Sorry for the long time, no post. We migrated to a new software system at the library and we've been putting in a new garden at home. A HUGE new garden. We were thinking 15' x 20' and ended up with 25' x 45'. Oy. Both things have left me a little frazzled. You know you're tired when a colonoscopy presents itself as an opportunity to curl up under heated blankets and take a drug-induced nap.
Anyway, the garden:
And the really sad thing is we don't have a dang thing planted in it yet. We've had a really wet spring so it didn't get tilled until late. Hopefully we'll get everything planted this week.
We also went overboard at the flower place:
Despite the general hecticness, I did finish my Cable and Os cardigan.
The button bands really are the same length in real life. Really.
Pattern: Cable and Os cardigan from No Sheep for You
Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece (I frogged my Fir Cone cardigan for 7 skeins and bought 2 more from Ravelry)
Needles: US #5
Comments: A very enjoyable project. I added a buttonhole band and did the sleeves from the top down with short rows for the sleeve cap. Stretching seems to be minimal; it's knit pretty tightly and has lots of twisted stitches.
In other news, I joined not one, but two (!) book challenges for 2009. I was a voracious reader my entire life until knitting came along. And frankly the Internet has nibbled my attention span down to a nub. So I'm going to cut waaaay back on news blogs (not knitting blogs. Please.) and try to read actual whole books. I'm a librarian for Pete's sake. So I added a Book Challenge page to keep myself honest. (Upper right column somewhere, if you're interested.)
Coming soon: pictures of my second attempt at Spring Forward.
