So last Monday, we are at a bbq/party partly for Victoria Day but mostly for Scott & Laurie, who are departing soon for Toronto. The guests of honour were absent as they were busy at the hospital having a baby! Woot! She's cute, they're all happy and healthy. Go them!
So meanwhile, the rest of us are feasting and gabbing, and there with us are John and Barb, who are ALSO about to have a baby (in fact, I think she's due this week). And they are sweet and wonderful people too, and so - I knit them a baby blanket. Started it Tuesday (as part of the Great Stash Sort Project), and finished it just this minute. Pictures to follow, they're on Peter's camera, along with the GSSP photos which I hope to get up on Ravelry soon!
The specs on the blanket are: 2 skeins Freshisle Fibers Suffolk Wool, colourway "The Island" and a few yards of the same yarn in the natural (undyed) for the edging. 6mm Addi Turbo, 80 stitches in basketweave as borrowed from Laurie Perry (Crazy Aunt Purl)'s "Magic Scarf", although I'm sure it could be found elsewhere. Finished size 19" x 28", unblocked, because it's machine washable (hooray!) and should be washed with only baby-safe soap for the wee one - which means the parents have to wash it, not me. Mwahahaha! Now, to get it to them!
It's been a weird but good weekend - yesterday was weird, today is good. I sat in the garden (appropriately sunscreened and bug-sprayed) for about an hour and a half, with first my knitting and then my book. So peaceful, so sunny and wonderful... and then I had to come in because Peter is roto-tilling the garden, which is not peaceful. :D Next weekend, we will plant! Tomatoes and Potatoes and Carrots and ... other stuff. Who knows, whatever strikes our fancy this year. But definitely LOADS of Tomatoes and Potatoes.
And now, as the roto-tiller is tilling merrily away, I am going to watch King Kong and knit on my cardigan. Happy Sunday!
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