Miscellaneous Wishes

This guy is just one of my favorites ever .. he is titled "The Inconsolable", and he is one of many wonderful dog sketches by artist Diana Thorne (this is from her 1935 illustrations of Real Tales of Real Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune):


Two of my favorite Wyeth paintings (they both hung in Grandmom's house .. the sure reason why they are my favorites!):

Here are some of my favorite Van Gogh paintings (I just love his work!):

Just thought I'd post some pictures of some things that I would like to make from The Drawn Thread collection:

A new talent

I am now officially a knitter. I taught myself how this past weekend (thank you Lion Brand!). I have probably ripped out as much as I have knitted, but I'm making progress on my first project! Not quite sure what it is going to be, but I am working with 10 1/2 gauge needles and some fun color change yarn. I cast on 26 stitches and practiced making some smooth cloth (alternating knitting and purling). I have moved on to ribbing now, so we'll see how it goes!

My biggest problem seems to be adding stitches. I think I've figured out how it happens, and I am really quite proficient at undoing knitting now :).

As soon as I have something worth taking a picture of, I'll add it!