Sunday, September 3
negative progress
I am going to rip out the two or so inches of ribbing that I've started on Starsky. I didn't get a chance to read some blog entries about Starsky and the KAL group until today. If you look closely at the back of the Starsky sweater you can see that the ribbing doesn't lead nicely into the banana leaf cable work. And I can't live with that! Now that I've noticed it, it would bother me forever, so before I get any further along, rip, rip, rip! I'll be happier in the long run.
I did, however, last night finish the ribbed scarf. I've been calling it the "tommy" scarf because the colours remind me of Tommy Hilfiger stuff.
I used Regia 6-ply Crazy Color sock yarn in color 5259. I cast on 30 stitches and worked a 2 x 2 rib. The finished scarf is about 6.5 feet long and 3" wide relaxed, and about 6" wide stretched.
We have all endeavoured to make this a really lazy, relaxing weekend. It's been tough - I've had bouts of guilt for not doing any housework, but we both all need to unwind after our super-busy summer. This is the last big "hurrah" for tourist season up here, so the town is absolutely crawling with people. Everywhere! So we're quite content to stay home and shut the world away.
The big fella's excuse for not getting up and doing the dishes - he is trapped!
(close up detail to show extreme lip floopage on the hound)
Sabrina demonstrates her "are you going to beat me with a stick now?" expression. She has settled in so incredibly well to her new home, but from time to time she has tiny little bouts of submissiveness and needs reassurance and encouragement that everything is just groovy and she's the best dog in the world.
She was quite confident when she woke us up at 6 a.m. (on a long weekend Sunday) to go out for our walk. We tried to dissuade her, coax her back to bed, but she wasn't having it. We got up, went out for a nice 50 minute walk, then the two of us got showered up and went out for an early breakfast at 7:30 when the hotel restaurant opened.
Anyway. I am going to do a little further Starsky research, then apply myself to some knitting. A friend is coming over tonight and we're going to have a Jesse Stone movie festival. Jesse Stone is a Robert B. Parker character and there are three movies that have been made. A fourth will begin filming in Halifax in October, I believe. The little twist in the series of movies is that the first movie Stone Cold was actually the second book in the series. So the second movie Night Passage is actually the first book (so a prequel to the first movie). Got it? The third movie, Death in Paradise is in fact the third book. Cool. The next book/movie is Sea Change and I, for one, can't wait! Here's another link to Parker info. I love his work. Interestingly enough, he finished writing "Poodle Springs", which was an unfinished Raymond Chandler novel. Of course it was made into a movie starring James Caan.
Looking forward to it. I baked chocolate cupcakes and frosted them using my cake decorating bag - oooh, pretty! We'll have a great time!
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