mastering the art

of using a 6 prong transfer tool, no joke.once you do life becomes easier although fups can be epic.

talk about fups and not distinguishing your left from your right.the blue was supposed to match the fuchsia , but the machine knits wrong side facing me and then when you turn it it's flipped! i who am famous for left- right confusion just needed that.too bad bcse it came out really well knitted.need to sleep on it to see if i remedy it or pass olympical y land leave it like that.

on the good news department my bestie aka gemini gave me thorough instructions on how to create flare on the back of a garment. this number is going to have a flared back ladies and gents. (￣ω￣ )

neki desu 

 

we're all survivors

survivors don't know how these guys keep growing without  freezing. it's been cold as hell, even snowed on the hills,we even had to turn on the heater.

 mid may and snowing plus rain and more rain.the have been visited by slugs, look at those holey leaves.

these guys as well how are they surviving 8º temps during the day and 5 at night.and they keep growing,putting out more flowers and fruit.it's a lesson in resilience.

this other one is coming back from the land of almost gone, sprouting green .

rhododendrons have no merit bcse they tolerate the cold well. pretty eh?

neki desu 

 

memory lane

today's the last sumi-e class. we started  a japanese binding tutorial and so far this is it. need to finish it today in class as i don't have an awl.  although the class was enjoyable,don't know if i'll repeat next year. have all summer to practice and think about it.

the paper is from a suminagashi workshop i took when i was studying at the arts and crafts school in barcelona. yep,ages ago.the cloth is cotton stained with bengara. the project became a highly recycling one as i'm binding the sketches i made on my first trip to japan and the stamps of some of the places i visited .

neki desu