Motor Vehicles

 For the cover of this project I decided to return to my first love of creating unusual fabrics with knit-weaving. It is a medium that I find so satisfying because it seems almost fool proof.
I was able to create the colour of the background  yarn with a variety of different gauges and  colours. These toned in so well with the teabags
I seem to have collected and use to depict various shapes to represent whatever takes my fancy. The weaving- in yarn is a white dull and shiny thread and toned down the ocher and tawney background yarn.

The pick-up truck shapes reminded me of the days we lived on Anlaby sheep station.
As children we used to hop into the covered back of the truck and one of the station people would drive us to the Hampden road where we would board the school bus which had already picked up children from further west. We would then be driven to the Eudunda Area school in time for the nine o'clock start. The first time we topped the road before descending into Eudunda, I remember being astounded and awed by the vast plain which lay north of Eudunda.

 I didn't know then that the River Murray ran through that plain and Morgan was the next town.

The humungous trucks that now thunder along our roads are awesome to behold. The men who manoeuvre these colossal giants and truck goods across vast distances are a special breed to be sure.
Where are our train lines now though, think of the rubber tyres which would be saved.......


My cursor was doing a thing on its own, but we seem to be back on track.
In the 1990ies we became grey nomads and traveled around in our Toyota campervan.
We saw a lot of Australia and Tasmania and Tasmania is especially well remembered for the first time we were there. There were still a lot of old forests and they were truly magic. I have never seen so much water or variety of fungi,
and the ferocious Devils growling and carrying on like pork chops. We camped in out of the way places in Australia and had a joyous time.

Lastly, in case you thought I had been slacking over the summer months, I did knit this butterfly batwing  and put knit-woven cuffs on it with just a plain collar. It is wool but a light weight so it will be nice for the autumn weather.
I also became adventurous and did a Thread-lace top with short sleeves. I just realize I haven't photographed it so I can't show you. Perhaps next time.....