New Camera!
May 2nd, 2009
I haven’t really made a big deal about it on this blog, but I feel it needs a brief mention for this post. Recently Corey and me had our wedding anniversary. We decided that since we are having a baby in just over a month, that perhaps our 6 year old digital camera wasn’t going to cut it anymore. I was very excited on Wednesday to receive in the mail our fancy schmancy new Canon Powershot A590 IS…
I have to say I am very happy with the pictures it takes. I’m still learning my way around all the settings, because this is light years ahead of my old digital camera. I’ve been trying for the past few days to make an excuse to write a post here so I can take some purty pictures, but my knitting life right now is kind of boring, at least from the outside looking in. I’m working on the same old projects, not really starting anything or completing anything yet. I’ve written a little bit on everything in that picture above, and don’t have much more to say other than “Knit a few more rows today.” or “Finished this piece, moving on to the next.” Sure, there’s still a bit of drama over the Sage Cardigan, but I don’t feel I should bring that one out again until I’ve accomplished something real (like a finished sleeve that fits).
That got me to thinking about some old projects that I haven’t pulled out in a while.
I don’t think I’ve even mentioned this little project. It was started on a whim one weekend when I wanted something new, and it’s slowly plodding along. Rather, I’m working on it fairly quickly just not very often.
That yarn there is Artyarns Oh-So-Expensive Silk Pearl yarn that knits up beautifully. I made a little purse similar to this one as a wedding gift for some friends (see picture at the end) and had about half the skein left to make myself another one. This stuff has amazing stitch definition, incredible sheen, and is super strong. However, at about $40 per skein you’ll probably only ever be knitting one/two skein projects with it.
Here’s the original purse which I am modeling mine after. They won’t be identical, but I couldn’t help but bring back that beautiful cable (that’s the old camera; what an improvement!).
Wow! How exciting! It takes great pictures too! It seems like a lot of people are getting new cameras these days. *I wants one!* xD I love your gray cabled project. Looks great!