TIF - finished piece

Here is the finished piece, with lavender and olive trees, for the TIF challenge.

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Please meet my spider amaryllis.

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Finished!

The pieces of wool the cats loved so much have turned into: I like it a lot, it is light to wear and so warm... and was so quick to knit.
I must go to Marseille in a near future. I might go back to that shop...

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It has been raining for the last 4 days, and this morning offers a rare pleasure in the garden: drops of rain on the plants.

I wish you all a great weekend!
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TIF and misc.

Thank you Annica, Muum and Kylee for the comments on the socks. They were easy to make, and rather quick considering the size of the needles:-). As the yarn is variegated, it is a constant surprise.
I've been working on the TIF, developping the idea of lavender and olive trees. I will use a mix of machine and hand embroidery. Here is the first part, with the machine embroidery done. Now I have to populate the trees by hand.

Knitting and sane patchwork

Remember those yarns? The blueish one has turned into:
I have suscribed to QuiltWow. In the December issue, there is a workshop by Jill Packer. I found it was a good opportunity to do some sane patchwork. I happened to have the required fabrics in my stash, and there it is, almost the exact copy of Jill's.
As it is a dark, gray and rainy day here, it brings the required light in my room :-)
Have a nice weekend all.

TIF

Sharon has launched her new challenge for 2008.

We are going to Take It Futher.

This month, IT is either a concept, i.e. a person we admire, or a colors palette:

Since I'm not presently in an admiring mood ;-), I'll try the colors palette.

Even that did not seem easy, until I realized they were the colors of olive tree, olives and lavender, i.e. the color of where I live.

So I gathered all the fabrics and threads I could find that would meet the palette, browsed through pictures of Provence, revisited some books and magazines. The idea is not completely clear yet, but not very far. I think it will evolve this weekend.

Anyway, it is nice to see many blogs already reporting on TIF, and taking each a different direction.

Have anice evening all!