Saltwater Purls

28 days later

Remember my Vege Garden....

Here it is 28 days later...monsterous!

A little cardy completed

A while ago I subversively cleverly began a smocked cardigan similar to one in an anthropologie catalogue. Well with the help of my mum (well she wanted to know what knitted garments were lying in my dog pile and once I explained all I needed to do was the smocking on this cardigan which required some mental calmness I am lacking at present .... it was all I could do to stop her finishing it on the spot). So Here We Are...and FO at long last.

The Pattern: Loop-de-loop cardy (my own based on an Anthropology catalogue, a Rowan pattern called Earn and a Jo Sharp Fitted Cardigan from Knit 3).
The Yarn: RYC cashsoft 4ply in colourway Deep
Words of Wisdom: I would like the cardy to be an inch longer and a couple of inches narrower in the stocking stitch sections. The sleeves could either have been 3/4 length or shorter. Right now they sit on my elbows. Now I need a cute fitted dress...

A freshly minted Dr AJ

Silence on the blog represents travel. The most recent being a trip down to Cincy for my baby brothers graduation....he was one of ~500 newly minted PhDs.

We spent one day at the Cincy Zoo as well, where a young lad had to be carried literally screaming from one exciting activity to another.

The favourite activity hands down, however, was the zoo train (try and explain queueing to a very hot, tired 2 year old). 'More, more train...more, more train...'. Here are the polar bears who were amazing everyone.

Lost in sssppppppaaaace

Where am I? Well nowehere right now, but I haven't been posting because a) my home computer has lost its mind logic board, b) we apparently have no dsl, c)I hate all my knitting projects (translation big booboo made) or they hate me (translation run out of yarn), d) I love silver smithing, e) the garden calls.

what do you do when you hate your knitting? You start a new project. This is a drops free pattern (thanks Ravelry friends) and I am using some Jaeger Trinity from my stash. Tomorrow I'm off to Penn State.