Enter dusk

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autumn, forest, seasons, trees, weather

Time to get yourself outside early in the day or else! After adjusting our clocks, it’s now dark at 5 pm and counting down for the next two months. I’m still hoping to get some forest exercise in before it’s too cold (my lungs don’t take kindly to heavy breathing in frosty temps), but with rain, back pain, sick ponies and what else, my plans have been thwarted so far. I really don’t know why I keep making them!

I’ve been working on installing studio stairs instead of the ladder, but it’s still missing a banister at the top. I’ll show you when it’s done.

Goodbye November

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autumn, colour, forest, nature, seasons, silent Sunday, trees, walk, weather

The last colour – DSLR edition

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autumn, colour, country life, forest, gold, leaves, nature, seasons, trees, weather

In all fairness I suppose a lowly Android in heavy overcast weather will never compete with a real camera on a sunny day, but nevertheless, as I was on my usual dogwalk anyway…

The last colour

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autumn, colour, forest, Instagram, nature, Samsung, seasons, weather

Autumn is fading and I’ve been trying to get to terms with my phone when out on walks to capture colour inspirations. Carrying a better camera is not always practical, but I must admit I was itching to haul these through Photoshop to try to save a bit of dignity!

Shrooms in a hurry

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autumn, colour, forest, inspiration, mushrooms, nature, plants, seasons

While the unusual abundance of various mushrooms was at its peak this October, I was of course in bed fainting couch with pneumonia, then dizzy from the antibiotics (I hope), so after a light sprinkle of frost last night I rushed out into the sunny, quiet day to check on a few local specimens.

Pond

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flowers, forest, nature, spring

I’ve been walking past this pond for years and never seen these flowers. I have no idea what they are with their strange, underwater, starshaped roots, but very pretty. I do enjoy when old trails can still offer new surprises.

More poems and spin progress

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forest, haiku, impressions, inspiration, nature, weather, writing

I have no idea why these things have started to land in my head, since it’s very out of character, but I’m having fun while it lasts. And making sure I have a small notepad/pen in every jacket and bag I might carry.

It’s a bit fascinating that you can in fact describe your whole day like this, and I’m also intrigued to find out whether I can eventually become any good if I keep it up. My previous experience in these matters is basically knowing one limerick by heart… And now, ever since I had the notion yesterday, my brain is completely set up to think 5-7-5!

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Trees groan against grey.
A sea of susurration.
Red boots keep walking.

Fallen giant is now
tree stump troll with hair of grass.
Storm debris in the rain.

Another dark day.
I think the couch is calling.
Too tired to doodle.

Finding my ponies
in a dark and stormy night
is no easy quest.

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Both blues are done now.
Working on the purple batt.
Jumbo flyer – lace whorl. 😉

October garden & walk

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autumn, colour, country life, fall, forest, garden, leaves, nature, seasons

I didn’t think I’d be making more monthly garden posts this year, perhaps a winter gallery. But who can resist leaves like these?

Activity?

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blogging, colour, creativity, dog, dogwalk, forest, intention, knitting, reading, snow, spinning, winter, wool, yarn

So I promised this would be knit-week and then I haven’t had any more show and tell here. Such is life. I did knit, but not as much as I hoped. To prove that I have indeed been doing something, I’ll share my tada! list with you:

1. Got the plant dyed yarns out and started on the first planned project – using the oldest ones since the new ones really should sit until next year so I can see how much they fade in storage.
2. Finished priming one of my homemade sketchbooks, working away on the others, one 2/3 done, one just started.
3. Started doodling in the sketchbook.
4. Did some painting 2 days in a row even.
5. Read some books, some nonfiction as well as “The Sunne in Splendour” by Sharon Perman
6. Walked the dog in the forest quite a lot, as per request. AND tested the pocket camera I was given.
7. Started spinning some fiber I dyed last summer, just recreational spinning, no project in mind. Another one lined up for a challenge.
8. Made a few stencils out of laser transparencies which I was given a whole package of (100). The circular cutter came in handy among other things!
9. Baked swedish buns “rågsiktskakor”. Yum.
10. Woven almost half of the ends on my sweater dress and wore it.
11. Decluttered my desk.
12. Found a foam block and the fiber that I wanted for some needlefelting.

Aktiviteter

Jeg havde jo lovet at holde strikkeuge, men det er ikke meget jeg har fået rapporteret her. Jeg har strikket en smule, men ikke så meget som planlagt. Så nu vil jeg i stedet kede jer med ugens tada! liste, ikke at jeg holder op i weekenderne, men jeg trænger til at lige huske hvad jeg egentlig har nået.

1. Rodet lidt i mit plantefarvede garn, taget et par nøgler frem til mit første planlagte projekt og strikket nogen prøver.
2. Færdig med at grunde den ene af mine hjemmekogte notesbøger, 2 mere på vej.
3. Skriblet en smule i bogen.
4. Malet en smule, endda 2 dage i træk.
5. Læst et par fagbøger færdig og et par romaner, “The Sunne in Splendour” af Sharon Perman og “Taxo Luma” af Lars Muhl (meh).
6. Taget på hundeture i skoven og testede det brugte lommekamera jeg har fået.
7. Begyndt at spinde noget BFL jeg farvede i sommer, ikke med noget særligt formål, bare afslapning. Og fundet mere uld frem til en udfordring på Ravelry.
8. Kreeret skabeloner af overhead folie som jeg fik forærende, cirkelkniven kom lige til god anvendelse igen.
9. Bagt svenske “rågsiktskakor”.
10. Syet nogen af enderne på min sweater, damn det er kedeligt….
11. Ryddet op på mit skrivebord.
12. Fandt en skumblok og de fibre jeg vil bruge til mit første nålefilteprojekt.

Fir cones

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brown, forest, nature, spruce, wool

Gathered cones from what I assume is Picea abies, since that’s what they look like and what is most common in a Danish forest. Just a standard tap water simmer job, no research into pH or other methods.

Intense looking dyebath – will it take?

I wonder if they have more juice in them?

Ok result on mordanted Dorset. The orange stuff is same wool from a little madder pot, that I couldn’t be bothered sorting for the photo.

Unmordanted wool in the leftover dyebath, with an “exhausted” 35 g of madder thrown in as well. Half the skein dunked in iron water after, then rinsed. I normally let dry before I rinse, but, not today.

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Kogler af rødgran

En lille farvetest af indsamlede kogler fra efteråret. Ulden er Dorset, som var bejset på forhånd. Den orange portion er farvet med lidt kraprod (ikke kogler) og garnet er fra resten af koglevandet, derefter halvt dyppet i jernvand og skyllet. Det var lidt mere brunt inden skyl, men sådan er det jo en gang imellem.