It’s been a month since I posted last (gasp!). Lots of time to knit, you may be thinking. Alas, you would be wrong. Instead I have been working very hard on the day job, including an 11-day teaching trip to Johannesburg, from which I have returned just hours ago. But never fear, I have been knitting hypothetically, which is shorthand for buying knitting stuff.
For example, on my trip to Finland a few weeks ago, I found buttons for my red Hirne cardigan:
I haven’t had a chance to sew them on yet, but they are a pretty good match, especially since I didn’t have the sweater with me when I purchased them.
I then received a newsletter from Loop in which they said they had some skeins of Madelinetosh Merino Light in the shade Pink Grapefruit for sale, so I was forced to buy five of them:
I have no idea what I’ll knit with them, but they were irresistible.
Just before I hopped on the plane to Johannesburg, I realised that my voucher from A Yarn Story (from the Pulled Flowers KAL) was about to expire, so I simply had to buy more yarn right away. I bought this cute kit of Spincycle skeins which are intended for The Shift, by Andrea Mowry.
To top it off, the thing I am most excited about, is Kate Davies newest club, Summer of Mystery, which is both a knitting club and a reading club, focused on the works of Margery Allingham, and featuring 10 knitted designs inspired by that golden era of mystery writing. I am so there! I know that Kate will not disappoint. Have any of you joined?
Despite my protestations to the contrary, I have done a wee bit of knitting this past month. I finally managed to pick up the shoulder stitches on my Piping Hot pullover:
I just love the shoulder treatments on this sweater, and I think it will be beautiful if I ever find the time to finish.
I also managed a little bit of TV knitting with the Pressed Flowers cardigan. I think when I last showed you a photo, I had completed four rows of flowers, and now I am half-way through the eighth. The KAL is long over, and I am not yet up to the armholes, but this one will be a beauty:
Have you noticed a definite colour trend in this post? I seem to be on a pink/red kick these days. Who could have guessed? I hope that your knitting, hypothetical or otherwise, is keeping life merry!