Coming along nicely

The Cascade cardi is going well. Since it is a long garment, I decided to stop knitting the body once I got to the underarms, and do the sleeves next. Then I can gaily knit onwards, and make it as long as the yarn will allow. So far, she can have one and a half warm arms this winter! I am surprised just how far the yarn is going. (I nearly wrote 'stretching' - that was really not what I meant.)



I am also on something of a mission. Above is a large photographic print, dating from the late 19th-early 20th century. My parents bought it in the early 1960's, as part of a job lot at an auction sale when they went to buy something else entirely.That's the sort of thing they did! When Dad had put it in a frame, they took it to the village where it was taken, and asked the locals until somebody recognised the old fellow and told them who he was. In the course of my meanderings, I have now happened upon a book that was written by his Granddaughter, but it appears that neither the book nor his Granddaughter are around any more. The book is "Porthgwarra" and it was written by Christine Gendall. I would so love to be put in touch with a copy, and would be very grateful if anyone could help.

The reason I have always liked this picture so much is that the fisherman is wearing a beautiful guernsey. Back in my teens, when this picture was newly hung on the dining room wall, I used to look at it and think 'I could copy that sweater' - not "guernsey", because at that time I knew nothing of them - not even that they existed, let alone the specialised methods of construction. I still hope to do it, one of these days, and when I do, I will be able to count the stitches to write out the pattern. The print is so large and clear that even my elderly eyes can manage that!