Weekending

Good Morning!

I hope this Monday morning finds you all doing well.  Thanks for all your comments on the Canary Blanket.  It is finished (wrapped up the whole thing on Friday - even weaving in the ends!!).

The majority rules and I did not block it (I wsn't going to anyway...jut wanted to know what people thought).  The grey, overcast weather we've been having would mean a month or two for it to dry!  LOL.  And, as several people commented, I think it will be just fine and will stretch out a bit with use.  It is folded up and in a bag for Colin along with some other things I have for him.

Saturday was sort of a blah day for me.  It wasn't nice enough to be outside (too raw and still windy).  I finally settled down and went through my Dad's things that have been sitting in my home office since he passed away 6.5 years ago!  Prior to now I just didn't want to deal with it.  Now I needed to since I'm actually using the office.  Everything has been sorted and I have piles for my brothers and a huge pile of things to be shredded (when I can get back to the office).  It feels good to have that chore out of the way, but I was exhausted that evening.

Sunday dawned much nicer.  First up there was Steve the Beav coming closer to the house!

As Colin says, What a Beast!!  After breakfast I did some chores - cleaning bathrooms, laundry, etc. and did my workout.  I decided to head over to the towpath to walk.  It was a great time to go as there were not that many people out yet.  There were tons of turtles sunning.

And ducks wandering about.

About 3/4 of the way back I passed a girl with a schnauzer and thank God I looked down.  Because right there was the evil serpent!

I had just missed stepping on it.  My heart was racing after that - lol.  I know it is just a garter snake, but to me, a snake is a snake and is EVIL!!!

Later in the day I did some more archery.

Still no bulls eye and not that many arrows even hit the target this time! 

I also pulled some weeds and an invasive vine that is wrapping itself around my lilac.  Boy that was a lot of work!

That pretty much sums up my weekend.  I worked some on the lilac/purple sock but will save that for another post.

How was your weekend?

Getting Closer!!

Good Morning!

Whew!  What a week it has been.  Busy times at work (but happy to be employed).  And, the week is not yet over.  I've got a conference call at 10 this morning and my boss called late yesterday to say he volunteered me to help someone at our parent company.  Oh well...we'll see what's up with that.  Something to do with coordinating getting supplies (disinfecting stuff) to hospitals and medical centers around the country.

Yesterday did find me able to get some knitting done on the Canary Blanket.  When I finished the last repeat before starting the border, I had Fletch hold it up.

Then I texted the picture to Colin.  I wanted to be sure he was happy with the length.  Fortunately he texted back that it looked good!! 

The border is 16 rows of Seed Stitch (I admit not my favorite by any stretch of the imagination...but it does look good).  Last night I was able to complete 5 rows and then put it down.  So, my goal today is to do the final 11 rows of Seed Stitch, bind off and then weave in all the ends.

Is it ok not to block this sucker?  I'm not sure where I could spread it out to dry!  And I don't have sufficient blocking mats anyway.  Please let me know your thoughts.

Also, no walk yesterday - too busy work-wise (again), but also it was SO windy.  Mainly 25-30 mph winds with gusts up to 50 mph.  Not fun walking weather.  I did, however, get outside in the yard to cut some more flowers.

So nice to have these on the table when we sit down to eat.

Tomorrow would have been the Allentown Fiber Festival.  Boo-Hoo.

Happy weekend everyone!