I've a distinct lack of photos

I know that for a while, I've needed to take photographs of my projects.

I know that I have both in-progress and finished projects in Ravelry and that there's nothing to show what's happening with them or what my projects look like. I'm, in fact, sitting next to 2 mostly-finished cardigan (a lace wrap cardigan and "Patchwork Jacket") that need ends sewing in (which I hate to do) and then (minus the requisite blocking) they'll be all done, pretty and soft.

There's also a lace circular vest waiting to be washed and blocked in the bathroom. Again, it will be lovely once that's complete.

But they still need photos taking. I don't want to.

This is strange for me. I like photography. I like holding a camera and seeing the images that result between the juxstaposition of my eyes, brain, fingers and a small piece of computer-controlled mechanics. It's fun. But I'm just not interested in setting up a shot, photgraphing it, and re-setting it repeatly and taking more photos.

I'm sure it's a temporary thing and eventually I'll be chomping at the bit to collect digital images of my knitting.

In the other knitting news, I'm waiting for a few circular needles (80cm and 100cm lengths and two sizes - 2.5mm and 2.75mm) to arrive in the mail so I'm able to work on another cardigan (Hanne Falkenberg's "Mermaid").

I've also finally found a patten to use up the 2 skeins of Malabrigo sock yarn I bought in London. It's a lovely little shawl pattern in the latest issue of Simply Knitting Magazine (spring 2011). All I have to do now is find another pattern for the two skeins of Manos silk blend - that's going to be a bit more difficult as I thought there was twice as much in the skein as there is (there's only 300 yds per skein, and I thought there was about 450. Oops).

Ok, I've projects to work on and swatches to knit. I do hope my photography bug bites soon - those blank spaces in my ravelry project page look bad. Later.

Time flies. . .again.

Ok, a humbled update on my crafting resolutions - I'm not getting on with any of them.

I'm wondering if it's more to do with bad planning than with a lack of will.
You see, I knew there was a set of spinning classes at a LYS (local yarn store), and I really had planned to get enrolled, but I forgot until the last minute (by which time I was busy doing something else). BAD me.

I did learn to hand-felt, though, so something got accomplished (not to mention a pair of slippers got made). I do have to re-felt one of the slippers, though, because when it dried, the stitches still showed a bit. Not the effect I had on the first slipper. It's because I was impatient.

It's early, early in the morning and I've got a yoga class to get to in a few hours, so I'm off.

Hopefully I'll be able to say that I've accomplished something on the resolutions next time I post.

We'll see.

Later