Day 216-365: Guess What?

Looks like the car needs a good cleaning.

Day 215-365: Babbling Brook

There is a little stream that runs in the park and during lunch this place fills up with people wanting to stick their feet in.

Day 214-365: New?

Sometimes I walk past the park and think, was this here last week? It seems new to me, but it might have just grown or perhaps the park gardeners revamped the plantings again.

Day 213-365: Clue #1

Started a new project today. It's another mystery knit-along and what we have here is clue #1 done. Now I have to wait a whole week for clue #2!! At least it makes Mondays fun.

Tourbillon

Here is the reason why I couldn't blog about what I was knitting!



I was given the opportunity to design a pattern for the Twist Collective Fall 2011 Issue which is now live. It has been a whirl wind of deadlines, but I'm so pleased and giddy with excitement!!



The staff and tech editors of Twist Collective were all so fabulous to work with that I had no worries besides for my own deadlines. And it must be said that the photographer James Brittain did an amazing job for this photo shoot.



The pattern has instructions for a Tam, Cowl and Mitts and was inspired by the gusts of wind that capture snowflakes and twirl and swirl them about. Thus the name Tourbillon, which means swirl in French. This movement translates into vivid stranded color work throughout the main body of each piece.



Each piece has a turned picot hem leading to the main swirl design. The swirls and spirals are a more advanced pattern because of the non-repeating pattern, but don't be scared off by this...you'll be swept away by these swirls.