Art in My World

YES! I finally finished my first shawl! These are now my knitting obsession, not only because they are beautiful, fun to knit, but they are lovely to wear over sleeveless dresses at church or out to a dinner date. This was my fourth try. One of my shawls I got all the way to the end and I was trying a new binding off method, accidentally slipped a stitch, and the it all began to unravel. Oh the frustration!  I have bought some wonderful colors of yarn to try my hand at a few more designs. There are two books by Jen Lucas that have some easy to follow instructions on making what she calls Sock Yarn Shawls. All 15 shawls in each book are beautiful; I could spend the year making each one. These books are so worth the price if you are interested in the journey of knitting shawls. If it weren't for the fact that you have to block the shawl after washing it each time, I would love to give them as gifts. In the picture above I am blocking it on my carpeted floor in my office. It is a

It has been years since I have spent time trying to scan in the large amount of old slides that my mother has given me. Since then, I have have acquired a new computer, (just last week), a new scanner, (a few years back), and Photoshop has greatly improved.  So here is the thing. Now I need to go back and redo quite a few slides, because of course, now I can do them better. Take for example the bottom picture in this series: this is what the slide looks like right after it is scanned. The one above that is how I fixed it several years ago. The one above that is how I fixed it today...after learning my new scanner. Which only took half the day. Sigh. But now I think, well, the top picture looks more accurate right? Though, maybe not quite as accurate as it might if I spend a few more hours learning a bit more about color correction. So, before I fool around a bit more, it is off to Lynda.com to check out some of her videos on color restoration...and scanning. I miss my old sca