Dear Jan,
The Bohus monkey is temporarily off my back. I’m using Wild Carrot as methadone, but I think it is only going to keep me straight for a short while. Once bitten by the Bohus bug, there is no going back.
The veil is a nice drug to take, though, so I’m happy for now. Though it looks, as lace does before blocking, like a pretty but damp rag, I am really enjoying this knit. It is in 32 sections, all the same, very easy to check your work and read where you are supposed to be. I’d recommend it for those who are just branching out in lace. I’ve just finished row 87 of 150 rows, so that is 33.64% done. And it is still January, so with 3 months to go till the wedding, no sweat (on this front, anyway).
I am riding the winter shuttle to work as much as possible. We have 3 main locations in the Twin Cities, one of which I live very close to, another of which is where my office is; I live about 10 miles from that. In the winter, they run a shuttle between the 3 sites and I just park at the close one and hop the shuttle to work. Saves the stress of winter driving, saves me gas and mileage on my car, AND I CAN KNIT! I don’t dare take the veil through the winter slush, so I have my travel project - remember Rivendell Stone? It is a fun sock that I’m doing with STR Seduction (50:50 (I think) merino:tencel, a gift from Karen) from Jainell Laidman’s Eclectic Sole, pattern name Rivendell. Yes, I started this last July - I’ve been distracted. I’m hoping to finish before the end of March, with most of the knitting on the shuttle.
Well, the temp is an incredible 27F here, so I’m going to go put my shorts on and clean up the yard a bit. It will make the spring thaw clean up that much more bearable. I can’t imagine having two dogs…
Love,
Ellen
P.S. There is going to be a Bohus Knit Out reprise at the American Swedish Institute on March 15. It would be swell if you could come. You might even score a MN Knitters’ Guild knitting bag as a door prize.
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
January 31st, 2009 at 10:26 am
Well, I have to be in Hawaii on the 16th, so I’m thinking the reprise will have to be missed. There is that wedding coming up though…send some specifics, please! (Mother’s Day, right?) I need to figure out leave around the event, do you need help before or would you rather have me a few days after?
I love the Rivendell — was initially so impressed that you’d work on socks like that while on a bus, but then realized you were into the foot which appears more brainless.
And two dogs isn’t too bad when you have a husband who only works part time.
January 31st, 2009 at 10:28 am
You know, if I’m a total slacker and just don’t do anything (rotation-wise) in March, I could stick around for the knit-out…
January 31st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Jan - Hey, show some respect! Though I didn’t do the leaf motifs on the shuttle (that part happened to be done), I did do the rest of the cuff. Truth be told, it is kind of simple at that point, too. Wedding is Mother’s Day weekend, but here in Minnesota we refer to it as “Fishing Opener”.
Karen - hah! If you stick around, I’m sure we will get every last detail of the wedding accomplished. You have some sort of biological incapability of being a slacker. Not sure where you got that. Oh, yes, Aunt Jan’s DNA.
January 31st, 2009 at 4:36 pm
It’s just mad skills envy.
January 31st, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Shorts?! Ack! But the shawl is look good (in that blobby way that lace always looks at this stage), and I do love those socks. In fact, I bought the pattern when you first started yours, but haven’t cast on yet. Soon…
February 1st, 2009 at 1:17 am
The yarn looks so soft in that lace. It’s going to be a beautiful piece, but it’s definitely not bus knitting (or at least not on any bus I’ve ever been on)! I love taking public transport instead of driving; much nicer to knit and doze on the bus than to be stuck in stop and go traffic.
Hope that yard work went well. I need to do some of that myself; we didn’t get the last of the leaves up this fall, and they’re looking pretty awful. I’m a little afraid, though, because some of my spring bulbs are poking up under them, and I don’t want to pull their blanket off too soon…
February 1st, 2009 at 8:18 am
I have to admit, I was joking about the shorts. But all I wore was a windbreaker over my clothes (no fleece or sweater even) and was toasty warm, almost broke a sweat.