moth

moth
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i spent a good bit of the day handling, transporting, and supervising the transportation of fine art. mostly framed works. the location we moved the art into was far from ideal - if i could have argued in favor of waiting i certainly would have. we had to squeeze our truck between a cement pumping truck and a cement mixing truck. one large piece proved especially difficult and i think the frame will need some touchup. i had my heart in my throat the whole time it was coming out of the truck. next week we move it all into place and install.

but now i am home in my messy little nest - i really should vacuum - with my yarn and my paints and my pens. and that makes me happy.

sepia girl III

sepia girl III
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

the last week has been so busy and tiring. in 6 days i made 5 trips to tacoma for inventory. the warehouses are dirty and musty and one of the locations is COLD. though we usually do inventory in january and i am finding it much better in June. got a lot done, though. mostly in the evenings i have been too tired to do much other than read, but i have drawn a bit. you can see this better + 2 others on flickr by clicking on the thumbnail. also they are on etsy.

leaf light kimono

leaf light kimono
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

Any wonkiness is due to not blocking yet! this is mostly alchemy silk, curious cabin silk, and string theory merino. also a bit of a hand dyed boucle from the seattle weaver's guild sale.
pattern by jane thornley:
www.janethornley.com.

right now i am really into green with pink and green with purple! all variations of purple and green, chartreuse with magenta and eggplant with celadon.. etc!

me modeling medici coat

me modeling medici coat
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

this is another piece I recently finished, based on a Jane Thornley pattern. I knit it over a year or so, though it was really not too time consuming for a coat! I used a lot of worsted weight yarns. I had a few yarns that were my base - some Lorna's Laces Shepard Worsted and some Manos - and i added various textured yarns in with that, ribbon yarns, etc. It was a lot of fun to knit! I like doing things where I can play with colors, it's like painting with yarn.

snoqualmie falls

snoqualmie falls
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

this is just an iphone photo, but you get the idea!
see my previous post, where I mention my trip to Snoqualmie Falls.

me modeling frond

me modeling frond
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

this is picture of me modeling one of my most recent knit creations, Frond. It is based on a pattern by Jane Thornley. Jane's patterns are quite different than what most knitters are used to - more loose recipes. but if you want to try Frond and get confused you can ask me or join the Jane Thornley group on Ravely.

I am all about the green these days,
Speaking of green, yesterday Jesse and I drove up to Snoqualmie Falls. It was raining,but there is so much wet mist in the air at the falls that it was hard to tell. Beautiful drop of 268 feet. I think I might need to do some waterfal inspired art.

mechanical moth 1

mechanical moth 1
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

my week off is winding down. it's been great but i am feeling under the weather today. i've spent my time relaxing, knitting, drawing, reading, etc. i spent a day on vashon island with my friend kathy and my cat-friend lu. i got to enjoy a few TINY scraps of sunlight between the clouds! hoping for a few more of those today before the next wave of rain comes in.
this little guy is on .