Episode 18 - Knitting in "Public" Week

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Clicking Away:

• Vacation knitting socks were started during the many hours of plane rides. Yarn is Patons Kroy self striping in Bramble Stripes colorway, 3x1 rib.

• Mermaid Song Shawl by Susanna IC from Unofficial Harry Potter Knits, knit in Blue Moon Fiber Arts Marine Silk Lace, doing this project for Camp Loopy. I added a few more repeats to make the shawl rest nicely. I also had fun wearing the shawl I had made for myself on vacation.

• For Camp Loopy's Project 2 I have decided to knit a Daybreak shawl by Stephen West out of Desert Vista Dyeworks Voir in the colorway Aquamarine, paired with some Cascade Heritage sock yarn in the Spruce colorway. 

Events:

• I will be attending Stitches Midwest in Shamburg, IL August 8-10. I'll be with Susie and Danie of the Prairie Girls podcast, Sarah and Kristi of In A Sknit, and Sarah from Yarn Geek Fibers, so if you see us please say hi!

Life Reflections:

• I have been a little reflective on how relationships and knitting have some similar concepts for success. It might seem a bit cheesy, you can skip to 26:30 if you want :)

Photography:

• I discuss some of the play photography I got to do on our trip, especially with night photography. 

Here are some settings I used on my camera to get really fun night shots:

• Put camera in manual mode
• ISO set low (100-200)
• Aperture set in the middle, about f9-f11
• Shutter speed set to 2 seconds - 16 seconds, depending on how much light was needed
• Timer set to 2 seconds after I pushed the shutter
• Camera set on a flat surface
• If we were in the photo we added a flash as well

• Photography of the tip - learn to use the camera that you have! Explore those settings you have never used before and see what you can come up with!