Aug 02 2008
Flowing Waters
Hiking to a waterfall :: Beach holidays
Water is a destination.
Lake Michigan, Illinois
Patapsco River, Maryland
Dead Sea, Israel
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Weary and thirsty :: sore and tired
Water soothes.
Tambomachay Incan Baths, Peru
Silver Spring, Maryland
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Teeming with life :: Providing life
Water sustains.
Young fisherman – Amazon River, Peru
Endlers in our backyard pond
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Destruction :: creation
Water holds great power.
Volcanic islands – Oahu, Hawaii
Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia
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I have been looking forward to this element almost more than any other. I have plans for several fiber projects, both knitting and weaving. I have searched my shelves for water-themed readings. I am planning to explore more nature writing with this element. I am also thinking about the sources of water around me, and the growing politics and culture of this resource; consciously noticing how I use it on a daily basis.
Think about water. Think about the deep hues. Think outside of the box.
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Project Spectrum on Ravelry :: Project Spectrum on Flickr
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What are you planning for the ~water~ element?
May the 8 weeks of Project Spectrum Water flow by like a lazy brook, rather than rushing rapids!
You picked some really gorgeous waters, really nice that some are within driving distance to me. Thank you
Wow! This blog post read like a poem. Beautiful. On a totally unrelated note, I wanted to tell you that after considering it for awhile, I finally opened a little Etsy shop of my hand knits: http://www.LGordon555.etsy.com. I hope you’ll check it out — if nothing else, you can tell me how cute my model is.
Lovely pictures! You’ve inspired me – and I have the perfect blue/aqua yarn with which to create something beautiful.
We think about water here a lot – it’s scarce in our part of CA much of the year so we have removed our lawns. In the front yard it’s now CA natives (drought resistant) and in the back we water only the vegetable beds and fruit trees. The rest is mulched pathway.
We save a lot of water this way. Now I need to start taking shorter showers – a timer maybe?
With such a beautiful post, the water element of Project Spectrum is definitely off to a great start! Have fun!
Stunning photos. Love the saturation of color in the Lake Michigan photo and the way you captured the motion of the water in the Patapsco River shot.
yay! I am excited about Water. It will be tempting to bring green into the mix, as many spots of the ocean here are a dark moody green, but I’m sure I will find lots of inspiration.
All your photos are gorgeous, by the way!
Water, I lover water. I am sure my mansion in heaven is under water.
That first picture is absolutely stunning. Not that the others aren’t great, but that one is definitely my favourite.
I’ve been looking forward to water a lot!
For the Dead Sea shot, I would have had a caption that says “Water burns”– particularly if you had shaved your legs any time in the week before you get into that saline water!!!! Kinda gives a whole new color inspiration for the water theme
Lovely waters! It was such a beautiful day when you took that Lake Michigan picture
Just dawned on me that the project I had been planning for my Olympic knitting is water themed – yay!
The photos are beautiful. My water project is EJ’s Print O’ the Wave in a blue silk from Tess. In the interest of candor, I started it about a month ago….
Your pictures are gorgeous! There is something so alluring about water. I find even a booming, flashing rain storm fascinatingly soothing.
I am looking forward to seeing what you’ve come up with this month.
You’re right about water having great power. I really learned that the first few days I was on Semester at Sea. Even though we were in this huge, incredibly engineered ship, the rough waters made many, many people sick and unable to function. Mother Nature laughs at our attempts to outdo her.
I plan to crochet at least two scarves for this element, including one for someone very special and dear to me.
I love all of these water photos! I, too, am very excited about this period of Project Spectrum; I knew right from the start that EARTH and WATER would be my favorites.
I second your hope that these 8 weeks flow by lazily!
beautiful pics; what kind of camera do you use? they’re gorgeous.
Hi Lolly
I have been admiring the photography on your blog for quite some time and it is beautiful. I remember that you bought a new camera during the past year, if I remember correctly. Can you tell me which camera you bought after you researched it. I’m in the market for a new one and your pictures have been such an inspiration. Many thanks.
Evelyn
The photos in this post a wonderful. I plan on knitting a sweater with yarn that I bought in Bethany. It reminds me of the water at Ocean City, MD.
how cool. what a great collection of photos and descriptions. you are so well traveled!
Beautiful pictures!! One of my many dream trips is Peru. I can’t wait to see what you are planning to weave.
beautiful photos, lolly! you really have a way of lighting a fire under people! i’m looking forward to seeing all of the projects you come up with.
I’ve not kept up with PS this time. Life has been like the rapids of Cataract Canyon for me lately. Your photos are beautiful and water is my favorite element as well. Maybe I can pull of a PS project the next 8 weeks!
So, I haven’t done any PS knits so far, but the water element is right up my alley. Because everything I knit is blue anyway
What gorgeous photos for Project Spectrum Water!
What an inspired (and inspiring) set of pictures. I love this post. Thank you for sharing it!
Oh Lolly, your Patapsaco picture made my heart flutter! You captured the exact waterfall my husband proposed to me at! We have our own lovely artistic photos of it too. For a while it was inaccessible due to some trees felled during storms. It made me smile. Thank you so much.
as always, the photos are lovely!
Beautiful photos. Water pictures always make me calm………………and thirsty!
what a beautiful post, Lolly! gorgeous photos! Let’s hope the next two months meander by
Lolly: Your photography gets better and better every day. I can barely believe those pictures were possible. The colors. The clarity. The composition. Oh my! You have such a fantastic photographic eye. It’s so much fun to watch you with your passion for photos.
Beautiful photographs, and beautiful writing too. It’s a pleasure to look at and read a post lik this.