Finished the test knit. Bit of a boring knit in the middle there, but with the 12 row repeat still not quite mindless enough to do it blindly. I don’t know if I’d do it again, but I do like the way it turned out, so all’s well that ends well.
And I’m now free to start on my swap mitts. I have the tiger’s permission to use the left-over yarn from the dead fish hat, so they’ll be orange and brown.
for fingerless gloves/mittens today. Good thing though that the swap isn’t until the end of June, ’cause I still have a test knit for a lace scarf to finish. I should really pace myself a bit better.
Had a blast today with a handful of other knitters making body doubles of ourselves as dress forms. Picture a bunch of girls covering each other in duct tape like in this tutorial:
The resulting mannequins look quite professional, and I started using mine already. It makes trying on a half finished sweater so much easier.
One can never have enough of those. This is Cherry Tree Hill yarn. Sockittome Select. Sooooo soft and luxurious. Love it. Ok, back to work.
Excellent weekend so far (for us that is, a very sad one for Poland). The tiger took me to the little Italian restaurant around the corner Friday night. Always good food and outstanding service.
This morning we had breakfast with friends and chatted until well past noon. And tomorrow I’ll finally make it out to the stitch’n’bitch breakfast again. Missed that one for a couple of months and am looking forward to it. Go me
Wow, after an Easter weekend waaaay above seasonal temperatures, we now dropped below with a forecast of flurries for tomorrow night. It’s blustery, raining more or less all day (‘t was just pouring earlier), with thunderstorms rolling through as if there was something to be had for free on the other side.
Knitting was fun tonight, though. There was a radio dude from a small college station, recording conversations, asking questions and generally amazed at how fun and slightly rowdy a bunch we were. ;o) Will have to try and catch when it airs next week.
at the end of another scorching day. That’s it. I’m done with winter knits for the season. Got myself some beautiful shiny pima cotton for a summer sweater today. My easter present. :o)
A mitten pattern this time, from the same lass who designed the wrapped gloves. These mitts are going to be striped and quite funky. I’ll post pics when I’m done.
And went to my first meeting tonight. I actually met quite a few peeps I know, so it was a more entertaining evening than the slightly mediocre speaker might have otherwise provided. And it was less of a distance than I thought, and I got a ride home. Go me.
We did go back to bed after our early guest send-off and slept in. I only did a bit of clean-up and cooking today. The rest of the day was well spent with a stunning hand-painted fingering weight and a very nice pattern and a relaxing bath (not at the same time). Perfect program for a rainy, windy, grey day.
In other news, we spotted our pond fish for the first time this year. The mild temperatures have woken them up from their hibernation. They’re still quite sluggish, though. The rain did away with most of the ice and snow cover on the pond, and the deck is officially snow-free now. Still waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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