The fourth time’s a charm. At least that’s what I’ve been telling myself. I’ve now casted on this curtain for the fourth time adding one extra repeat to make it just a bit wider. I’m absolutely convinced that this one will be the right size and I shouldn’t make any more mistakes, after all I’ve knit this 3 times already.
Yesterday the weather was gorgeous so we filled up the blow-up pool in the back yard and while the kids ran in and out of it splashing all over to cool off, I was able to work on my curtain. The casing is now done and I’m almost at the point where I stopped my 3rd try.
Oh and because you might like chocolate as much as much as I do and because it may land on your hips as it does on mine, I’m showing you the newest edition to my garden.
This lovely little flower is my new Choca Mocca plant. My neighbor came home with one of these for her garden and just had to show me. She’s velvety brownish red and soo pretty but as you can imagine that’s now why I had to run out and buy one of my own. No, it’s because when she’s out in the sun she smells just like chocolate. Roses pale in comparison with this sweet smell, it’s really yummy. Maybe smelling her off and on during the day and the fact that my running shoes have been back in action will keep those pounds from settling on my hips.
Now that I’ve had a week of summer vacation things are looking up for my crafty side. You know, that split personality of mine that has been dormant for so long allowing me to concentrate on work and taking care of the kids. The crafty side of me that has given up space to the more practical house-building, responsible side that has been emptying boxes and organizing the new house and leaving me exhausted at the end of the day making knitting and crafting a thing of the past. Well, now that school is out and I’m actually getting a bit of sleep at night, I’m able to knit and sew again which has really made me feel better about everything. It is amazing what fabric between my fingers or the feel of yarn on the needles can do to a person. A crafty addict kind of person, that is. It’s like Christmas all over again and I looove Christmas.
My kitchen window is really naked and needs a bit of attention so to counteract this problem I’ve taken inspiration from Sooza’s kitchen curtain and casted on The Rose Leaf curtain from Marianne Kinzel’s First Book of Modern Lace Knitting. After knitting a swatch and seeing that my gauge was right on count I casted on 270 stitches for a 100 cm wide curtain.
I’ve finished the casing and have started the lace pattern only to discover that it’s about 10 cms too narrow. Now I’m hoping once I block the cotton it will grow a bit in width but it’s a wee bit frustrating. Does anyone have any experience to share or advice to give on this one?? I do love knitting this pattern though. We’ll see how it goes.
I’ve also found my running shoes among the move rubble which we call a basement. I’ve used them about 4 times now and I’m up to running a 5K without too much pain and motivational difficulties. Oh life is good again.
