Lots of water

I got all my planned chores done yesterday but for the blue and white china.   Yay for me.  There is still so much to do though.  I did pull out a pair of pants and am partway through pinning the waist band on too.  That was an extra thing I had not figured on.  I did some yarn things but no knitting.  

Today will be another hot day according to the weatherman.  I am wearing lightweight clothes but my head is all about winter sweaters.  Seriously.  In fact I'm wondering if my decision on Lunan is because its time to start finishing up the winter sweaters I have on the go.  

I pulled out my Hiraeth sweater.  

 

I want to knit on this so much.  It got set aside for all the summer knitting.  In a way it's a bit like my Shalom.  Hiraeth has the same round yoke and I am planning for my Shalom to have bands of the twisted rib at the bottom and at the cuffs in a similar way to Hiraeths bands of corrugated rib.  Everything is different and yet a wee bit the same.  

I was also digging my fingers into the bag with my Staffin sweater.  I can't wait to get working on that gorgeous deep red.  It will be a total restart to resolve some errors but I knew that going in.  First try was just practice and now that I understand the set up, and what she is doing I can go ahead and enjoy the knit.

I am also looking for a speedy finish to my Kauni sweater.  

Some progress but not a lot since spring. It's the sort of sweater I will wear a lot as summer turns slowly to fall.  This sweater is nice straight forward knitting.

Today I am going get the pants finished.  Both pair just need the elastic waistband and as I mentioned, one pair is already half pinned in.  I do have a hemming project to do.  That's more fussy work than anything else but it's something I am looking forward to.  And then I hope to get in a bit of knitting.  My hand is feeling much better so I will give it a go.  

Add to this, lots of water.  Lots and lots of water.  

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.