A new totem pole in the Vancouver Airport. I'm not sure what I think about this one - I believe it is part of the sprucing up of the airport for the Winter Olympics in a few short months. It's rather stylized - I wasn't sure what was bothering me about it at first, but then it hit me:
Isn't that design in the middle rather celtic? It isn't really what I perceive to be a First Nations design at all. It's nice, but unexpected.
Here's Willow at the bottom of the same totem pole, looking like she is about to drop:
And this is what happens when two little girls get tired of Mama/Auntie and Gramma snapping pictures of them when they look so cute in their matching tops. The younger gets weepy and the older gets pouty:
And these are socks that are not meant to be. This is the Fleece Artist yarn I bought on the Island, and it has absolutely no give whatsoever. At first I thought I would give them to my sister Teri since they obviously weren't going to fit me. After a while I doubted even Teri would get these on so I had Willow try them on, and they were a snug fit on her. So much for getting gauge for a Ladies' medium, huh?
The yarn is very pretty, but I am going to have to rip out the sock and come up with something more elastic for it. Any ideas?
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Last FA I knit was a lacy Cookie A pattern. The openness of the lace made the socks plenty elastic.
I don't know if that helps or not.
I don't know diddly/squat about totem poles, but that still doesn't look quite how I'd expect it to. Was it commissioned from a native artist?
A lovely totem pole, but I agree, not a First Nations design like we see here.
No ideas for the socks - lovely colour, though.
I don't approve of the new totem pole, either. It's like someone on a committee said "The image needs updating. You know, everyone's seen totems...but they haven't seen totems like THIS!"
Ha ha! I love the hilarious Willow and Cuz picture---hee hee!
Yeaaaah, not sure about that totem pole. Seems kinda bastardized. Betcha it was made in China.
I have never used Fleece Artist, so I don't know if this will be helpful, but what if you just increased your needle size? That might loosen things up a bit. Maybe?
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