Category: shawls

  • just add water

    Ahhh, the day off. Slept in an hour or so, off to the dentist (okay, that wasn’t fun, but it wasn’t horrible, and at least it’s out of the way), then just chilling out.

    I did some canning today, four one-litre jars of tomatoes – each jar holds quite a bit, so it was around 7-8 dozen tomatoes. Needed to get them off the counter! There’s still more tomatoes coming in, so I’m hoping to get another four jars at least (I have more pint jars to fill, too, but I could always do jam or something…). So far, I’ve done fifteen 500 ml jars and eight 1L jars altogether.

    I also finished up the last little bit of seraphim and bound off.

    seraphim, sept 21

    The colour’s way off in the photos, it’s more of a smokey black with some copper and grey bits. The knitting was way fun, even though the rows were so long at the end! More on that following a good dunk and stretch.

  • a new obsession

    Thanks for all the great comments on my herringbone skirt! I think it’s quite spiffy, myself : )

    You know how when you KNOW you should be working on something, it’s terribly easy to get distracted by something else new and shiny?

    I certainly do…

    seraphim shawl

    I started a Seraphim Shawl last week at snb, and it just rocks. Right now it’s just soothing stockinette, but the kind where you’re actually doing something (increasing) and seeing progress rather fast!

    I’m using Socks that Rock Lightweight in “obsidian”, which I bought at the store awhile back, and 3.75 mm Addi Lace needles. It’s fantastic. And until I get up to the chart bit, extremely portable and easy to pick up and put down – like socks are for me, most of the time.