Friday, January 24, 2020

Sisterly Shawl

This is by far one of my favorite patterns for a triangular shawl. A friend in my knitting @ noon group, my manager at work actually, tagged me on a FB post that had information about this Crochet pattern on Ravelry, Bruinen by Jasmin Räsänen The yarn is a self changing fingering  yarn from KnitPicks called Chroma. I fell in love with the amazing colors that it comes in. I decided to make one for each of my two older sisters. In Manzanita and Wild Flower the first time. They liked it so much that I made another one for each of them, to bring to them when I visited India again two years later. This time in Avalon and LakeFront. It is a rather delicate yarn that you have to work with care because you can almost never undo a stitch without causing damage if you happen to make a mistake.


Manzanita
WildFlower
Avalon
All this time I had been thinking about making one for my manager who introduced me to this pattern. When she announced her retirement this year, I knew exactly what I'd give her for a gift to commemorate the occasion and to thank her. Made again in LakeFront since I had liked the peacock blue and green hues very much.

LakeFront


I was drawn again to this pattern when I heard of one of my aunts going through a surgery and I wanted to make a prayer shawl. There were still so many unexplored color options. I opted for red tones to brighten up her spirits. Gelatin is what I picked for her!

Gelatin

And then, one for me in Jan 2020, Red Velvet!. . . I needed some prayers myself this time. Nothing major, but when the dr sends you to emergency room, it is enough to cause angst.


Monday, January 13, 2020

Warli Sampler Piece

Sampler Piece
Trees, animals, birds, people, all living in perfect harmony along with music, dance, musical instruments, fun patterns to draw! That is the essence of this Warli Sampler piece. Has a little bit of everything.

Travel Diary - China July 2019

This has been in draft mode since the trip. Publishing a bit late C was teaching a summer course in Shanghai and the thr...