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The valley

Sun catchers

We've not had many summery days here in Wellington, but I wanted to capture a little bit of sun when it appeared recently. Perhaps some warm weather is still on its way, like a parcel lost in the post?

I made a few sun catchers (details here) with flowers pressed back at the start of the season. One for a friend and one for our kitchen window, featuring hydrangea petals and a carnation, pansies and fuschia.

I couldn't resist ordering a copy of Laine magazine from Scandinavia – it features beautiful knitting patterns, photography and writing. You can see the patterns included here on Ravelry. I love the 'Nordic arrows shawl' but I think the cardigan might be my first cast-on.

I took the second photo above while we were in the South Island last weekend, for a friend's wedding. After the ceremony, my sisters-in-law and I walked up into the valley behind the crowd with our glasses of wine, where the light was like honey.

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8 responses to “sun catcher”

  1. Daffodil Angel Avatar
    Daffodil Angel

    Beautiful photo of the south island. And love the sun catchers. We too have been having some dismal summer weather of late down here in Tas… Was even snowing on weekend.

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  2. tinyhappy Avatar

    oh no – snowing even!?
    m X

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  3. Meg Avatar

    Lovely suncatchers, Melissa. I have some little viola flowers that I dried quite a while ago now. Think I’ll make one too. Meg:)

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  4. allbuttonedup Avatar

    I’m just so happy that you’re still writing here. I read everything you post, even though I barely comment.

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  5. hosanna Avatar
    hosanna

    Same here. Thank you for keeping on. Love this post. Still have my faded forget me not suncatcher in my window from last summer, from when you inspired me by this project the last time.

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  6. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you m, that means more than  you know, XX

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  7. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you too! yes, my original suncatcher got really faded too… 🙂

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  8. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you meg – hope you enjoy the project! viola flowers will look beautiful 🙂

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