Another one is off the needles and
now on to other things. I’ll get back to
the dishcloths soon. I already have the
cotton and needles out, but I have to return to finishing the back of the
summer stash sweater. Two inches more
and the back will be ready to assemble with the fronts so I can pick up
stitches for the sleeves.
At the same time I will be knitting a
feather and fan shawl with the yarn bought for the Arctic Wrap. I always read a pattern several times before
I knit them and half-way through the third reading of Arctic Wrap I decided that it
is not a project I want to commit to for several months. Oh gosh, golly, gee, I have become an
easy-peasy pattern knitter. At least at
this time, I don’t want to spend my life knitting something that requires my
total concentration. So, what could be
easier than a navy, light blue and white feather and fan shawl. We can all probably do feather and fan in our
sleep!
We had another one of those fantastic weekends
while oldest son, an engineer from Chicago and his wonderful wife were with
us. We don’t get to spend as much time
with them as we would like, so it was a busy, busy, busy time as they
circulated from house to house and we ran from morning until late evening every
day. Events included a guided tour of
Lockheed Martin to watch the F-35 being built (amazing but no pictures allowed!)
swimming
and the tour of a brewery (interesting but too
busy drinking it to photograph it).
Saturday we gathered at 9:00 am to
watch nurse son #2 receive his Master’s degree in Austin on closed circuit TV. By Monday we were all blurry eyed, exhausted
and ready to say “uncle”. We’ve never
had so much fun!!
The pups didn’t like staying alone
for extended periods of time, but they were forgiving as long as they both got
to sleep with us in the bed when we finally came home. We are getting tired of sleeping around them,
but it was a trade-off.
Life is
good.
