First, I worked on my Yowza design. But... I had to frog the sleeve, because I realized that I want to see the body totally finished before figuring that out. Since my Edge books are at work, I swapped over to working on Aylin's Shawl.
Next I gave in, and couldn't resist starting Gloriana in Yummy 3-ply, the slightly off variation of Firecracker that I adored when I first saw it. When I realized I could match the two... well, I brought a skein of Toes home this weekend to swatch with:
Then finished off the mini-skein by starting the sweater. Tomorrow I'll buy the rest of the yarn, and then it will be horribly tempting to just ignore everything else and make progress on this glorious sweater...
Now I'm happily knitting away on Mary's Rheingold. I do love a good Starmore...
So that's been my weekend. Tonight I'll continue knitting, then probably clean some, as that would be a good thing to do, though not nearly as fun.
(What about the kitties, you ask? Well, Gino spends most of his time when I'm home near me. He's currently in one of his favorite places, the couch behind me. Penny has taken to hiding under the dresser in the Stash Room, and I think that's where she is now, although she's become much more affectionate as well. The one bad thing is that they're now feeling pretty well at home, and are becoming more playful... including more interest in yarn. But at least only in moving yarn, so I can leave it scattered around when I'm not home without a problem. I just have to be careful when Gino is on my lap and I'm knitting that the yarn comes from the opposite side to his head.)
Hey! Congrats on finishing Aylin's shawl! It looks great...
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderfully pretty yarns you are knitting with! I love the Starmore of course but the others are gorgeous too. Love Gloriana, what a fantastic color! The shawl is really beautiful and very delicate looking, yet another master piece me thinks.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are doing well Helen and enjoying the mild weather and getting out and about in the sunshine. Your kitties Penny and Gino are beautiful and far better behaved than all of ours are!
My ratty boys are fat and content though far more interested in each other than us. Bit of a shame but I just don't have the time to spend on them having them out and about in the house. Once a week I put their big exercise pen up in the basement and put them in there and the children all climb in with them and have fun! Which is very fun to watch!
I am off to the bank and post office now to mail off Marie's Christmas present, or at least the second part of it. I have a couple of bits for Annie too. Then I must put some money in my bank so that I can pay some bills!
I hope you are having a good week, what are the temps like down there?
It looks like Annie is really having a great time in Costa Rica which is great, and the wildlife are fantastic!
Gotta go now, so do take good care of yourself and give the kitties a kiss and cuddle from me.
Sending you loads of love,
Jan
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