so that is my week, right there, the first week of school, tidied up a LOT. i did NOT take a picture of my desk. that's just the kitchen table -- my desk is not ready for its close-up. ツ
i have a long "what i [knit] this summer" essay to write, lots of stuff to share and document. i think if i do it in dribs and drabs, i may actually get it done. the last two posts have inspired me to just do what i can in terms of posting. me and tiger. just DO it!
SO -- what's that at the bottom of the table?
the via veneto mason-dixon table runner, nearly done! all the knitting is complete. i need to block it (today??? she asked breathlessly, crossing her fingers), weave the yellow/gold yarn through the dropped stitches, and weave in the ends. then off to someone special. as yet undecided. ツ it's kind of like a baby -- you can't really decide on the name until you see if the name fits that child -- you can't decide on a knit-gift recipient until you see if the gift fits the person!
knitting details -- i liked knitting this for the most part. i used rowan milk cotton dk 098 "water bomb" (not an attractive name!), nearly four full skeins of the blue, and it took about a half skein of the red. i used a US size three needle to get a firmer fabric, and i'm glad i did. the addi's are slippery, which makes me knit a bit more loosely. the pattern was easy to memorize, so excellent "stoplight knitting". i wish i had cast off differently, as the bind-off end looks different from the cast-on end where the stitches are dropped. i should have listened to myself as i was doing it. but i think it can be fixed in blocking. the yarn is gorgeous and shiny, but of course very splitty, as shiny cotton will be.
i can't wait to show you the final final finished product -- i like the colors they used in the original, and hope that mine reflects some of the same wonderful contrasts and pizzazz.
ravlink, if you like.
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