Knitting Dragonflies

Watching the fantastic Olympic opening ceremony was fantastic, I couldn't help think of all of the work that went into the wondrous costumes . China is a country with so many people and a great history of handcrafting. A dazzling fireworks display over the National Stadium helps launch the opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Friday. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press   Regardless of your politics it was an amazing display. So I thought it fitting and timely that I finish my Lola Bunny , (after all the baby shower is this week!) And I decided our bunny needed a white tail... I'm pretty pleased with him, and he is now all wrapped up and ready to great his new owner, Tristan . Who may be arriving early! Pictures to follow!! Enjoy watching the games!! Technorati Tags: Winter Olympics China 2008 , Lola Bunny Pattern Link

Here is a busy bee in my garden... I have been busy spinning, working and cleaning, how do two dogs make so much hair? I guess if I had that much hair all over my body and it was in the 90's I would be dropping an alarming amount of hair also. Here is the amount of yarn I have spun during the Tour De Fleece . This shows the amount of fiber I have left from the 4 oz. that I want to spin during this time. Also the primary spindle I have been using, a bottom whorl made by my hubby and a spindle bowl from the Knitwitch . I did get my Sursa shawl done. And I'm still working on my Lola bunny . Technorati Tags: lola Bunny knitting pattern link , sursa shawl , tour de fleece 2008 , knitwitch

I am actually using this spindle as a supported spindle, I have my eye on some Spindle Bowls from the Knit Witch .   Doing fairly well with this spindle has excellent balance, got this from Hatchtown Farm Yes, I couldn't resist, I bought the Spindolyn, I love it, it only took about 15 min to get the hang of it. Check out her link and video, even if you are not planning on buying one it is interesting. My roving came from Etsy, I bought it from Cjkopeccreations.etsy.com . It is very soft, I can't wait to get started on it. Almost done with this, just putting the ruffle on. Sursa Shawl, look here for more variations.   This is how far I have gotten on the Lola Bunny Love , I am having fun knitting this. I am planning on getting the face on this weekend. Was planning on using child safe locking eyes and nose, but after some consideration, remembered that the sister of the baby I am making it for, has the record at the local ER for removin...

Just  some updates Here is how far I have gotten on the Lola Bunny pattern   by Beth Skwarecki. It is fun to knit and fairly quick, I have used the Magic Loop technique as shown on You Tube by KnitWitch Here is my progress on my Sursa shawl from Noro Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton Book Two. I picked a gray for the boarder. I had trouble making a decision, at first I had matched the pink, eeee gods, bad choice, so I decided to go neutral. As you can see Syd was not interested in my dilemma.   I have to make a trip and I found a Fiber Festival that is on my way!!!   Thanks to Knitters Review's calendar! Technorati Tags: Knitter's Review Fiber festival calender 2008 , Hoosier Hills Fiberarts festival , Lola Bunny knitting pattern link , Sursa shawl Technorati Tags: KnitWitch

Progress has been  good. Lola Bunny is fun to knit and progressing good. Shawl is fast, fun and easy. It makes me want to start another one for someone else. I like the Lola Bunny Pattern , and after making a crochet elephant, it is nice to try a knitted toy pattern. I also found another pattern on the Schaefer yarn co. Lola Curly the Pig. Very cute.. It's storming here and the colors on the shawl picture don't do the actual piece justice   Technorati Tags: Lola Bunny knitting pattern link , Sursa shawl