September 2009

Sometimes there were lots of birds.

And sometimes not.

Ben came to visit and brought a precious loaf of Rideau Bakery marble rye.

I took a day off while he was visiting and the three of us went to the Yarmouth light (Cape Forchu).

We relaxed

and relaxed some more.  

We watched the red-backed bees.

The kids climbed on the rocks.

We stopped at the little sandy beach and admired the hips on the beach roses.

For Sandy, Saturday Sky Sunrise (5 Sept 2009)

Sparkly spider web

Unidentified water bird up on the bank in the back yard

Toad stool.                                         Really big toadstool.

There was also some knitting in September. And felting.

This, this, and this

turned into this, this, and this.  For scale, the red and white gingham has one inch squares.

Here is a more oblique view. Yes, they are upside down.

The black and grey bowl was knit from two strands of Lett Lopi (one of each colour) held together.

The tiny red and black bowl was stranded knitting using one strand of each colour of Lett Lopi.

The biggest piece was knit from the no-longer-available(?) Merino & Fur (NZ possum) by Naturally. As you can see from the last picture it is rather flimsy to be a bowl, but would make a lovely child-sized tam. Soooo soft and ... furry.

And a little more September knitting - socks (still in progress) and a Red Scarf.

The socks are my solution to only one 50 g ball of each colour of Sheepjes Invicta Extra (scarlet and denim).

The scarf is knit from Caron Simply Soft Shadows in the Autumn colourway. This is a really nice acrylic yarn.

And that's it for September. Phew! Stay tuned for "October".