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There hasn't been much sewing or crafting around here...still trying to get used to the new fall routine. But I did manage to squeeze in skinny scarf while teaching my friend Kari to single crochet.
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20/11/2015
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Saturday 3 November 2012: Christmas is coming...
I can think of nothing better to do on a rainy, grey November morning than visiting a garden centre. However, instead of being greeted by a wide variety of potted plants to brighten up any home, I was confronted by dozens of excited children and mums and dads dashing through Santa's Grotto - a certain reminder that Christmas is on its way.
Well I, too, wandered aimlessly around enjoying the animated display of polar bears, eskimos and penguins (don't they belong at the South Pole?), the bright twinkling lights, the decorations, reindeer, donkey and nativity scene. But then I came across these.
Now last time I looked I didn't find any mention of meerkats being in the Christmas story or traditions... maybe the insurance industry is trying to change all that - after all, it worked for Coca-Cola!
We had a relaxing dip here one morning. Our Couchsurfing hosts Claire and Brad tipped us off to this unique spot. "The Secret Spot" is a not-so-well-known portion of the Kerosene Creek where a hot spring converges with a cold stream. You can literally pick what temperature you want by moving to different areas. Great in hot or cold weather, and it
Simple columnar epithelial tissue covers the villi (finger-like projections) of the intestinal lumen.
Two summers ago I had the very good fortune to make a second trip to Italy, specifically within Chianti in Tuscany. This was shortly after I got my Nikon D40 and was still very new to photography, and it was among many things a great photographic opportunity. I grew up on the Canadian prairies where incredible skies (storm clouds, colourful sunsets, aurorae), but I'm rarely treated to such skies on the Pacific Coast where I've lived for the past several years. Tuscan skies however really reminded me of those skies I grew up with and they were a treat to take in.
This was taken mid-day in Radda in Chianti, looking south over the Tuscan countryside. At this point storms were just beginning to brew and I caught this display of cumulus clouds forming. The darker band at the top is due to darker rain-filled clouds between me and the distant cumulus clouds (in the black and white conversion this is less obvious). I'm sure to most people who routinely see summer storms this is less interesting, but to someone (me) who misses them it's almost a source of nostalgia.
The black and white conversion was both simple, and complex. The conversion itself was easily achieved using the photoshop Channel Mixer (I normally use a B&W conversion layer, but experimented a bit with this and liked the channel mixer results). The challenge arose from the noise that emerged in the lower-contrast dark areas. The conversion was done with an emphasis on the red and green channels, and the red channel is often rather noisy in the shadows (since there are half as many red and blue photocells on a digital sensor as there are green). Ultimately it results in a blocky noise where you'd expect to see continuous smooth tones. One trick I've worked with a bit recently (and in this image) is to actually add noise to those areas, rather than try to reduce noise - this has the overall effect of creating smoother tones overall, with am increase in fine noise, which I personally prefer.
I just happened upon this image looking through those 2 year old photos today - it's always worth revisiting the archives for new inspiration.
Nikon D40 | Nikon 18-200VE@62mm | f/8 | 1/1000s | ISO200 | Handheld
Photo: Rene Lutterus / Simple Session
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Dug out one antique presser foot and put it on my modern sewing machine (after having unscrewed off the "ankle" part of the snap on feet) and tried on flat felling and it went very well. Good!
4 mm wide. I wish to have wider too but this will work good for thin fabrics.
General how-to: (I used my very simple machine and antique presser foot but yes, the method is pretty much same) moderndomesticpdx.com/flat-felled-seams
I need to get a little better at sewing seams but other than that I'm really happy with how this baby sweater turned out. The yarn is fabulously soft merino wool --totally machine washable and this pattern is just what I was looking for --simple and uncomplicated. It's for a colleague's baby who is due in May, I think.