The Alchymyst's Study: Hooking and snapping

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:

SheilasEmbroidery said...: 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.; 8 March 2011 at 10:09
Mylene said...: 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.; 8 March 2011 at 12:09
Linda said...: 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,; 8 March 2011 at 13:32
Kate said...: Fabulous photographs Christine. I like your colour choices - looking forward to seeing the blanket progress; 8 March 2011 at 15:42
jane said...: 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.; 9 March 2011 at 00:54
Sally said...: Looking forward to seeing your blamket growing Christine.

Love photos of your girls.; 9 March 2011 at 05:46
Dani - tkdchick said...: Oooh you did a great job with the fancy camera! Great shots of your girls!; 9 March 2011 at 18:49
Julie said...: 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; 10 March 2011 at 11:59
Maureen said...: Great pictures - you certainly seem to have mastered the camera.; 11 March 2011 at 05:45
Heidi said...: 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; 15 March 2011 at 10:09
Anonymous said...: 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; 16 March 2011 at 07:46