Summary: Knitting Butterflies Ravelry GroupInstagram: butterflyem4Ravelry Page: EmilyStrawThank You's:Prairie Girls Knit and Spin, In a Sknit, and Aussie Yarning gave shoutoutsiTunes reviews and donations are GREATLY appreciated!Clicking Away:Sprig Sweater is finished! Pattern by Alana Dakos of Never Not Knitting, knit in Cascade 220Brown Striped Ragg socks are finished, Patons Kroy and Lifestyle Toe Up Sock methodTop-Down Seamless Petticoat Doll by Susan B. Anderson for my niece, knit in Red Heart and I Love This Yarn Skew Socks by Lana Holden in Winter 2009 Knitty, yarn by Oh LoopsSpinning Stories:Woolen Mill St. Yarns corriedale roving in Juliette JulesUpcoming Events:Podcaster Throwdown and Ravellenic mashup of knitting as many Halos for Hope hats as possible. Join me on Team Sasquatch and my own giveaway on the Knitting Butterflies group.Using the Barley Hat pattern by TinCan KnitsKnitpicks Swish yarn#nerdalong has begun! I'm starting with the Hunter Cowl by Diana Burk (pattern no longer available due to copyright) Please join me as knitting nerds unite!Also I want to pick up a copy of Unofficial Harry Potter Inspired Knits and knit the Mermaid Shawl, Dragon's Egg socks, Ginny's cardiganCountdown to 30:I've been beginning to struggle with body image issues, as I head in to my 30's I want to squash that immediately so as I grow older and change I can push those awful thoughts out of my head.I want to take Amy Herzog's class Knit to Flatter to appreciate the body I have been givenA few changes have been made in my home to help take care of the body I havePhotographing Your Knits:Photo courtesy of godigitalsslr.comAnswering a question about photographing in the snowBE SURE to check your white balance! Snow often looks blue in your camera, change to the shade setting (as long as it doesn't turn the snow yellow) :-DFind the exposure compensation setting on your camera. I like to adjust mine to +0.7 to compensate for the camera making your image darker. This also works for white backgrounds in general.
