We had a busy weekend catching up on some outside house and yard work. The truth of it is that most of the actual work was done by my husband, Cameron—I mainly acted as his assistant (and sometimes his supervisor!). Of course, we reserved the two hottest days of the year for all of this activity—summer has arrived with a blast. The good news is we are now sporting some colour instead of our pallid, winter white; the bad news is, the colour is pink. However, neither of us is burned too badly and we will soon fade to a light tan.
I did manage to get some knitting done in the evenings, sitting in the living room in front of the fan. I cast on for my new shawl Friday evening and by last night had completed the edging set up and the first 20-row pattern repeat.
The rectangular shawl is knit in two pieces, then grafted together in the middle. Joan Schrouder designed an ingenious and interesting way to join the edging without having to knit it on afterwards.
Once the edging is in place you begin with the main body of the shawl. There are five different pattern sections plus the edgings to work across on each row, so there's plenty to keep your interest.
It’s hard to get good shots of lace-in-progress but these photos give you a bit of an idea.
Now that the work is out of the way it’s time to play. Cameron and I are heading to the US for three days . I know, it’s not very patriotic to be out of country on Canada Day but we are going to the Toronto Blue Jays-Seattle Mariners game tonight to cheer on our national team. After that, we will have a couple of days to relax at my sister’s trailer before Cameron heads back to work on Thursday. A well deserved break for him, that's for sure.
Happy Canada Day, everyone!
1 comment:
Thank you for posting these pictures. Personally, I am grateful. It's tough waiting for this to get here, especially since those in other countries get them sooner!
PS Your socks are nice too.
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