We’re getting there. I think I’m about ready to put the bottom band on it now. May add one or two more repeats of the lace…or not. It’s always a bit of a guess to judge how much it will gain with blocking. This sweater is so fun to make. There’s no fussing with piecing – the only sewing you do is the buttons and any ends that need weaving in – which with wool it’s possible to have maybe TWO to weave in (the beginning and end tails) – and all the rest you just “spit splice” in.
It’s been a busy month so my chair time has been limited, but I have been trying to get at least some done on it every day. Sometimes it’s only a couple of rows, sometimes more. I seem to end up taking a break from work around 2:00 in the afternoon these days, and it’s becoming routine to sit down, turn on the Rachael Ray Show, and pick up the February Lady Sweater and knit. After that I’m ready to get back in there and get back to work. I think I’m going to miss having this project waiting for me at 2:00 every afternoon. It’s one of those knits that does not require you to keep checking the pattern or counting. You just sit and knit. Very “meditative” type knitting.
Weatherwise – I think the curtains have finally parted on Spring. We had a little storm scoot through this past weekend. Boy was it a good one too. LOTS of rain and more snow for the Sierra, but only for a day or two. I dumped almost 2 inches of rain out of my gauge after it all stopped. Now – the birds are singing, the humming birds are buzzing (and fighting over the feeders) and everything’s just blooming away. Time for the gardens to dig in and start growing.
So far – I haven’t planted anything new. My herb garden from last year is still thriving in the pots I planted them in, so I’m happy with that even if we don’t get around to doing anything else. I have mixed feelings about it since it’s always just a matter of time before the deer come in and help themselves to all of my hard work. We may try for a tomato plant and maybe a squash plant in the back (fenced) yard, and call it good with that. The rest of my efforts will be nurturing the herbs and butterfly bushes to survive in the wild out front. So far, the deer around here do not enjoy eating herbs, so I try to camo my butterfly bushes with large bunches of parsley growing alongside. I have one rosebush they can’t reach all the way to the top of – since it’s maybe 8 feet high. They regularly prune the bottom of it for me.
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Its lovely. I love sweaters where sewing is minimum and weaving in can be avoided. However I rarely use split splic. Although I really shoudl I don’t know why I don’T
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You don’t actually have to use “spit” to do a spit splice. A little spray bottle of water nearby is a handy little help.
Either way, it gets washed and blocked before wearing so all clean by then.
That’s a lovely pattern.
Nice to hear about your garden too. It would be lovely to have deer about!
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