That is the Yarrow Ribbed Sock from Knitting Vintage Socks. I'm loving the feel of that yarn (Knit Picks Dancing) but I'm still a little lukewarm about the colour. It's darker than it looked on the website but I figure I can always dye it later.
Now back to the air conditioner for a moment. My parents brought it just in time because southern Ontario is a hot humid mess right now. So humid in fact that the plaster in my bedroom is beginning to literally fall of the wall, and the Super can't do anything about it until the humidity lets up because the new plaster will not stick. Oh well at least it's only in the bedroom, I can close the door when I have people over.
Ok the crafty stuff...
For some bizarre reason every year when the weather gets stinkin' hot I dig out the quilt I started oh, about 5 years ago.
That is a machine pieced, hand quilted, pinwheel star twin sized quilt that is about 3/4 of the way finished. Believe it or not last week it got cool enough in the evenings with the breeze I get off of lake Ontario that it was quite nice watching t.v. with a big quilt on my lap. Well see how long it lasts before it gets jammed back into it's bag and shoved under the bed for another 6 months or longer.
My other new project is a cotton camisole from Vintage Knits by Sarah Dallas. I'm using yarn from a sweater I bought at Goodwill and unraveled. This is the second sweater I've begun using this wool. I mentioned in my last post that I had started a short sleeved sweater from the same book. Obviously I've abandoned that but I am much happier knitting the camisole. Here is where I'm at...
Last but not least I have to mention this great website I read about over at Wooltopia. It is called Drops Design from Garnstudios yarn and it has tons of free patterns. Check it out there's loads of neat stuff, and visit the Wooltopia link to see the great baby sweater Tina made.
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