New Blog

Well, I decided to just get it over with an make a blog for my crochet stuff. I don't want to keep posting it here when this is supposed to be for my photography.

If anyone is interested, you can check it out here, at A Stitch in Time....

And since this is supposed to be a photography blog, here's a picture I took back in 2003, according to the date stamp. I think I took it with one of my film cameras, which is a Pentax IQ Zoom.

Back from vacation

I went to visit my parents last weekend, so I wasn't really around to update my blog. Unfortunately, I didn't really get to take pictures. I'd intended to, but I forgot my camera before we headed to the touristy area of the county. I was driving, so I couldn't have gotten the shots of what I saw anyway. :(

One of the things I was working on last week was a baby sweater for my friends Rusel and Sarah. I got the pattern from Bella Bambina, a wonderful knitting and crocheting blog I found. This is the picture I took with my camera phone before I started to add the sleeves. Eventually I'll get started on my crochet blog so I don't clutter up this blog with more pictures of yarn.

Today I went to a Flickr workshop. It was interesting. Needless to say, I have a Flickr account now. *g* We also learned about Picnik, which is a photo editing site. (I now have an account there as well.) I already knew about Picnik, but it was interesting to get reacquainted with it.

So far I've only uploaded a few pictures to my Flickr, but I hope to add more this week. You can check out my Flickr page via the badge on the right.

Completed Projects

It's so late, but I just thought I'd post this before I go to bed. It's a screen cap from a video I took with my Flip video camera to show my mom my completed crochet projects. It's no masterpiece picture, but one can get the general idea. :-) I hope to post better pictures tomorrow.

The blanket in the upper left corner is a baby blanket I made for my friends Rusel and Sarah. I love the colors. I have two skeins of yarn left, and I was trying to figure out what to do with them, when I found a really easy pattern on another blog for a newborn sweater. I think with the rest of the yarn I should be able to make a hat and booties.

The blanket in the middle is a baby blanket I made for my friends Nicole and Ken. I wasn't sure what she was having when I bought the yarn and decided to take up crocheting again. Turns out she's having a girl. I think I'll get a more girlie color and make her the same sweater I'm making for Rus and Sarah's baby boy.

The purple creation on the bottom is a scarf I made for myself. It was so easy and quick that I decided to make a few as Christmas presents.

My mom suggested I make a crochet blog to post this kind of stuff. It's a good idea. I'm going to visit my parents this weekend, and I hope to get some good pictures while I'm there. Unfortunately, most of the fall leaves are gone, which is something I love to photograph. However, it's so scenic there that I'm sure I can find else interesting to photograph.

Crocheting

This is what my baby blanket looks like now. I measured it last night, and it's 26.5 inches long. It's supposed to be 42 inches long when it's finished, and then I can add the trim. I'm so excited to be more than halfway done. :D It's not really a super photograph, but I only took it to show my mom my progress so far.

I found out my friend Sarah is having a baby boy. She and Rus want "outdoor" colors for the baby, so even before I knew what they were having, I bought this cool variegated yarn called "Mellow Yellow Smart Print." It's got yellow, tan, brown, blue, and green in it. I did a trial of two rows of the pattern I'm using now, and I think it's going to come out really nice. It's a slightly different texture, so I think it's going to look a little different from the one I'm currently doing. Plus, the yarn is a little softer, so it's going to feel really nice, too.

We took my in-laws out to dinner for their 40th wedding anniversary, and on the way out to the restaurant, I was looking at all the beautiful fall foliage. I wished that we could be going somewhere that I could take some pictures of the leaves. All the colors looked so beautiful. Hopefully the weather will be good enough next weekend for me to venture out and use my camera. Otherwise, I'll have to wait until we go to the Poconos the week after.

Other hobbies

The weather has been so crummy lately that it's been impossible to go outside and take pictures, which is something I've really wanted to do. I've been using this opportunity to refresh myself with one of my inside hobbies: crocheting.

After a false start, I've finally gotten the hang of this pattern to the right. I brought it wiith me to work all this week, and I found that I'm able to get 3 or 4 rows done on my breaks. I'm getting faster as I go along, which is so great. I'm nearly done with a skein of yarn already.

This pattern is baby blanket. Two good friends of mine are currently pregnant, and their due dates are within days of each other. Even though they're not due until March, I thought it might be a good idea if I got an early start of it. I'd also like to work on a cross stitch blanket that I started awhile back. I'm not sure who's getting what blanket yet, but I'll figure it out eventually.

I took the picture with my cell phone (an LG Voyager). I tried to take a picture last night with my compact digital camera, but I guess because it's a mostly white blanket, the light kept reflecting back, and I don't have much room for adjustment with the Samsung. I didn't feel like getting the Sony out, so I thought I'd use the camera in my cell phone, which doesn't have a flash, so it's a little darker than I'd wanted. I'll take a better picture as I get further along.