Work in progress - cream scarf

I fancied doing a scarf with a bias stripe, and have finally worked out a pattern. I'm using a cream wool–acrylic mix for this scarf, and after it is blocked and has a fringe added it should look quite stylish. This is going to be a long skinny scarf, and is destined for my etsy shop.

Stripy scarf

Finally, I've managed to photograph my long, soft, grey stripy scarf (see earlier post) so that I could add it to my etsy shop. (It's been too windy, too dazzlingly bright, or too gloomy until now.) The problem is how to label it for people to find - grey or gray? Whichever wording I use, it seems to slip down the listings. Oh well. You can see it in all its grey stripiness at http://www.etsy.com/listing/88896934/gray-scarf-grey-scarf-hand-knit-striped

Yellow-fronted amazon parrot - commissioned painting

Here is the latest addition to my etsy shop - a commissioned portrait of a female amazon parrot. This looks a sweet bird, with a bright and perky look, but sadly she has passed away and the picture is a memento of her.
I have happy memories of regularly visiting the parrots in Regent's Park Zoo when we lived in London. There were a couple of very jolly and playful yellow-fronted amazons in a quiet corner of the zoo and we'd slip them the odd nut (probably not allowed now). I do remember that they could be horrendously loud sometimes, when they were not chuckling and bouncing up and down on their perches.
You can see this painting at http://www.etsy.com/listing/88572689/reserved-for-cherylline

Treasury - pleasures of winter

sunshine yellow sim... illuminera $10.00	LOST IN A BOOK Abst... abstractfigure... $5.99	Orange Marmalade SI... Marmalady $3.25	Portland Street, Ma... kateboyce $15.00
Original painting &... LindaHunt $65.00	Shino and Slip Glaz... shyrabbit $79.00	Coffee at Sunrise 4... RightOnStrange $5.00	Superwash Merino La... WharfedaleWool... $19.50
Still Life Original... CarolSchiffStu... $149.95	Tree Silhouette Squ... JeanneHospod $75.00	original etching of... Fleurografie $59.00	Worcester Sketchboo... WaterWorksbySu... $15.00
Frosty Winter Birch... mariakallin $24.90	Cape Arago sarahfburns $225.00	Noctambulary, oil o... Mossmottle $120.00	Magical dreamy nig... InmostLight $22.00

Here's my latest etsy treasury, on the things I enjoy about winter, from city lights in the late afternoon to grey seas and starry skies. You can see it at http://www.etsy.com/treasury/OTE5Njg1NXwxMTkzODQ5ODk0/pleasures-of-winter?ref=pr_treasury

Work in progress - stripy scarf

My next project for the evenings - a stripy skinny scarf in some gorgeous soft wool/acrylic yarn I found in a shop in Bakewell. It's quite beguiling, the way the greys change - I have to hope that they don't reach exactly the same colour anywhere (they approached the same colour in the middle section). The colours are lovely - silvery grey to a deep charcoal. The slip stitch at the edges is a nice punctuation mark and also hides the colour change. This is destined for my Etsy shop of course.

A new scarf - burgundy lace pattern

I've just finished a burgundy scarf in Rowan kid classic (70% lambswool, 26% kid mohair, 4% nylon), in a lacy pattern so that it's warm but not heavy. You can stretch it so that it's long and narrow, or shorter and wide. I plan to add this scarf to my Etsy shop, but the light just now is not good for photography (it's getting near sunset so the light is too yellowy). I'll try again tomorrow - watch this space!
Update, 18 November: I've now managed to take more photos and the scarf is in my Etsy shop. You can see it at http://www.etsy.com/listing/86481351/burgundy-hand-knit-scarf-warm-soft

Bath silhouettes - Theatre Royal and King's Spring, Pump Room

Here are my latest two additions to the series on Bath silhouettes - the Theatre Royal and the King's Spring in the Pump Room. I love the elegant metal frame for the lamp by the Theatre Royal, and the little fish with their open mouths are quite appealing. (These drawings were photographed on a sunny day so they look rather different from the others.) It's been great fun drawing these silhouettes; I think half a dozen is enough for now. You can see these two in my Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/listing/85546715/theatre-royal-bath-original-ink-drawing and http://www.etsy.com/listing/85547712/kings-spring-pump-room-bath-original-ink