And The Weather Begins to Clear!

I woke up this morning and found the sun shining and a chill in the air... however I still wanted to get out and make it a day of attaching my knitting to trees. It sounded perfect; however I still needed to get some housework done first. And so after the laundry was put on, washing up was on its second load and I read some of the paper I wanted to, I prepared myself to get out into the Winter sunshine.

First thing I did was replace the tag in front of the Logan Water on Smith Road. Then, I found I didn't have enough supplies to keep going; and so had to come back home and collect another bootlace and more wool to get it all up and attached to a tree. I took enough for any of the works I had with me. I walked up to Harris Fields School and found the trees were wonderful, but they were far too big. So, I walked across the road and found a few smaller, perfect trees for my work and got to it.

Since it began raining a few weeks ago - off and on - I haven't had the time to get out and do my art. So, I've had time to sit at home and work on other things. There's been my other blogs and more swatches at night in front of the television set when there's not much else to do. So, when today cleared up enough for some work, I didn't hesitate.

Unfortunately, today, I noticed that I'm running low on bootlace leather. So, it's going to be a morning of excursions tomorrow. First, I'll go to the post office, then and send off a few things, then I'll walk to Miller Road and collect a few more bootlace offcuts; more than I asked for last time, to keep me going. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos and tune in next time for my next installation.

Until then, keep creating and keep knitting.

The New Tags and Anchors!

Today was a beautiful day to be out and about. And after the initial housework of laundry and putting away some wiping up was done, I grabbed some money and headed out the door. I was on a mission. I had a long way to walk and only about two hours to do my errands this morning. First thing's first, though. I just have to let you all know that the new tags are being tried out and the new anchors are now being used. I've been around to Triple B on Miller Road at Slacks Creek and they've been wonderful people to help me with my dilemma of people stealing the tags. When I showed the owner my work and explained what I was doing with it, and how the tags were being either stolen or not lasting long enough, he was good enough to give me offcuts of his work at no cost. After all, they just throw the metre long pieces of bootlace in the bin; and now there's place for it and it's on my art works.

So, here's some snaps of the new anchor and I've also added on a link to their website so you can see what Triple B does - besides supply me with offcuts. They are a brilliant leathercraft suppliers who also do work for the police and security companies as well. My family have known the owners for a long time; and so this is another reason why I chose them to supply me with the offcuts. I also promised to add their link onto my blog too as free advertising. In the next few weeks and months, I'll be adding onto the blog as I've been working on more and more swatches for trees.
In the last few nights, I've worked on one for a tree trunk instead of a branch; but it's in its experimental stages at the moment and I'm unsure if it'll work or not. Let's hope it does and I can show you what I've been up to. There's going to be other things coming onto this blog soon too. I'm researching knitting sites and have been talking to friends to get them to have a look at some of the things on here and my other blogs as well. So, with all this work happening, I'll busier than I have been in a long time. Keep working on what you're working on and happy knitting!