waiting for a school bus

My son loves riding on a school bus. He is very serious about not missing it, so we come out our house way before the bus actually comes. It is pretty cold right now, we try to entertain each other during waiting, to keep us distracting from the cold. The bus comes usually around 7:20 in the morning, and in this time of the year, the sky just starts showing some sign of the morning coming.

I took my camera the other day and tried to capture the Venus we see every morning. I've never tried to take pictures of stars. so I was not sure if I could capture it.

I didn't take tripod with me so I needed to make exposure as short as possible. So the picture is pretty dark even though the sky was getting bright, but I managed to get a little dot of Venus in the view. Do you see it?? (Sorry I don't even have a zoom on my camera..... ;) It is always  impressing how bright Venus is.



There was also the Moon;

It was fun, except I was a little shy to say good morning to the bus driver with big camera hanging from my neck..My son might be also a little embarrassed for me, but he waved at me as always from the bus window so cute. That is the best morment first in the morning.

And Butter in the morning light;



What I'm working on... and today's Butter

Little hints on what I'm working on now.
This will be named for my first nephew "Kira".
"Kira" also means "shiny" and I have shining Star Tweed stitches here... 

 

And today's Butterscotch looking up my son.

Have a wonderful day!

camera test

In Atlanta we were stuck in snow whole week. No work for me, no schools for kids.
It could have been so boring if I didn't receive the camera right before the snow began.

I got my first DSLR!

It's an used Canon 30D (used, otherwise I couldn't afford it!). It came without a manual and also I need to get used to use the view finder because it has no live preview which I had been so spoiled with.

So, my girl and I, whenever we had nothing else left to do indoor, did test shootings together to play with the camera. In this case it was a good thing that it took a while to figure out how this camera works because we had so much time!

And


We love this camera so much already!

I also took some pictures of my favorite projects again. This is one of my most favorite project, Sunflowers Satchel (currently the pattern is available for Ravelry users only), a crochet bag designed by my knitting BFF, Asami Kawa. I hope I can write about her sometimes, she is such an amazing designer, and also my knitting boot camp buddy!



And a sweater I finished this winter. The pattern is from a book "a fine fleece" by Lisa Lloyd.
























I wish I could re-take for all my works with this camera, This is so much fun!


And our Butterscotch looking at snow.

Merry Christmas

It's in here Atlanta!

My son (9) writes to Santa every year sending the list what he wants and in the end of the letter he always ask for snow. This is not easy for Santa because we live in the South.

But this year, finally Santa heard him!

Merry Christmas, you all!

retromummy

Corrie from retromummy was one of the test knitters for Like Sleeves for babies, and her little baby Elodie was the model!

Here is the pattern sneak peak. Isn't she just gorgeous?

and here is her post about it and more pictures.

Corrie lives in Australia, has 4 kids including a twin and a newborn, operating a cute Japanese fabric shop (retromummy) and posting her blog with full of cooking, sewing, knitting ideas and cute stories about her beautiful family, almost daily bases (there are thousands of followers, off course). She is just amazing!

She was so nice to say yes when I asked her about test knitting, but I didn't realize how busy she was then. Once I realized what was going on with her daily life (I was quite a follower already by then!), I was ready to throw the towel into her ring anytime. But she never boo boo on me and finished such a lovely piece.

Thank you so much Corrie! Next time, I will just send you a finished piece to you so you can just try it on your precious ones.^^)/

Like Sleeves for babies

Finally available!

Like Sleeves for babies;

Size: baby 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 months, finished chest size 16.25 , 17.5, 18.25, 19.5, 20.25 inches (41.5, 44.5, 46.5, 49.5, 51.5 cm)

Yarn: Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Superwash Sport or Cascade 220 Superwash Sport.

Gauge: 24 st and 32 rows in 4 inches (10 cm)







The dark red one in the picture is size 3 months overlaying pink one (kids size 3-4). It is so tiny and cute! I used sport weight yarns for baby sizes and I love it!


Pattern PDF is available for sale at

Ravelry.com

Really in last minutes

Sorry, it is not about knitting....

It is really in last minutes but I found this cross stitch pattern as an used book and couldn't resist....

 So cute!!
Things are crazy this week for me (and I bet for everyone) and only few days left before The Eve. Can I make it?? Can I make it??

The patterns are called Santa Rides and from The Prairie Schooler. This particular one above seems out of print but they have so many other wonderful Santa patterns available.

Those are what I got.

Alright, wish me luck!