Hello All,
Still hot and humid here in Eastern PA. I thought we might get a little relief yesterday, but no such luck. This morning all is still (not a breath of air moving) and at 6 a.m. the temp is already at 80. Ugh!
Let's instead focus on happier things. It's Unraveled Wednesday and time to link up with Kat and her Merry Band of Unravelers to talk making and reading. My knitting making has focused entirely on my Shakerag Skirt. No progress on the first shortie sock at all. But, the Shakerag skirt (despite looking similar to last week) has progressed nicely.
The decreases have been completed (and those stitch markers removed). I am now in the process of adding some rows since I don't want the skirt to be mid-thigh length - LOL. Soon, though, it will be time to knit the waist band, add the elastic and have this project finished!
This morning, reading MDK's daily post, I came across the pattern for Semplice by Vera Marcu and I'm smitten! I might just need to cast that on sooner rather than later (I've been thinking of shawl knitting...of course my Hitch on the Move has been ignored for months...but no worries).
On the reading side of things, I read Piglet by Lottie Hazel. Unlike Sarah and Bonny, I did not really care for this book. It just didn't seem real or logical to me. I have never met anyone who behaved the way Piglet did in the story...I kept wanting to shout "oh for God's sake, grow up!!". Oh well, different strokes for different folks.
Last night I started reading The Glass Maker by Tracy Chevalier and roughly 30 pages in I am liking it so far.
In gardening news Fletch picked the first ripe fig!!!
Can't wait to try it. Alongside it is a small (quite small) yellow squash. Normally Fletch would have left that to get a bit larger, but the larger squash had been nibbled on by something, so he decided to rescue this one before some critter got to it.
Today I go back to the audiologist for a fitting check. I confess to not wearing my hearing aids very much. My hearing loss is so minor I think I probably could have waited to get hearing aids, but I'll keep them at this point. I just need to remember to put them in/on today before I go to the appointment. LOL
Happy Hump Day everyone!
