I am enjoying some time away with family. One of our Christmas morning traditions is to have eggs benedict on fresh home-made scones, champagne and peaches and opening our stockings.
A few more December photos as we drove through southern B.C. including through our small desert area, down to the the coastal waters.
Traditionally the solstices and equinoxes determine the midpoint of the seasons, and which makes sense to me. There are many Solstice Celebrations to mark the event of mid-winter solstice.
These turkey tracks in the snow seem chaotic, is there a random pattern?
Adapted from Malin Selander by Evely Oldroyd
Warp – 16/2 Cotton used double
Weft – thin – 4/8 cotton, thick 4/8 cotton tripled
Very hard beat!
The rather oil smeared sock starting bonnet. I believe it is called that because some people draw the bottom closed so it looks more like a little toque. I cose to leave it open in case I wanted to reach up inside the tube for some reason. I am oiling the machine a little too much and some of came off on the yarn, but I think it will wash off. Before I begin a proper project I will clean the machine. The top is the picot edge and hung hem and it is all done in a mock rib, which is every fourth needle out. This seems like it will work for this size yarn on this size cylinder. I used odds and ends of superwash sock yarn I had around and the orange is slightly thinner than the other colours. On to practice heels.
Weaving proceeding slowly and will post that after Christmas! 
Today I made a nicer set-up bonnet and everything went very well. I made a hung hem, tried different numbers of needles, different yarns and messed about with the stitch lengths while doing so. The bonnet is still on the machine, so will put up a photo when the tube is long enough to cut off the bonnet. I am going to continue trying yarns and practice more heels next. The machine is working more smoothly all the time and as I get to know it I pick up the little cues that tell me when something might go wrong.
