Whirl
Look:
I know what you’re thinking – new yarn swift! Skeins being wound up on the double! New patterns being sketched, the fingers flexed, the needles eager to stab the yarn… Alas. The swift is indeed fantastic, and I wish I could just keep winding yarn on it, but the picture just sums up the whirl that is my life right now, with a million things to attend to, and finish, other than knitting.
In the last few weeks, this is all I’ve managed:
It’s a good dishcloth too, made with Elann Esprit (the one with cotton-elastic) on size 4s, using a Barbara Walker stitch pattern from Book# 1. I got bored with the stretchy yarn and made it rectangular rather than square, but the garter ridges motif is ideal for the dishcloth. I should try the pattern with another, more conventional kitchen cotton yarn.
Things are going to be like this for a bit – I hope to be back soon. In the meantime, enjoy the summer/monsoon, everyone, hopefully with lots of mangoes (or other stonefruit) aplenty wherever you are!
Sounds a bit like my life of late, though you’ve actually managed to sneak in more knitting. I wish I lived somewhere that was a bit more mango-friendly, though I did notice some nice alphonsos in Whole Foods yesterday and may need to go back and get some.
Enjoy your summer!
Catching up and I instantly fell in love with the blue flowery baby kimono. Perfection. Wool needs caffiene too….
Dear Desi Knitter -
I miss your blog! I like your experimental approach to knitting and I like the Indian flavor of your blog. (I was an anthropologist who worked in India – Rajasthan.) So please write again soon! mjhknits
Wow, big move. Good luck with your return. Again, I haven’t been around lately, so have a lot of catching up to do.
Regards
–S