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.

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.