For my long holiday weekend I have not sat in my big comfy chair in the nice air conditioned house. No, I spent most of Saturday working in the yard and cleaning up the house. House cleaning has played less of part in my day today, but has still been a necessary evil as I am expecting a bit of company tomorrow. I wish I could say that I've been working on beautiful and exciting projects in the minutes I've stolen away for crafting. But, sadly, that wouldn't be true.
I'm still plugging away at the Magical Waves stole. I'm about a quarter of the way through section four. My deadline for getting it done is a wedding on the 20th of August. So I'm dawdling a little now that I've got the pattern all straightened out. I did wear it to a wedding on the 18th of June even though the fourth section was not attached yet. No one knew the difference except for me.
In between working on the stole I've been making dish cloths and kitchen towels. They're quick and easy and I can practically do the dish cloths in my sleep. I always think of my Grammie when I make dish cloths and towels. The pattern I use for both is the one my Grammie used. Unfortunately my Gram died before I started knitting, but I have a lovely collection of her hand made dish cloths and towels that she gave me when I got married. I extrapolated the patterns from what she had given me. It's a wonderfully cozy feeling of carrying on a family tradition of making things that are both pretty and useful for ourselves and for others. I get the feeling of still being able to sit and work with my grandmother even though she is no longer with me.
I hope everyone out there is having a safe and wonderful long weekend!
