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July 03, 2006

plans

i'm on vacation all next week! we have lots of little trips planned (my idea, since i'm freaking out about how much my car repairs are going to cost this week), various beaches, a casino (so bad, i know!), and some other things that we haven't figured out yet.
i'm not much of a beach person, i avoid the cold water (can't swim), and spend my time reading, and usually falling asleep in the sun. this year, i'll be brushing up on my sign language, which i use for work. i'll also start knitting fad-classic, in a dark grey, as my current projects, one because of size, and the other due to fiber content, don't really seem like good beach knits.
i'm also looking for something to read, without knitting content. i'm leaning toward something by murakami, as i have only read wind-up bird chronicle before, and really liked it.
on to the knitting:
i've completed 2 pattern repeats on river:
riv1.jpg
and found a great vintage celluloid scarf clip to hold it closed later:
riverclip.jpg
i've also made some progress on the brown cardigan, but won't be posting photos until it has 2 sleeves!

July 01, 2006

river

i'm taking a little break from the cardigan today to begin river from rowan 38. i found the perfect yarn, madil kid seta, in a lovely blue with bits of copper, which has the same fiber content as kidsilk haze, the recommended yarn.
this is a great, easy pattern, and the results i have seen have been lovely. i'm going to try to get in a few pattern repeats before we head out for the evening.
here's a peek at the first 20 rows:
riverstart.jpg