Blogging From NYC

Mon che, stacked.(In my day Cheeka Boo)

1st stop FAO Swartz........

Unfortunately the rumour of stocking Blythe,

Was not true, but looking was fun.

Edward
(Edward my new ken............)

Below my shocked Blythe at the no new clothes!

It seems ill never grow up, as a child I had one second hand Barbie,

As an adult I have Blythe so I have made up for that.

But never a Ken, so on seeing Twilight Edward Ken!

I had to have one.

Hotel Tv fun, we don't watch it!

Just take a photo using reflection.

Time Square Cocktail

Steps in Time Square,

This is new and its above where you que to buy the tickets for the shows,

You can just sit and look out at a,

Hectic Time Square.

Finally my crochet story (pic's to follow)

I mean it is titled Knits and purls! after all.........

Stripy plane knits, it was officially the most uncomfortable long haul
flight ever, Continental whom I will not ever be flying with again.
(except to get home,of cousre)

Three veggies dishes booked, turned into two veggie (no idea what veggies eat)
And one gluten free! YUK

And then the fast crocheter that I am I knitted up the threes balls the I had for take off in lightening speed.
(No sleep was happening, I had to sit so up right, my back was broken)

On standing to look in the over head for the rest of my stash, I realised,
that in all the Cufuffle of boarding this family.......you know the sort
decked out in designer, more hand luggage than is needed for a weeks worth of flying for one flight, squeezed everything into my over head.
(well not my personal, you know what mean.)

This equalled, I could get to nothing!!!

I voiced my upset loudly, but this got me know where as they had sat half way back on the plane,oj,oj,oj and so I sulked.

Nessa Knits (OOOH whats Occuring)

This is part of my knitting on TV reported.

Gavin & Stacey, Nessa knits.......

Set in Barry

(That's Barry Island Wales? yes where!, kidding)

I love just love the welsh accent;-)

It's Lush......

This British comedy has took England by storm.

Living out of the country, we are a little late to watch it , hooked but so far only up to season two.......

Always better late than never, not at all suspecting a knit moment...........
Nessa knitting her yellow acrylic.

(Funny as!, slang moment)

Best explained by wiki.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_&_Stacey

Knitting a dress for her self!




At my front door, my frozen art here's an updated picture.

Still frozen and still tonnes of snow, unfortunately..........

Stockholm city of beauty, city of cold!

Roses.

Pom-pom.

Africa (its a cardi!) well almost............

Today I managed shoulders, so she has taken shape.

Back, neck shoulder and even a little collar.

Happy Valentine's Day!

(Monet's home, yeah!!! girlie Gifts that I miss)

It's pinky,

Lots and lots of hearts,

To be honest I'm glad, its all the things I like.

And not the romance part ,

(That's ok, roses are always welcomed)

But the feminine Girlie part........

The bit that says I'm glad I have boob's and not balls.

My heart from VHS dress.

Below

My favourite Swedish by design, wall hanging.........

More hearts.

I love you, a gift from Monet when she was 8 or 9!

My love of knitted/ in this case crocheted graffiti,

I love this piece so much, I have it framed.

Basically a whole lot of love.

Africa

Back on track

This is where I'm at!

Progress is slow for me but who cares, it's valentines day.

A little bored of the brown spectrum I have started to add blue,

I will use the denim navy blue acrylic to tie all the odds and ends in.

Tack tack, Karin (Knit-Lab)
Thanks for filling my art stash with all your odds and ends, I'm most grateful.

Still Bugging Me, Stitche's

Finally I find my flow......

But

It seems that I have no where to go........

I just can not seem to concentrate!

Why?

Below my ladder, crochet

Head over heals In love? (mmm,no comment)

Well its a long time since I had that feeling........

(But it is all consuming, even I remember that one!)

Bored! More like it

(Just a little?)

I really hate routine, I know we all need it.

But when you know just

what's happening from Mon to Sun/Predictable......yuk

Nothing new.

Trying to decide just which way the ladder stitch should go.

It just makes me sad, and my Mojo takes a bash

(My knitting for art Mojo)

December I was so inspired ;-)

So I have plenty of back issue posts, to keep me going.

But that's back tracking,

I need new........

Packaging dress

Messy modifications

(lots of line ends, its becoming an underground map)

Attached a back panel and the two sides.

I'm currently having weight issues..........

Well my crochet is!

I need to work out how to make the top part of the dress

take the weight of the bottom.

Stitches, Stitches, Stitches.........

It's one of those days,

I stitched, I frogged........

I stitched, I frogged........

And yet again, I stitched

Stitched, stitched, stitched.

I just wanted to make the side panel of the packaging dress sit pretty.

My biggest problem ?................

I know what can be achieved,

and usually exactly how to get there!

But not today.

Off day I guess, we all have them!.

So you go again

and again,

and when the crochet fails, I skip to knit.

Who says Crochet or knitting are easy.........

NOT ME!

Even for one who has been described

as pretty dam good with the crochet stitch.

(Namely moi)

Can not always ,"cut the mustard".

Heres the knit part

Africa Touch

I have filled all the panels with red knit.

Now I am extending to the bigger needles

as I have a new idea to kind of ladder the knitting with crochet.

This week I have been mostly.........

This week I have mostly been panel filling

Panel filling with knit!

(Unusual but I needed a change)

My structural African skirt has changed direction.

It's going in all directions............

The skirt needed a higher waist line.

So I have picked up with knitting.

That way I can make a high waist line,

or if it needs be, I can make a dress.

Maybe a cardigan?.

Now that would different.........

Also this week.

(yet more panel filling)

I'm attaching all the panels that make up my pinned together

Packaging dress, whats new?.

The dress, It need a back panel so

I'm crocheting the back in a similar way to the front.

Making a panel using my new favourite stitch.

Cotton using a 4mm hook

(Tiny)

Up close my tiny stitches.

Walking on Lake Ice & Tree Crocheted Graffiti

Yesterday I was having an knitted artist day over load,

my bag packed with things to tag, they have built up.........

I have had many must do! Must get too days..........(not happened)

So armed with my January's gone, get on with it inspiration.

Packed my bag, took dog off I went.

Sun was bright, snow blinding

(The temperature raised and I could take my gloves off)

Standing on ice, Its big Swedish thing!,

On my list of to-dos.

In the UK, we grow up with.......

NEVER STEP ON THE ICE!

Here's Rasmus and I

Yes on the ice..........

This is where swim in the summer,

I can tell you the water underneath was probably only as deep as my waist!

But my heart was pounding..........

This teamed with a quick thought of tagging a tree that actually in the lake!

Boom boom boom I thought it ,was going to leave through my throat.

Quick with the tagging (cable tie's)

To turn and see this huge, huge tanker coming through the ice.

The couple with the dog, just ambling along side it.

(unreal)

Captured for prosperity..............

EXTREME SPORT

Utter madness.

Feeling Manic

One day time public tag wasn't enough for me.........

I'd walked on ice

Adrenalin Rush

(Crochet Junky)

I posted the pictures the wrong way round!

The blue tree graffiti is on the lake ice,

1st

The pink fluffy sparkly ,

next

On a hill, alongside lake Malaren.

In the lake

When the big freeze thaws.

Knitted boulder/update

now under a mountain of snow.

My neighbours bright idea

(I set knitting in ice)

But not really thought about flowers but its really effective.

So welcoming, that on my front gate post

I put my frozen pom-pom

Sharing what it is I do, with my neighbour's..........