I've been wanting to knit Wingspan for a while, and eventually got round to it. Here is the result:
I used about 3/4 ball of Wisdom Yarns Poems Socks, 75% Superwash Wool and 25% Nylon, in (obviously) a pink/purple/grey colourway. It's a Turkish yarn that appeared in Spotlight at some point, quite cheaply, and I bought four balls of it in different colours. The colours are all gorgeous, with long, Noro-like colour changes, but the quality of the yarn itself is pretty ho-hum, being rough and splitty. I wouldn't want to wear actual socks made from it. But it made a pretty scarf/shawlette. I've given this one to my daughter because they are her colours, and I enjoyed knitting it so much that I have decided to make another one for me, out of another colourway of the same yarn. I might make mine a bit longer though, nine or ten 'wings' instead of eight.
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Mooving Art
I know it's a terrible pun, but it is the official name of this delightful art installation in the Victorian country town of Shepparton. There are brightly painted cows all over the town, and I haven't photographed all of them, just the ones that were in a herd and a couple of other nearby ones.
See Mooving Art Shepparton for a full explanation and details of artists, etc.
This is not a sculpture. This was parked in the street near where I was photographing the cows. You can't tell the contents from the photo. When I was taking the photos I started to think that they had very realistic sound effects, until I realised that the mooing I could hear was coming from this trailer!
I have given the name of each cow where I could find it.
Worker Cow
Vine Cow
Bat Cow
Two Tribes
Rainbow Bubbles
Strawberries and Cream
Scarecrow Cow
Autumn Leaf
Zaidee's Cow
Willow Pattern Cow
Koorie Cow
Bluey
Dripping Clock
Armoured Cow
Cow Jumped Over the Moon
Wanted Dead or Alive
Blue Healer
Patches
Skater Cow
Football Cow
How Now Brown Cow
See Mooving Art Shepparton for a full explanation and details of artists, etc.
This is not a sculpture. This was parked in the street near where I was photographing the cows. You can't tell the contents from the photo. When I was taking the photos I started to think that they had very realistic sound effects, until I realised that the mooing I could hear was coming from this trailer!
I have given the name of each cow where I could find it.
Worker Cow
Vine Cow
Bat Cow
Two Tribes
Rainbow Bubbles
Scarecrow Cow
Autumn Leaf
Zaidee's Cow
Willow Pattern Cow
Koorie Cow
Bluey
Dripping Clock
Armoured Cow
Cow Jumped Over the Moon
Wanted Dead or Alive
Blue Healer
Patches
Skater Cow
Football Cow
How Now Brown Cow
Saturday, August 03, 2013
Mutonia
Words are not really equal to explaining Mutonia on the Oodnadatta Track, so I will say it with pictures - and a few words belonging to other people.
Mutonia is a sculpture park established by Robin Cooke, a former performance artist. It has a general Mad Max feel to it, as has the countryside in the area.
Mutonia is a sculpture park established by Robin Cooke, a former performance artist. It has a general Mad Max feel to it, as has the countryside in the area.
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Plane Henge
Plane Henge
Plane Henge
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