Wychwood Barns on Christie St. in Toronto – the farmer’s market is here on Saturdays, year round. It’s basically a garage that was used by the transit system, that’s been converted into live/work/urban agriculture/community space. Pretty awesome, and lots of fun backdrops.
Taking your own photos is kinda hard.
And then there was this guy.
“hey beautiful! how bout you take a photo of me? you can always erase it later!”
I actually really need to be knitting some of those French Press Felted Slippers right now since the lozenge pattern socks are off the needles!
2 skeins of Austermann Royal and loosely based on Nancy Bush’s pattern from Knitting Vintage Socks. I did my cuff differently, subbed my own heel and toe, and did the whole sock on 70 sts.
Of course, I cast on for some more socks right away – I guess I’m kind of in sock mode now!
I have such mad love for this sock right now – this leg was one afternoon/evening of knitting (at work and then a little bit at home). Based on another sock from Knitting Vintage Socks. I’m working this over 68 sts, in Dream in Color Smooshy. The colour is Shiny Moss and I LOVE it!
One thing I don’t love? Lenses that are picky about focusing. I went out into the rather cold weather (hovering around the freezing mark) in the hopes of getting some pattern photos for 2 sweaters.
I stayed out there for a good long while, toes getting colder and colder, and managed only a handful of useable shots – not even of the sweater that I really wanted to get photos of! (The red cabley one I’m wearing the photo). Sigh. The Sigma 30mm lens I love is kind of moody and wasn’t focusing properly with the remote, so I have a LOT of out of focus photos. Sigh. I guess I’ll have to just try again this week. Maybe with someone else as the model.
(More love to balance out the annoyed face – have you seen Dr. Steph’s Hansel mittens? I need some to go with my Gretel, and they look super fast and cozy!)
I have to pay for internet here (booo, hiss) so I probably won’t be online much this week. But I wanted to check in!
On Tuesday we went to the Hanalei farmer’s market, which was awesome!
I bought some local goat cheese, some spices, a really good little low-acid white pineapple, and some local honey to take home.
My sisters bought chocolate dipped frozen bananas! Yummy.
Near the end of our time in Kaua’i we…took a trip to Costco. Didn’t buy much, which was good considering that we were leaving! Then a stop by the Waimea Falls on the way home, which are apparently the falls from the opening of Fantasy Island?
(I was having fun taking photos at various shutter speeds. This is relatively low, so the water is blurry. I like it!)
We did a little more shopping in Hanalei, and briefly checked out the Kilauea Lighthouse from afar – couldn’t be bothered to actually go through the wildlife refuge and such!
And I made my mark on an autograph tree.
We haven’t seen much of the Big Island yet, but it definitely has a really different landscape from Kaua’i! Lava fields and such. I haven’t taken many photos yet, but we can see the ocean from our window and it’s really quite nice.
Today we’re headed out to the national volcanoes park – should be interesting, but it’s a 3-hour drive which I’m not that into!