fishie’s aquarium

I’m sick of being too busy and having to sit out knitting challenges I’m DETERMINED to enter this one. So determined that I’ve spend a good portion of today charting. CHARTING CHARTING CHARTING SWATCHING CHARTING. My biggest problem is I don’t have enough colors of yarn in the weight I’m using to be guaranteed a good result. I’m just going to have to deal with what I have because I’m too broke to buy new stuff, and too stubborn to start using yarn with a different gauge and having to reswatch and rechart.

I’m being crazy with my plans, as usual. Want to know what I’m doing?

Imagine a hat, inspired by this:

Not easy. I know after I do this one, I’ll want to do another one with finer yarn and infinitely more detail. As it is right now, the chart looks like a peacock feather instead of a chakra petal with an eye in it.

I think I have my charts decent enough to start working on A HAT!!!!! so I’m going to dive in now. Maybe I’ll finish it today if I don’t explode and die. Have I mentioned I’ve never done fair isle before?

ETA: bought new yarn anyway

I almost forgot how much I like this photographer. Especially the picture he took of this kelp:

I really want to know how photographers manage to take good pictures. I used to just think there was no hope for me, until I got a somewhat decent camera. I’ve since taken a couple decent pictures, but not very many. What am I doing wrong? My biggest problem is not being able to see the good parts of any given photographic moment, and I’ve got this OCD-esque collection habit where I don’t want to get rid of anything, so cropping photos is almost beyond me. Then there’s that touching-up thing people do with photoshop. Not for me, no sir.

I’ve still managed to luck out though. One of my favorites so far:

Seems like most of the time when I’m trying to take a picture, I’ll miss the moment. Or my subjects are camera shy

I’ve got two expensivey waterproof cameras! I should be taking pictures like the algae guy! >:(

The first time I came across this I didn’t have enough money to even consider buying one, so I kinda shoved all of it out of my mind. I really like the artist though, so I remembered her name and website.

I found it again tonight though.

And there are too many that I like enough to want to buy.