So, here are a few updates…
The garden!
Herb garden with Rosemary, Parsley, oregano, basil, sage and lavender on the end
Cucumber, lettuce, peas and beans
Sunflowers, potatoes, eggplant, zucchini and summer squash
Front bed including celery, onions, carrots, tomatoes and peppers
My crazy large rose bushes!!!
The roses are beautiful, but don't really smell
I have two finished projects to share too!
First up is the Hemlock Ring Blanket by Jared Flood. The yarn is Cascade 220 Heathers and I used about 3.5 skeins. I used size 10.5 needles (Addi Turbos). The tip to tip diameter was about 5 1/2 feet when I blocked it.
Hemlock Ring being Blocked
For those of you wondering there are 144 little loops in the border! The bulk of this knitted up really fast. I knit pretty much everything except the border while I was in China on my last trip.
Hemlock Ring detail while being blocked
I am really happy with how this turned out. It is not too heavy but not too delicate.
It has beautiful drape.
Next up is the Duck Soup sweater for some friends who are expecting soon.
Duck Soup Sweater front
This is Duck Soup by Jujube & Lolo. It was a great pattern and it was a lot of fun to knit. The yarn is Lion Brand Jiffy and some stash worsted weight off-white for the buttons. Size 9 needles. I am very happy with how it all came out.
Button details
Back of the Duck Soup sweater
Ok, and a few other project updates while I am at it:
My purse knitting socks are coming along nicely.
Socks being knit from sock blank I died myself, just plain stockinette.
Joel’s sweater is coming along slowly, but I am at the point to join the neck for the bottom of the v, so I am hoping it goes faster now? Hmmm. But I like how the cables are developing!
Joel's sweater
Cable detail-I think this was called Celtic cable?
Cable detail-DNA cable
Lastly I started the Hanami Stole by Melanie Gibbons with my Louet Mooi Laceweight. Being knit on 3’s. I am loving this. The yarn is amazing, the pattern is interesting but not too difficult. LOVE!
Mooi shawl
Lace detail on shawl
This is one of the Oshkosh Wednesday nite knitters. You may have heard that I’m making t-shirts for the group with a screen printed logo-designed by Sara and then I created on the computer so I’d have the silk-screen. You can see what it looks like on my blog. Anyway to make a long story short would you like one? And if you do, what color and size? I’ve been doing pastels because the ink is gunmetal bronze. You can let me know on my e-mail address which is sfeld@charter.net. Hope to hear from you. Oh and I enjoyed the China photos.