This week the family and I are taking a little downtime. With only a handful of days before the boys return to school and the fall schedule begins, we figured that this was the perfect time to laze around the house, go to the beach, watch movies, or whatever strikes out fancy at the moment. In other words, we are thoroughly enjoying the very fashionable staycation.
In a moment I need to go fix the boys lunch before sending them out to splash in the little wading pool. But while Peter inflates the pool, and the boys are finding their swimming trunks, I thought I'd show you what I've been doing.
My Malabrigo Concetta is almost done.
These pics were taken yesterday afternoon. Since that time, the left band came off the needles, and the right is at the point of adding buttonholes. I stopped there since I don't yet have buttons and therefore don't know how big to make the holes. I found the perfect buttons while shopping in Freeport on Sunday. Unfortunately, they were attached to a rather expensive wool jacket. The search goes on.
Aside from the buttonband, I just need to weave in ends and sew up the arms.
Wait, sew up the arms?!, you say. Weren't those supposed to be knit in the round. Yes. Technically. However, I've decided that I don't really like knitting sleeves in the round - so I didn't.
Shibui emailed to let me know that more Vintage Baby Cardigan patterns are on the way, along with a new supply of sock yarn in the Spectrum colorway that I am using for the shop sample. That spurred me on to pull out the cardi and get it done.
Again, only end weaving and sleeve seaming left.
Oh, and I've been spinning. The Panda braids from Spunky Eclectic are spun, plied, washed, and ready to knit.
They want to be socks for me. I'm playing around with potential stitch patterns and will keep you posted on our progress.
Ok - the boys are demanding food. I hope you are enjoying these August days. I'll be at the shop tonight for the fabulous Bridget's crochet class and then again tomorrow for KAN. I wouldn't miss KAN.