The return of kelp!
I’m back! I effectively hid away from the internets and email for a couple of weeks, getting my ass whomped at work and unpacking like a fiend. Rob did most of the heavy packing for us, so I’ve been in charge of unloading everything into the house. We also hit Ikea, and bought an awesome rug, I can’t wait to set it up. It’s so easy to spend lots of money there in very small increments - ooh, a cheap photo frame! And a garlic press! And a shower curtain! And a hamper! So much fun!
There has been some knitting:
A full sleeve of the Cambridge Jacket, doubling as my gauge swatch. Swatches lie, people, and that sucks. I also have the back knit up to the arm shaping, but I may have to reknit it due to the horrid lies that my gauge swatch was telling.
But mostly, we’ve been spending a lot of time out here:
Our front porch, completely worth the many zeros that it cost. So awesome. The weather has been in the high 70’s here, and we’ve been putting lots of quality porch time in before the weather turns to humid hell and the mosquitoes show up.
I have lots to post about, like a proper FO post for the Asymmetrical Cardigan and for Sarcelle (it’s finally complete and blocked, horray!). And of course some house photos, once all the boxes are long gone!
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I love your porch, it looks nice and relaxing. Sorry the gauge is lying, but I still love that color. - Jenny
the porch looks lovely! Envious of Houston weather right now, up until the humidity comes home to roost, that is.
Could that be droopy?
good luck on cambridge - hopefully it will work out!
the porch looks so wonderful! what a great spot!
oh, that porch looks soooo inviting!!!
the one bad thing about my porch is that there is no shelter from the sun so if i sit out on it during the daylight, i get sunburned or go blind trying to knit in the burning rays of the sun! :o)
anyway, i can’t wait to see all the pictures! and the bathroom shower curtain? nice choice! lurve the stained glass window! very jealous here…
Happy New House!
The porch looks completely inviting and like a fab place to while away the evening…
Yay for the new house, the porch looks so nice!
I agree - the swatch can lie! Your new house looks so comfortable with fun details - congratulations!
I feel your pain, I had to redo the sleeve cap twice on my sweater :(
Then, after all that work…I tried the sweater on with one sleeve sewn in. I discovered that the size was too big! The top of the shoulder, where the sleeve attaches droops 2 inches over the side and looks really bad.
So, I am ripping the whole sweater and starting again.
Sighs…