hesitation and trepidation

joining these on the machine and knitting a band at 

the bottom. felt it was like cheating so my inner purist kept frowning and disapproving.

but wait.

it's perfectly kosher, actually it IS the way to piece a sweater other that by hand. (there's also a linker if you're into gadgets  (￣ω￣ )

 so here i am trying to convert the parts into a whole.we shall see. 

neki desu

 

while

the rest of the country's frying we hare here coolly enjoying 25ºc. somewhat high for the north ,but totally palatable.

this year's crop : eggplants and lettuce 

on a bed of pulverized egg shells.

last year i lost all the lettuce to slugs

(>人<)

 won't happen again.

toms too and i have seedlings of yellow cherry toms. jalapeños have overwintered inside , still cold nights to bring them out.

bad news is that i lost my beloved dogwood.  

neki desu

 

the pleasure of learning

you can knit a stitch pattern and hold needles in the same row!!! major breakthrough in the knitting learning curve. self teaching is a steep climb, but the joys are more intense. great concentration is needed and that's the challenge.

 working on a series about the concept of ma ; have not worked on a series since pandemic times.

find it mildly amusing that i am doing with knitting what i did in my earlier weaving years, that is, taking  traditional weave structures, in this case stitch patterns and giving them a twist.

this one came out as expected yet it still needs a good blocking.

neki desu