Because it's not just all fossils in Austria! I have also been doing some knitting/designing while I'm in Austria.
I'm knitting/designing some traditional Austrian Stützen (tall socks). They are knit in green because all Gosau (the place where I am working) socks are green (The colours denote where the wearer is from)!
The stitch patterns all reflect aspects of my thesis such as the sponges on the front or the corals on the side :) More info later when I have the pattern/socks finished!
I have also been knitting a shawl with some awesome yarn I found in Germany! I am extremely lucky to be one of the few PhD students that get to pick the area where I want to do my field work. For two summers now I have spent ~3 weeks in the small town of Gosau in the Austrian Alps. Everyday, on the way to my field site I pass by the beautiful glacial lake, Gosausee. When I saw this yarn, my mind lept to the beautiful colours of the lake and I knew I wanted a simple shawl that I could knit on the evenings with a simple watery pattern.
An so now I am please to introduce The GOSAUSEE SHAWL
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I think i see some microbes in the socks too- little sqwiggly ones
ReplyDeleteYou amaze me, Rowan! Your 'stutzen' are incredible! I love how you soak up the culture and make it a part of you (or your socks {grin}). And the shawl is exquisite. The yarn you used is absolutely beautiful and I'm totally imagining myself wrapped up in it, standing at the edge of the lake - pure bliss! Thanks for sharing...and letting me live vicariously through you!
ReplyDeleteHahaha... microbial socks *grin*
ReplyDeleteAlso Angela, you should totally come with us next time... I bet your horde can carry lots of fossils! ;)