Stuff

I got some sewing in yesterday. I almost have pants!  It's a bit of a mess in there.  The post flooring mess remains though all the furniture is back in place.  Nothing is in order.  All the things that were out in spring so I could work on miniatures and sewing is buried under the bits and pieces from the living room that need to be put away or go back on the bookcases.  I need to spend a day just putting things in order before anything else happens.  But not today.  

Today, the books get finished sorting.  I am going to be mashing two shelves into one.  Maybe.  It's my plan but we shall see how that works.  Then Keith has promised he will help get the blue and white China collection back in place.  That takes care of some of the sewing room problem as well as getting all of my living room back.  

I am going to try to get to some knitting or sewing today too but they will be low on the list of things to do.  I think my Musselburough is going to get some work.  

My time will otherwise be taken up with having a nap in the heat of the day and a cool afternoon shower.  I hope you can find ways to keep cool too.  

Books and a Treat

I did not knit yesterday.  I have a bit of a hand thing happening that I didn't feel till now.  It's on the top of my hand and feels a bit like when you have foot trouble, in that I think the problem is more from the palm.  Resting felt like a good idea.  I think it comes from the tablet and not knitting.

I have decided to frog my Lunan.  I didn't gauge swatch and as much as I like the fabric, what I have is not going to work. It would be fine in wool, which blooms a bit but this cotton wool won't work.  I need a smaller gauge to make the top I want.  

And that is it.  I have been busy reorganizing my library and that is taking surprisingly long.  I move slowly, I guess.  The knitting library is finished.  It's not in order by subject but in order of height of the books.  This is a crappy way to organize a library but if you are short on space, it does work.  I try to get subjects close to each other but that's as much as I can do.  

I am starting on the other books today.  Which reminds me, the town newsletter always has a library update.  Today they talked about the bill the government put through to ban a bunch of books.  They gave a few sample books, a short list of four, and I am thrilled to say I own two of the four they named.  I am going to go find the whole list and may buy more on the list.  Because I am snarky that way.  

I have a treat for you this morning.  I am watching a new vlogger today and she is really enjoyable.  Knit2KnowMe is her YouTube handle.  I caught her first episode and she is just genuinely lovely.  She is out of Cambridge New Zealand and I encourage you to watch all of her episodes.  Ep three is amazing.  Enjoy.

A good weekend

We had a week of hot and I did not do well.  The last couple days of cool and I am feeling a lot better.  We finally have all of our cooling the house strategies in place.  Fans in windows.  Emergency blankets on windows.  Doors open in cool parts of the day.  It works.  Thank you full roll screens for doors.  

It was a good weekend of knitting too.  I knit on the yellow Lunan top.  I love the way this fabric feels. I did not quite get as far as I hoped but it's OK.  I will get there today.  

I spent lots of time on my Shalom sweater.

I have a half row to finish this garter stitch section before a third section of twisted rib.  And by the looks of this picture, I think my increase rate is looking good.  And in case I forgot to say, this is going to be a pullover.

I wore my new fully complete Geddy Tee this weekend.  I think it's going to be a really good part of my wardrobe.  The fabric is warm enough that it's going to be a great vest with a shirt for all season wear.  I took some bad photos of it on.

I really love the front neckline.  She has the most interesting neckline instructions that I will be using again.  It's just a wonderfully clear section of pattern writing.

And a shot of the shoulder fit.  

Perfect fit and a really nice length for how I want a drop sleeve to fit.

This morning I am wearing my dishcloth cotton Lusk top.  I.  Love.  This.  Top.  The pattern is superb and the fabric this cotton makes is really great.  It's warm enough for cool mornings and breathes well enough that I've worn it through some of the hot days.  I find myself contemplating knitting another of these in some of my multi colored kitchen yarn.  It's awfully comfortable to wear even if I find the multi makes a not pretty fabric.  Stop me please.  

Lunan is the work of the day.  And maybe a wee bit of knitting on a sock just to keep my hand in.