We had a spin-in Saturday and I worked on this. Our host was Barb and we spun in her back yard which is beautifully landscaped complete with stream and tiny waterfall. It's one of those recirculating deals with a pump and the sound of running water was very nice.
I'm up to 55 repeats for the border. Only 66 more to go. I have to say I'm really enjoying knitting this shawl. I don't have a lot of experience following a pattern and this one is just difficult enough to be interesting but not so much that it ceases to be fun. It's a good mix for me.
I took a half day on Friday to do some gardening. It seems like it's been raining forever and finally getting a nice day was a gift too good to waste. So I came home a pulled weeds and cut down last year's clematis and cleaned up last year's dead flowers. Then I went to Lowe's and got a few bags of compost for my veggie beds. I added bag of compost to each potato box and got them ready to be planted. Now if only I can find some fertilizer and phospate. Potatoes, apparently, love phosphorous and potassium. Last year I had lots of plant and not a lot of tater so definitely more phosphate this year.
Now, I'm hot, I'm tired and I really need a shower before I go to bed. G'night all.
Andrea's Shawl looks like fun. And a good idea, too - all the tricksy part is at the beginning while enthusiasm is highest, and the soothing rows-getting-shorter-by-the-minute part at the end.
Posted by: gayle | May 23, 2011 at 10:16 AM