As The Yarn Turns

Katrina has a purpose

Well since I couldn't decide on an existing pattern for my Patons Katrina yarn, I decided to design my own summer top. I'm knitting it in the round because I like to knit in the round. So far, the bottom edge has the Arbor Lace edging from Knitting on the Edge, converted to work in the round. This was an easy lace pattern to convert to work in the round. The even numbered rows were all purl, except the last row, so I just changed them to knit. The last row I changed so it was identical to the previous row. Here's how it looks so far. I like it.

Otherwise, I'm still working on my Dublin Bay socks. Actually they're close to being finished. I really want them to be finished now so I can start some other socks. I've also been spinning away on some blue-faced leicester that I had laid out.

Held captive in our own home

It's the mockingbird nesting season. We can't help but know that because we have a pair of mockingbirds that fuss at us every time we go anywhere in the yard. In fact, Mom Mockingbird fusses at us when she can see us, or the cat, in the kitchen. Mowing the lawn or doing any other yard work can be an adventure. She has her nest in the holly bush in the front corner of the house. She had her nest in the same spot last year. I can't argue with her methods though. She hatched a bunch of birds last year, which all went into the garage one morning when I left the door open. Getting one bird out of the garage is hard enough. It was no fun getting a flock of birds out. I would get one out and another would come it to see what was going on.

 

by Sydney  |