Knotty Mouse

I’ve been determined lately to get most of the UFO’s I have off of the needles so that I can start on a sweater for winter… and the next thing on my list to complete was my handspun half- clapotis. The roving itself was a Christmas gift from Ms. Jane and it was spun up in February (by me) while I was in Athens watching Sandy teach  Jodi how to spin on her borrowed wheel. I started the scarf shortly after that (looking back on the blog.. it was in March) but it languished in my knitting basket all summer.. mostly getting dragged around as car knitting. I finally got it out and finished it a few days ago.. and Munchkin took some photos for me today after he got home from school before my camera died (need more batteries). I apologize for the headless blogger shots once again, but this wasn’t my editing job! Yes, my son managed to lop my head off of nearly every shot… except for the one where I was clearly telling him “Push the button down” because my mouth is hanging open and I’m pointing at the camera. (and no, you can’t see that shot)

Pattern Stats: Clapotis - using the directions for a scarf sized version found at KPixie.
Yarn: Handspun Corriedale Pencil Roving from Crown Mountain Farms. approx. 6 ounces of bulky handspun
needles: addi turbo size 10 circs
finished size: 8.5 x 67 before fringe (about 80 inches after..)

I love this scarf! From the time that I learned how to spin I’ve wanted to knit a handspun clapotis-style scarf/wrap.. and I’m very happy with the results of this project. Its gotten cool enough here in GA for the last 2 days so I’m looking forward to wearing the scarf soon. I’ll leave you with the full length shot of the scarf while blocking so that you can see the different color changes in the yarn. (as usual.. click to embiggen)

(Clicking on the photo should take you to the Flickr set with the zoo photos.. I hope)

I’m attempting to use my long neglected Flickr account to post some photos taken at the Atlanta Zoo yesterday by Munchkin. Its Munchkin’s “Spring Break” - so we’re trying to do some fun things as money allows. I have more photos from my camera for another post.. but I wasn’t very impressed with the Atlanta Zoo. I’ve been to the Philadelphia Zoo more times than I can count (I had a membership and would go a few times a month..) and went to the zoo in Washington, DC when I was younger - and I loved both of those. I can’t put my finger on why I wasn’t very happy with this zoo.. but part of it was that I didn’t feel like there were enough animals to see or that the habitats were particularly useful for human viewing and phototaking.. or for the animals themselves. I guess it just seemed a little “sad” to me.

Did you ever wonder what would happen if you gave a camera to a 5 1/2 year old child and let them run wild? I allowed Munchkin to bring his new digital camera on the blogger meetup with Jane & Sandy last Friday. All of these images were taken at the yarn shop while we were doing a bit of shopping before lunch and spinning at my house.

Clearly I have not “photoshopped” any of them because the charm in photos taken by children are the interesting effects that they manage to get by moving entirely too fast while trying to take a picture! I’m rather amused by the photo quality and I’m planning on giving Mr. Munchkin his own posts on my blog to showcase his camera work.

 Honestly, my child did a better job in blogging the events of the day than his mom.. concidering that my camera never made it out of my purse for the whole day. Its been raining for days so I can’t show you the two skeins of pretty yarn I bought - but I’ll be back after New Years with some more photos.