Well this isn’t quite finished yet….in fact it’s back to being nothing. The fronts just weren’t working so a bit of unraveling went on
I will put the soft blue yarn away for the moment, possibly I’ll try it out on something else sometime next year and if that doesn’t work somebody rummaging around in the op shop will get a lovely surprise
but look – that is…finally finished!
A few hot muggy days had me looking around for things to do that didn’t require much energy. The guernsey finally had its neck band knit, sleeves attached and seams sewn. I don’t think I’ve ever taken so long a time to finish a garment – go to whoa, June to December
Making up is just a case of sewing together which this time happened quite easily. The sleeve cast off was at the right tension so the length fitted between the two (back/front) garter stitch bands without having to stretch (or undo to get it right) and I’d worked the same number of rows up to the garter stitch band on both back & front so the side seams matched perfectly with no surprises.
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And this is the book club read for this month.
Bill Bryson – Notes from a Small Island 1995
Not having read any of his works I’m not sure what to expect, also blurb like “Laugh out loud funny” don’t always make me do so.
So I’ll open the book with an open mind
But I must tell you the best thing to happen recently is that a baby girl was born and I finished this in time for her homecoming
(sorry, no baby photo- mum said no)
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Its time for Unraveled Wednesday hosted by Kat…
Why don’t you pop over and see what’s going on – lots of talk about craft, books and life in general
Still Waters 