Italy a few weeks ago.

So I was thinking this would be a great idea to put into a dog sweater for Bailey. Yea.... I don't have that much time before winter sets in. She'll have to do with a quickie sweater made with some Lambspun superwash that I dyed. I started on it yesterday and should be able to finish it today. I love instant gratification! It's a good thing. That's Joe, the ham. He felt you'd get a better view of the dog sweater if he was in the photo.

And I just had to share my most remarkable discovery of late. What I thought was a hummingbird in my flowers this summer was a.... MOTH! I know.... it's not a wool eating moth... but it's a M-O-T-H!!! I feel like I betrayed my stash of wool! There are no hummingbirds in Germany. In person they are the cutest little things because they buzz around so fast you can't really see them. Up close and personal in a still photo... UGH!!

Comments

[Nilda]

We have tons of these in Rochefort, in Brittany. They appear about the middle of the summer. Don't know how long they last as we're gone by September, but they're still there. Wonderful little creatures. Yup they're moths. Good thing they don't go for wool.

[Eklectika]

OMG - I saw one of those here in CT for the first time last weekend, LOL!!!

[Kerstin]

Wow, what an incredible pic! We have hummingbirds. Those little guys are adorable. But moths that wish they were hummingbirds?!? That's a new one!

[gracie]

we have these moths in Hawaii! I walked past a stream some months ago and saw what i thought was a hummingbird. i was so excited until i found out we don't have hummingbirds here in hawaii. :( very cool stuff though! love your site...i found it through google :)