Everything in the garden has suddenly spurted upwards, including the weeds which is hardly surprising given the amount of rain we've had in the last few weeks.
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| Angelica Gigas living up to its name! |
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| Granny's bonnets (not the crocheted ones) |
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| The exquisite flowers of Quince 'Vranga' |
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| Acid yellow spider |
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| Friend and foe hiding together in the undergrowth - how come the toad hasn't eaten the slug?!!! |
Of course now I'm complaining that it's too hot and our clay soil will soon be like concrete and impossible to dig. We Brits do like to complain about the weather - at least it takes one's mind off the gloomy economic outlook!
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| Entrelac test |
I decided to have a go at the Harlequin shawlette from Jean's book. I've never tried entrelac knitting before and so it's interesting to try a new technique. As I had some Rowan Summer Tweed lying around I grabbed that and some 4.5mm needles and started to play.
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| Concentrating hard on entrelac |
As you can see, I had to concentrate quite hard to begin with! However, once I'd got the basic concept into my head I relaxed into and found it very absorbing.
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| Purple and green Harlequin in progress |
From the test piece I knitted I worked out how many base triangles I needed and off I went using one of my favourite colour combinations - purple and green. As it's going to be quite drapey it will have quite a different look from the one in the book plus I've got some ideas for embellishment.
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| Blocked grannies |
Finally, here are the grannies all blocked and ready to be sewn together. You can see what a difference blocking has made and thankfully they all fit together OK (phew!).
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