tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199040032012-02-16T20:41:40.818-05:00Creativity is a part of my daily life, through my day job as a user experience designer, my lovely life with my husband and kitty, and engaging with the world at large through knitting, illustration and painting... enjoyJ Mo Ronoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-67673599010801156192008-02-28T09:24:00.002-05:002008-02-28T09:26:19.994-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Socks for meeeee, originally uploaded by J MoRo. Look at what I just finished knitting. These socks are absolutely scrumptious. The yarn I used is leftover tweed yarn from the cable sweater I knit for JRo last year. And is

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-26164058063746854582008-02-27T09:59:00.003-05:002008-02-27T16:40:12.804-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Wristwarmers, originally uploaded by J MoRo. Ta Da.. aren't these lovelies, just beaudacious? I work in an office that is cold in the winter, spring, fall and summer. Imagine, the air conditioning required to make an office

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-71064746198288683842008-02-27T09:53:00.002-05:002008-02-27T13:40:38.589-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Balls of alpaca, originally uploaded by J MoRo. Well really 4 balls of alpaca, and 2 balls of wool. The wool and alpaca are so fine, that after knitting the Tropical Vest I had almost full balls of every color left over.

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-40357777298186549622008-01-29T15:45:00.001-05:002008-01-29T15:45:18.740-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Cable Sweater Flat, originally uploaded by J MoRo. A shot of the arm.. it has this really lovely cable running all the way up to to where it joins to the shoulder

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-76215232944359352012008-01-29T15:42:00.001-05:002008-01-29T15:42:54.258-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Front Panel, originally uploaded by J MoRo. The first of the two sweaters that were requested from the 'Men in Knits' book. The yarn we found was too light of a weight to make gauge. So I wound up purchasing twice the

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-62548438455538291002008-01-28T14:01:00.000-05:002008-01-28T14:09:02.283-05:00

Well my sister in law loved her Neopolatan socks so much, that I decided to knit her a pair of knee socks for her birthday, in January. Her birthday came, and went, and I hadn't even started on the second sock. I'm figuring that they will keep until next christmas, if I don't claim them for my own.Here are the photo's of the finished socks.And a few detail shots of the texture and the rich dark

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-33042930813094627412008-01-23T19:08:00.001-05:002008-01-23T19:12:44.887-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Cashmere Cotton Bunny Hat, originally uploaded by J MoRo. My freinds Paul and Mark were blessed with a little bundle of LOOOOVE this holiday season.To celebrate at her baby shower, I knit up this adorable little hat by

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-5414927118846888272008-01-20T20:06:00.000-05:002008-01-23T19:13:15.165-05:00

On a 2006 trip to Nova Scotia, we were a-visiting with my old Uni. roommate and her partner. Turns out J's partner worked with a local carpenter, who's wife owned a yarn shop in the area. Gaspearea Valley Yarns. MMMM yummy.. We went on a visit to a wonderful little shop in an old nova scotian barn.Jro picked out this great book called 'Men in Knits'. And specifically requested two sweaters in the

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-59530892723911201702006-11-16T17:15:00.000-05:002006-11-16T17:20:09.944-05:00

Welcome the lion.This image was based on a short story about 2 men and a lion.My favorite things about this illustration are his claws, the tail and the colors.

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-75303905059066932372006-11-02T15:41:00.001-05:002008-01-23T19:11:07.048-05:00

Happy Belated Halloween...An illustration based on a short story:Two fella's were diggin' a grave, late at night. And one fella says to the other, "So do you believe in ghosts?"The other fella says, "Sure" as he disappears.The guy in the red hat is loosely based on my dad, in a really loooose kinda way. Dad doesn't have blond or long hair. But he does smoke cigarettes that burn with a really long

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-1162312030578985122006-10-31T11:16:00.000-05:002006-10-31T11:30:51.370-05:00

Maggie... is an illustration that I began developing in a completely inspired spat of doodling. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating her.My process of developing this illustration was as follows. I drew a pencil sketch with my non-drawing (left) hand, then scanned the sketch, manipulated the line quality in Flash, vectorized it, then imported the vectorized lines into Illustrator,

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-1161610750974168822006-10-23T09:34:00.000-04:002006-10-31T11:30:51.310-05:00

JRo, C and I went hiking at Seneca College this weekend. C being a 14 year old doesn't like walking or hiking very much. So when we talked about what we were going to be doing this weekend... all I said was "We're going to see the old Eatons Mansion - How cool is that?" She really got into it then. After 2 hours of walking around on a crisp autumn day she said "I haven't walked that long in a

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-1151353853679326612006-06-26T16:26:00.000-04:002006-10-31T11:30:51.183-05:00

I ran my FIRST 10K with Elaine in April. Man it was fun. Can you imagine running down the longest street in the country with over 7000 people.. crazy i tell you... but mind blowingly fun. I finished in just over an hour. Next year I figure it will be under an hour.

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-1134688891066184692005-12-15T18:14:00.000-05:002006-10-31T11:30:51.124-05:00

3 of 3 boys. My love, my fiancee, my partner in crime. A person as sweet and genuine, I have never met. He fills my life with a warmth that everyone should feel.Loves to cook... roasts a mean Moroccan Leg of Lamb, and whips up a scrumptious cheese cake. Has a great passion for KUMON, and teaching children how to live a life full of achievement by taking small steps toward the goal.

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-1134687326961662072005-12-15T17:45:00.000-05:002006-10-31T11:30:51.068-05:00

introducing my 2 of 3 boys. Mr Cosmo King. He came to me from a room-mate who couldn't take him with her. It taken him a very long time to feel truly safe with me.He is fierce. A wonderfully warm hearted yet prickly black cat, his soft velvety fur is the softest you will ever touch, with the smallest feet that you'll ever see on a male cat. "Nureyev" is what I would have called him, if he didn't

J Mo Ronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19904003.post-1134682094366844522005-12-15T16:24:00.000-05:002006-10-31T11:30:51.000-05:00

Meet one of my three boys - Malcolm.He's lived and loved with me for 5 years now. He is a true treasure who loves being a dog as much as he loves a belly rub.He came to me as a little 5 month old wild kitty, that someone found in their garage, with his two sisters and his mummy. They were really feral. His sister's were black, and grey & white.I thought I would take the little black female. But

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