Tuesday 8 March 2011

Hooking and snapping

I did it! I mastered the two colour thing :-

I know the colour combination is revolting, but I was using up oddments to practice. It is, however, official. There is now no stopping me. Blanket here I come.

I've bought this wool for the purpose. It's Stylecraft and the colours are, clockwise from the left :-Cream, Camel, Copper, Mocha, Khaki, and Sunshine.
I'm not 100% sure if the Sunshine isn't a little too strident. What do you think?


At the weekend I decided to practice my photography and try and get used to David's fancy-schmancy camera using the girls as victims models.


These were my favourite shots of each of them :-

Eloise, whose tights are meant to look like that apparently.




Naomi looking pensive (Damn! I was going for thoughtful)
And these are a couple of  more arty type ones :-Glitter!                                                                          
Lollipop!

11 comments:

  1. SheilasEmbroidery8 March 2011 at 10:09

    I think the copper and sunshine will help to lift the blanket. Well done on a new technique (hobby) learned.
    BTW those photos of your girls are fab, they are so pretty.

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  2. Mylene8 March 2011 at 12:09

    Goodluck with the blanket.

    beautiful pictures of the girls!!
    I am quite envious as my eldest doesn't want her picture taken with us or with her friends.

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  3. Linda8 March 2011 at 13:32

    The yellow will not look quite as bright with the other colors. You might want to use it as an accent color. Lovely, fun pictures of two lovely young women,

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  4. Kate8 March 2011 at 15:42

    Fabulous photographs Christine. I like your colour choices - looking forward to seeing the blanket progress

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  5. jane9 March 2011 at 00:54

    Love the colours for the blanket though I personally wouldn't go for the sunshine. Look forward to seeing your progress.
    Lovely photos of your girls too.

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  6. Sally9 March 2011 at 05:46

    Looking forward to seeing your blamket growing Christine.

    Love photos of your girls.

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  7. Dani - tkdchick9 March 2011 at 18:49

    Oooh you did a great job with the fancy camera! Great shots of your girls!

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  8. Julie10 March 2011 at 11:59

    Great choice of colours for the blanket, can't wait to see some progress pics - crochet is soooo addictive!

    Supers pics of the girls, i think you have mastered the super-duper camera

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  9. Maureen11 March 2011 at 05:45

    Great pictures - you certainly seem to have mastered the camera.

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  10. Heidi15 March 2011 at 10:09

    I LOVE the yarn and am jealous that we cannot seem to get these beautiful fall colors here. I think the Sunshine will work in the right spot to lift up the afghan. I used a purple for the middle of my granny squares to lift up mine too. And remember you can always try it and not use it if you are not pleased with the results. I am looking forward to seeing your afghan grow!

    Great pictures of your girls!

    Hugs from Holland ~
    Heidi

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  11. Anonymous16 March 2011 at 07:46

    Eloise and Naomi are really pretty girls Christine, and great pics, I love Eloise's nails in the lollipop pic
    Looks like you've mastered the camera
    lovely choice of wools for your blanket look forward to seeing your start on that

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