I survived my fourth round of expert witness testimony, we had our summer cub scout planning meeting, I finished knitting a sweater, and we're another week closer to our vacation to the coast...so many thinks to celebrate. As with my husband's birthday, I tried to find a few interesting history facts.
The one historical event that caught my eye was the launch of Apollo 11, the mission to send men to the moon. The number eleven has a special meaning in my family and neither of my kids were born on an eleventh. Not only is there another eleven to link to my kiddo, but space has always been a particularly special interest my mom and I shared growing up.
The post is being made a day early to allow for time to focus on the birthday and work on some time sensitive projects for work.
The completion of the test knit has been a nice relief of Links are my a game pullover. The sweater turned out great and I like the design. Here is a nice awkward selfie in the completed sweater.
It's definitely not sweater weather here in Portland, but I'll be ready for fall. The sweater was a very fun project and I greatly appreciate the design. I'm excited to have a green sweater. Green is my favorite color, but I don't tend to buy it that often.
Now with all of that freedom to choose a new project, I've been balling up some skeins and starting up some basic crochet patterns. I'm hoping to make things that I'll actually wear instead of things that are merely fun to make. I checked out one of Norah Gaughan's books Knitting Nature from the local library. I've been a fan of Norah's work for several years. There are some lovely patterns and I was tempted to start one (or 2). With my 18 pages of projects in Ravelry...that's a sign that I don't need any new pattern books.
I was considering making the Purl Soho Short Row Sweater to make an adorable layering sweater. I have some Hawthorne fingering in a white, dark blue, and gray that might make for a very pretty short row sweater.
I'm also excited to work on a crochet pattern in the spring/summer magazine for Vogue Knitting. And yes, I said crochet patterning in a knitting magazine. Check it out: #23 Mesh Jacket. I'm contemplating using some of my fingering weight Noro. I'm curious as to how it would turn out with the striping in the yarn.
After several busy weekends, it's been nice to just take some time to let the kids enjoy what they love. When we returned home from a drive to the Dalles, the little guy and I walked to the playground at Marshall park. Here is Ethan enjoying the swing. Such a sweet boy. Hopefully, he sleeps more tonight than he did the previous night. I need more than 3 and half hours of sleep.
Have a great week and happy crafting.
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