Well, I finally finished L's intarsia sweater; now I have to sew the whole damned thing together and finish the neck. I'm finding this quite intimidating -- this only the second sweater I've made and the first was one of those neck-down jobs that require no seaming. Apparently you can pay people to do this for you, but that seems to me to be a cheap way out. And the only way to learn something is to do it (or, in my case, to do it, realize you screwed up, undo it, do it again, and say "well, that's good enough"). I'm planning to do it tonight, after much viewing of online video on knittinghelp.com, cursing, and prayers to the gods of homemade clothes.
Once I've finished I can start the sweater for K in the world's most amazing yarn. It's a bit more brightly coloured than I remembered when I ordered it from Flying Fingers, but it's still pretty fantastic.
The big news for this week is that last Thursday was the first day of the Clinton Hill CSA. I was feeling some trepidation, since our farmer, Ted Blomgren of beautiful Windflower Farm, had had some serious hail a couple of weeks ago. But we had gorgeous lettuce, kale, herb plants, radishes, and a quart of delicious strawberries. Next weekend is cherry picking and the canning season will have officially begun. I can't wait!
Monday, June 25, 2007
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