SailingKnitter

While we were anchored in Tenacatita Bay, some of us yachties invaded were invited over to the catamaran SunSations crewed by Captain John, skipper Sharon and crewdog Diesel for a potluck dinner. Great folks!

As darkness fell, we took our full bellies up to the trampoline between the 2 hulls at the front of the boat. There we laid on our backs and stared at stars of the night sky. We counted the satellites we spotted, and the falling stars while we chatted.


But it's not it's not all play. Jonesy took a swim to clean the waterline of our boat (and admire our new bottom paint job up close).





I climbed the ladder and cleaned off the solar panel up on the radar arch at the stern. It was covered with sanding dust from the boatyard and wasn't making power. No sooner did I have it all cleaned off than a large boobie bird dropped in for a visit and sat on the solar panel.. No! Go Away! (Boobies aren't potty trained)

And I created and knit a few more designs for the Holiday Mystery Gifts Yahoo! group. First there's the new 5-Point Holiday Ornament which is along the same idea flow as the previous ornaments (tam crown whorls), but has only 5 points/sides.



A little different is the Heirloom Cabled Ornament which is knit flat. The shape is achieved by short-rows and I stuffed it with unspun wool rovings for a totally sheepy outcome.



Finally, we have have the 3-D Fair Isle Holiday Ornament. The 3-Dimensional ornaments are made simply by stuffing the ornament before finishing the 3-needle bindoff. So simple! Then I stretched out the shape by from center point to center point and added a tassel. Shown below is how this ornament would look if I just left it flat, or used some different colors.

But wait! That's not all! I also knit up a fleece lined Thrummed Hat. Check out the inside of the hat - all those little tufts of unspun wool are added one at a time. Although this is an easy hat to knit, it sure takes a lot of time. Plus, when the breeze comes up in the afternoons, the unspun roving wants to fly off the boat into the lagoon!