One off the needles, one on.

One little nearly-guernsey for a little girl finished. And I still can't take a decent photo of it. It will have to wait until I can put it on her and try and make her stand still(ish) outdoors.

I have cut my steeks! It was nowhere near as frightening as I had thought. I machined a zigzag down either side of the centre stitches and cut between. Now that garment is put aside, since it is still way too warm to work on it, especially since it gets larger every time I do.

Yarn Harlot has a lot to answer for  - I am knitting the Kauni cardi because I remember her doing one - and that was a long time ago. It is quite a while since I first saw and handled Kauni yarn - in California, so that was 2008. Now she is responsible for the one I simply HAVE to do right now - Catkin. It is absolutely delightful. Best of all, the yarn is from my stash.
 

I went out today to take a couple of snaps of our Japanese Anemones . One of my favourites from way back, and they flourish in the shadiest corner of the back garden

I had to take a picture of this as well - pass me a Runcible Spoon.

 

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