We're deep into the Tour de France now, spending a few hours each night watching the day's race {and avoiding all news of the event so stage's events, crashes, and outcomes are a surprise}. With all of that time on the couch, knitting happens, and Stasis has become my Tour knit.
I've avoided stranded sweaters for a long time because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get the tension right, but with the first section done, I couldn't be happier with the results! Now I have inches of stockinette for the torso ahead of me ~ perfect for keeping one eye on the race.
In the garden, we're seeing the results of another successful experiment :: encourage a Queen Anne's Lace invasion. I love the lace, and wanted to add the flowers here and there to the beds. So towards the end of last summer I collected some dried flower heads, and sprinkled the seeds throughout our garden. This year, we have an abundance of the wispy leaves {in the photo below you see a combination of queen anne's lace and california poppy leaves} popping up and many of them are now starting to flower!
When these flowers mature and produce seeds, I'm going to spread them and cross my fingers again.
{Gratuitous insect shots.}
What''s on your list for the week? Other than the knitting, race watching and !birthdaying!, we're just trying to keep everything watered {flowers, dogs, and husbands} while we wait for some rain.
Happy Monday*
I've avoided stranded sweaters for a long time because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get the tension right, but with the first section done, I couldn't be happier with the results! Now I have inches of stockinette for the torso ahead of me ~ perfect for keeping one eye on the race.
In the garden, we're seeing the results of another successful experiment :: encourage a Queen Anne's Lace invasion. I love the lace, and wanted to add the flowers here and there to the beds. So towards the end of last summer I collected some dried flower heads, and sprinkled the seeds throughout our garden. This year, we have an abundance of the wispy leaves {in the photo below you see a combination of queen anne's lace and california poppy leaves} popping up and many of them are now starting to flower!
When these flowers mature and produce seeds, I'm going to spread them and cross my fingers again.
What''s on your list for the week? Other than the knitting, race watching and !birthdaying!, we're just trying to keep everything watered {flowers, dogs, and husbands} while we wait for some rain.
Happy Monday*
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