Wednesday, December 16, 2015

It's The Most Seasonal Time Of The Year

You know that song, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" by Andy Williams? It goes, "It's the most wonderful time of the year/ With the kids jingle belling/ And everyone telling you be of good cheer/ It's the most wonderful time of the year." It got stuck in my head the other day, but I was singing to myself, "It's the most seasonal time of the year!" for a bit before I realized I'd gotten the words wrong.

Well, during this most seasonal time, I've taken a moment to update my Silent Snow pattern.

I wrote the pattern a few years ago, but I've learned a thing or two since about making patterns look more attractive. I felt that the previous images really didn't show off the stocking or ornament as well as I had hoped.

And as I've been exploring what might make a pattern stand out, I felt that the traditional look of putting it against a fireplace or by a tree wouldn't do me any favors since the grey seemed to blend in too well with both locations. I thought that photographing it by brick would echo the feeling of a fireplace while still giving the yarn the contrast it needed.

So I know that it is a wild time for all the knitters out there, but if you find yourself needing a little stocking ornament or an extra stocking for a family member.... for example a new spouse... then you can find the pattern on ravelry or on the bear-ears website.

As a slight aside, I was redoing the images for this pattern while my index finger was still too sore to knit. I picked out this sprig of berries, not realizing that there were hidden thorns. I can verify that, Pyracantha, also known as Firethorn, lives up to its name. My thumb was indeed on fire and I was unhappy to have both my left thumb and left index finger out of commission. Also, I didn't know that this was called Firethorn until I rapidly googled things to make sure my thumb wasn't going to fall off. I'm fine, but I would highly recommend leaving Pyracantha well enough alone.

3 comments :

Anonymous said...

That was a great idea to do that. Poor you - two digits out of commission!! Glad that it's all over now. Eric had a similar mishap recently. We picked some Hawthorn to feed to the rabbit, and were picking off the thorns before giving it to him in case they hurt him, and Eric got a thorn stuck in his thumb which splintered and took a few days to come out. Poor child. He's fine now too.

Andi G said...

It sounds like the knitting gods have been conspiring against you as of late! What is up with that? :)
I adore this pattern and think I must make a few last minute gifts using it. Sending you much love!

Anonymous said...

Ouch, sounds like a painful ordeal, but it certainly resulted in some pretty new imagines. Very festive! :)

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...