August 31, 2005
GGAAA
Yes, Witty was right, it's the Great American Aran Afghan! (She should know, she won a prize for hers at the Ohio State Fair!). Mine's Green, obviously, so it's the GGAAA. At least for now.
I finished the first square, and started the next one. Then I frogged it. Then I started it again. Then I ****ed up again, then I started it again. Third time seems to be a charm so far, and I'm up to row 17 of the pattern.
I had the distinct honor of starting the next square (albeit not knitting a single stitch of what will be the finished one) in the presence of a wonderful blogger at a fairly claustrophobic knit shop. I am told it's not usually so crowded, but they had an extraordinarily large knitting group there - which included at least one Tony award winning actress.
At some point, though, it simply got too crowded, so Em and I decided to leave and part ways for the evening. But it seems that we owe each other a martini, which I won't complain about!
As for the mystery bird, it probably is some sort of heron, but I've been too lazy to pull out my "Birds of Southern Africa" book. I will at some point soon, I'm sure...
I really don't feel like messing around with the camera to photograph the green squares, either. Maybe I'm not photo-ing it because I want you (except Em!) to try and guess which square it is. Yeah, someone will get it right... I will also share the good news that The Point had more of the same dye lot (the 13 balls I got at KNY aren't going to be enough to get the whole thing done, which made me happy. And I will share more Africa photos.
I'm pretty sure that guy is a Dickinson's Kestrel.
And her? Why, she's not a bird at all. She's an impala doe, posing prettily for my telephoto lens!
PS: If you can, go to The Red Cross to make a donation to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I did. Just think, if everyone gave up just one yarn purchase, we'd give a **** of a lot of money to help out, and I think they need it more than we do right now.
Posted by Jon at August 31, 2005 03:27 AMFrom the looks of the pic, the unknown bird is a Blue Heron. I live on the coast of NC and we have lots of blue herons here. Of course, most of the time, I am watching them walk along the waters edge feeding, but that is what it looks like in flight.
I am enjoying your pics of your trip, your knitting works, and blog in general.