Today, I left the house at around midday in search of the perfect tree for my next piece. This one isn't very big; yet it's lovely and textured. I've joined together two 8ply threads of green and brown together; not a bad combination if you ask me!
I didn't have to walk very far up Smith Road to find my place. Outside the Logan Water Department, they have three weird-looking trees. Well, the work is on the middle one; it's also the one closest to the front pedestrian gate to the building itself. So, this one will get a lot of people walking past it. This display isn't far from the Harris Fields Primary School and so there's sure to be kids and parents walking past this afternoon and in the next few days (or weeks) looking at it as they go past wondering where that website'll take them.
Anyway, I'm glad I did this one today because it was a lovely warm Australian Autumn day for it. I look forward to my next one because it's got a pattern in it. Also, I've gotta go shopping for more wool tomorrow. Who knows what the next colours are going to be? Not me, for sure!
This one was kind of a challenge. I took a longer walk than usual and hunted for a little while for a suitable tree yesterday; finding one on Randall Street, Slacks Creek near the printing shop and post office on the corner. This one is on the 5th tree along; next to the driveway. It was a nice hot Autumn afternoon at around 2pm and I walked along Kingston Road for a little while before I found the tree I wanted. It was tall and the trunk was white and it was absolutely 
beautiful! But after crossing the road, I found - as I walked closer to it - that I had misjudged it. The tree was beautiful and sturdy and healthy. However, it was also too big for the piece I had planned to display. What a pity! Oh well, I may yet use this tree for another one... you never know.
Anyway, I looked across Randall Street and there they were. All in a row were short trees with their limbs all twisted this way and that. They didn't look strong, however, they had been pruned recently enough to show that I could attach my knitting to it. So, I pulled out my work and tried it out. Sure enough, it not only fitted, but it look wonderful!
This swatch took me a little while to do because I decided to make a pattern in it of either two pyramids or two solid arrows - whichever way you look at it. But it looks good winding its way up the branch, doesn't it. And it matches its surroundings. However, I lost my stitching needle.
(N.B: I found this needle only this morning at the post office. They had found it during their cleaning up just before they closed up yesterday; how fortunate that nobody - especially a child - had found it. I was very worried that had occurred.)
What I find ironic about these posts is that I'll compose them and put in the photos and all with the date I've place them, however, due to this site being American, it'll seem like I've time-traveled to the future and done this... hahaha. Nope. I'm in Australia doing this guys. So, please give it up to the beauty of the dateline... not me in a Tardis.
Enjoy and I look forward to my next installment.
I took a walk today to display my second work of art. It's got a lot of garter and purl stitching in it and patterns too. It's in a park a few streets away from my house on a native tree. The one thing I try to look for with trees is that they are fully-grown so that the patch doesn't strangle the branch and it looks comfortable. This time, I added a little label that can lead people here to see my other works.
I attached it to a tree next to a path that runs through 
this park which is on a busy street; so that whoever walks past will most probably see it if they happen to look at the trees. This one wasn't so difficult to do as the wool was gripped by the bark on the tree. I look forward to doing more of these so I can make the world more beautiful. Keep watching this space for locations of my art pieces. As for this one?
It was placed on 20th, April 2009 Kookaburra Park in Slacks Creek, Logan City, QLD. Happy Knitting!
Welcome to my second blog... but my first outsider art display. It's a rather permanent one. Knitted trees and other things. You see, I inherited my Grandmother's knitting needles and she taught me to knit when I was young. So, it looks like I'm the knitter in the family. However, I'm not going to do sweaters and scarves....no, I'm getting artistic with it. I hope you like what you're gonna see!
This first one took me about a week because I simply didn't know what the hell I was doing! But it got displayed on the 7th, April 2009... and I did a silly thing and put it on the tree backwards! Well, I guess you only make that mistake once! Anyway, what do you think of the green and gold? Since I'm and Australian, I reckon it's very patriotic of me. My next one will be posted soon.
You know, once I got my mind wrapped around how to get into this, I found I had all kinds of ideas about the stitches and patterns I could make with the knitting... I reckon this is going to be fun! So, enjoy!
