Street art

My brother came for dinner yesterday with his 21 month old son. My sister-in-law was out with friends and my parents weren’t home. You gotta do something for dinner, right? In all fairness, my brother is a great cook, this just was easier.
Teun created a true piece of art in my backyard with sidewalk chalk, everyone had to join him.

Finally managed to finish some stuff. The black monster is done and it’s HUGE. It took me almost a whole night to cast off. Lady Eleanor is also (almost) done. I still need to knot the fringes on one side. I’ll be doing that tonight.

Since I seem to be in a finish-fase I wanted to work on my almost done shawl. The idea that I had to sit down with a huge piece of fabric made from Kid Silk Haze with a temperature of about 83 degrees (according to my car that afternoon) wasn’t really inviting. So I started a hat.

Why a hat in the middle of summer? Because my neighbor asked if I could knit him a funky hat. I sure can, just wait and see. Why does my neighbor want a knitted hat with these temperatures? Because he works in a place where it’s about -8 degrees (yes Fahrenheit) and a knitted hat is actually useful. And for € 2,00 I have plenty of fun making him one.

Let the cast off begin

687 stitches. No kidding.

But I’m done and will be casting off quietly in front of the TV on the couch. There is a mistake in row 199 and 205 and I know I had a stitch too many in a earlier row. But it’s done and I made it into a unique item.

The next mystery has already started.

It’s going to be a bag. If the first clue is any indication how the next clues are going to be then I’ll be able to keep up and work on other projects as well.

Look what my parents brought back from their vacation. It makes me smile every time I look at it.

Shortage of brainenergy

As you can see my foot is still attached. And it looks like my other foot, only on that one the toes are in a reversed order. It still isn’t better. It’s slowly getting better and it seems to be using energy that I really need in other places. Like yesterday for example.

On Tuesdays I work from home so I can minimize the walking. On my calendar are two appointments: my SnB night and getting my parent’s mail while they’re on vacation. I did the mail part.

I’ve been thinking about which knitting project to take with me that night and which finished items I can show off (I’m a sucker for compliments). And I keep going with my day.

Until I realize that NCIS is on the TV on a Tuesday night and I shouldn’t be able to watch it. Hold on a minute.

I feed the cats, fix dinner, focus on this blob of black yarn and I seem to have forgotten what day it is.

Or am I too focused on this mystery project? There are 519 stitches on the needle and I can’t quite make out how it’s going to look.

Nah, that can’t be it. I’ve been knitting on my Lady Eleanor last night. That foot! It took all the energy out off my brains. And it has the guts not to be better.