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Saw this bird in a not-very-tall tree just outside our house this afternoon. I’ve never seen a bird of prey with that coloring before. I have no clue what it is. Anyone?
Odessa is pretty much done, except that it’s a touch on the small side.
It fits the glass head and Sadie all right, although it feels snug and almost short on me. I’m trying to decide whether that means that my head models are off, or whether it means that it’ll fit a hairless head properly. It was done on #4’s instead of #6’s, so the rows are a little shorter. I knitted the proper length for the body, but I’m wondering if I would have added some extra straight rows among the decreases to make up for the shorter stitches there. So if I’m going to rip back, now’s the time, before I bind off, when it’s still easy to undo.
As far as cosmetic flaws, five rows from the top, I picked up an extra stitch or two. Also, I’m not entirely happy with my (sl1, k2tog, psso) stitches, which you can’t really see from this angle. They feel a little sloppier, and now that I’ve gotten the ssk’s nice and even, I can’t help but feel there’s a better way for those as well. Maybe if I k2togtbl instead of just a straight k2tog. Hmm. To rip back or not to rip back. Normally I’d say it’s one of those “nobody but me will notice” things and then just decide whether I can live with it, but if it’s going to be too short, it’s not a gift I want to give. Hm. What to do, what to do…
I just posted a picture of my Odessa hat, and it came out a bit short, getting the correct gauge and everything. I blocked the crap out of it, and it fits fine, but I’d add another inch before the decreases if I knit it again.
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I just posted a picture of my Odessa hat, and it came out a bit short, getting the correct gauge and everything. I blocked the crap out of it, and it fits fine, but I’d add another inch before the decreases if I knit it again.
http://jessimuhkaknits.blogspot.com
Yeehaw!
Does it come above your ears, or over them? I’ve found that not having hair makes a WORLD of difference, surprisingly — never thought I had that much, and now that I have none, that wig I thought would never fit is almost loose.
Don’t you know you should never tell where the boo-boos are? Let people find ’em on their own! It lets them feel so superior if they do, and then you know you’ve done a service for humanity 🙂
Jeez, I can’t wait to get this! I love the color even more than I thought I would! But if you think I’m going to send you an ugly picture of me in it… Well, maybe by email. ::grin:: THAT will let you feel like you’ve done a service for humanity, too!
Yeehaw!
Does it come above your ears, or over them? I’ve found that not having hair makes a WORLD of difference, surprisingly — never thought I had that much, and now that I have none, that wig I thought would never fit is almost loose.
Don’t you know you should never tell where the boo-boos are? Let people find ’em on their own! It lets them feel so superior if they do, and then you know you’ve done a service for humanity 🙂
Jeez, I can’t wait to get this! I love the color even more than I thought I would! But if you think I’m going to send you an ugly picture of me in it… Well, maybe by email. ::grin:: THAT will let you feel like you’ve done a service for humanity, too!
I’ve never heard of any all-white daytime (diurnal?) birds of prey other than some in very upper north reaches; and that bird doesn’t look to have other northerly adaptations (like more fully feathered legs/feet). So my vote is that it’s an albino (which is pretty darn nifty in and of itself).
I’ve never heard of any all-white daytime (diurnal?) birds of prey other than some in very upper north reaches; and that bird doesn’t look to have other northerly adaptations (like more fully feathered legs/feet). So my vote is that it’s an albino (which is pretty darn nifty in and of itself).
Thanks for this comment! I went and looked at your blog. It’s reassuring to know that it’s not just me. 🙂
Thanks for this comment! I went and looked at your blog. It’s reassuring to know that it’s not just me. 🙂
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Heh. I had a guy in Australia who ordered a regular guy-sized Jayne hat. He didn’t mention he was completely bald. Poor fella, it was way too big. He tried to shrink it in the washing machine (it was going to be unusable for him otherwise) and it felted into a sad little Jayne-ish blob. I felt bad for him, so I put him back on the list and made him another.
If it weren’t for that guy, I wouldn’t have thought no hair would make a big difference either, but clearly it does. And I don’t need a pic, I’m just glad to have it go to a happy home.
I like to think of the little boo-boos as a feature, not a flaw. It’s like raku pottery, where there’s a single imperfection built in. It’s a zen statement. Yeah, that’s it. Ahem.
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Heh. I had a guy in Australia who ordered a regular guy-sized Jayne hat. He didn’t mention he was completely bald. Poor fella, it was way too big. He tried to shrink it in the washing machine (it was going to be unusable for him otherwise) and it felted into a sad little Jayne-ish blob. I felt bad for him, so I put him back on the list and made him another.
If it weren’t for that guy, I wouldn’t have thought no hair would make a big difference either, but clearly it does. And I don’t need a pic, I’m just glad to have it go to a happy home.
I like to think of the little boo-boos as a feature, not a flaw. It’s like raku pottery, where there’s a single imperfection built in. It’s a zen statement. Yeah, that’s it. Ahem.
We were sort of thinking albino as well. It was just strange to see such a large bird perched on top of our weeping cherry tree. Our yard backs onto some woods, so we do sometimes get forest visitors, but that’s the first time we’ve seen this guy or gal.
We were sort of thinking albino as well. It was just strange to see such a large bird perched on top of our weeping cherry tree. Our yard backs onto some woods, so we do sometimes get forest visitors, but that’s the first time we’ve seen this guy or gal.
Hey T. It might possibly be a White Kite. It looks a bit like the one in this photo :http://www.gigrin.co.uk/white_redkite.html Similiar markings… or here http://www.gigrin.co.uk/white_red_kite_mov.html
Though if it is one he must be young cause he looks smaller than the video one. And they are pretty rare. But the web site did mention your area as an old flying grounds.
Hey T. It might possibly be a White Kite. It looks a bit like the one in this photo :http://www.gigrin.co.uk/white_redkite.html Similiar markings… or here http://www.gigrin.co.uk/white_red_kite_mov.html
Though if it is one he must be young cause he looks smaller than the video one. And they are pretty rare. But the web site did mention your area as an old flying grounds.
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Oh yes, zen! Purrrfect!
Re: Yeehaw!
Oh yes, zen! Purrrfect!
Bird
I’ll dig out a bird book and look it up–many of the raptors have a light or white “color-phase”. It looks to have dark eyes, which would mean it’s not albino–there are very few albino animals that make it to adulthood in the wild. Anyway you look at it, it’s gorgeous!
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I’ll dig out a bird book and look it up–many of the raptors have a light or white “color-phase”. It looks to have dark eyes, which would mean it’s not albino–there are very few albino animals that make it to adulthood in the wild. Anyway you look at it, it’s gorgeous!