Since I started blogging I’ve become very interested in photography…the composition of a shot, the lighting, the background, etc. But there are only so many hours in a day. In a perfect world or if I won the lottery I would be a perpetual student, taking classes in everything and anything my brain could handle. I would study how to set up the perfect picture, how to bring out beauty. But since my time is limited I’ve decided to focus on how to bring out the beauty in my favorite medium, yarn. And I’ve learn to get over things like what you see below. The first picture was taken at a friend’s place and the remaining 3 in my bedroom at home. Hence the big difference in color. Of these four pictures the first and the last are the truest representations of this gorgeous color way, how does that happen. (I know Kim, I’m getting to the details).
(sorry this picture is not to clear, but again there is my point)
Pattern: Fingerless Gloves/Stulpen by Petra
Yarn: Mt. Colors “Rosehips” (I use alot of Mt. Colors around here), Less then half a skein (full skein is 350 yards)
Needles: Addi #2
Gauge: 7 stitches = 1″
I didn’t change anything on this one…just blindly followed along. Sometimes I have to do that to clear my head…and I’m very happy with the results. Both the gloves and in my head. As the cable grew out of the ribbing I was totally entertained. Clearly it doesn’t take much…
We knitters are rather simply entertained people. Some people require $1000’s of dollars of electronic equipment. Just give us two sticks and some string and we’re happily entertained for days. (Well, make sure that the string is cashmere, hand dyed, hand spun, and slips through your hands like “buddah”.)
The cable reminds me of the one on the Princess Mitts I did for Beth. Beautiful! You whipped those up rather fast.
Those are fun mitts to work. The cables are neat to see come together. I made some over Thanksgiving that my mother promptly snatched and adopted. Oh well, she cooked the turkey, it was worth it!
I agree with Kim- we knitters are easy to entertain.
Great mitts!
Does your camera have a hotshoe (sort of a base at the top where you can afix something)? If so using a bounce flash may help with your lighting issues and eliminate red eye as well.