A weekend

What is a weekend?  says  the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey.  A weekend is what you make it. That is what I say.

I made mine and though it wasn't perfect, it was pretty great. Lots of knitting and an epic  F1 race.  

I did start another chair pad and I did go with the blue.  

Just two rows in but it is a start.  I will work on this again today.  

I am so pleased to show you the Kauni sweater.

The body is complete and

the sleeve one is underway.  I got through the first section of stockinette and am halfway through the first garter stitch section.  I did go up to a 4.5 mm needle.  I knit tighter on these short circs when I knit in the round.  

I do want this finished but I needed to put this aside for a bit so I don't get bored or dispirited by it.  I picked up my Sock Monkey sweater.  

There is something so energizing about knitting a two by two rib in a marled yarn.  It might not be your jam, but it does seem to be mine.  And can I just say, I love this yarn.  This is Bendigo Woollen Mills Classic and it's is perfect for this.  Two plys are white or almost white and one is a lovely silvery grey.  I wish I had a slightly less sharp tip for this but since I am going slowly, what I have works.

In racing, Kim Antonelli won the race after coming from very far back on the grid.  It was just great watching this fearless young man.  It was also fun watching the crowds.  In the heart of Ferrari country, the Ferrari fans did not care if he was racing in a Mercedes.  He is young, and is the first Italian driver to win in Italy for 60 years.  

And that was my lovely weekend.    

Good days

It only a chair pad made of yarn and colours I don't particularly like but it gave me the same deep satisfaction that any finished object gives me.

 I think the next one will be the blues.  There are a couple extra blue bits and pieces that may or may not be used in the blue chair pad.  I want to put them to use in the mixed pad if I can so the mixed colours will wait.

Once that was finished, I felt so good that I put the pedal to the floor (it is a race weekend), and finished this. 

The body is not quite complete.  This is only the back but that long garter section is done.  The front will only be five garter ridges so it won't take too long to do.  One good day of work and the body will be complete.  This is so exciting.

I felt so good by the end of the day that I celebrated by going to bed early.  Because that is the way to cookie crumbles.  

Today's chores are the usual.  Laundry and dishes but you know what?  I'm rather pleased to have the energy and the mental capacity to do it.  It's going to be a good day.

Good enough for me

So close.  So very close.

This is all the yarn that remains to be used up for my third chair pad.  

I.  Am.  So.  Glad. It's almost done.  

As I was starting this chair pad, I picked out and sorted yarn for the next couple of chair pads.

One in green and gold and 

One in a mix of blues and an assortment of dark greys and blacks.  

I really don't want to work on these colours.  Maybe on the blues but I couldn't work on those greens and gold if it killed me.  I just don't have the heart for that right now.  

What I will do, I think is start one in the bag of left overs and assorted colours.  

So long as there is 400 grams in here, a pad will successfully be made.  Though as I paw through things here, maybe I should do the blue first.  Just not the green and gold.  

I am so happy that it is September.  Summer was a blur of pain and disorder and I hope that fall and cooler temperatures will work magic on me.  I also hope I get my house back in order and clean again if I have the energy.  Not feeling good made it so hard to keep up.  I also find it difficult to write when I am not feeling good. Ah well.  I feel good today.  Surprisingly good.  I will take it as I find it.

So today I will finish this third chair pad and then I will knit on a sweater.  I don't know which one but one of three or four.  And that will be enough.