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March 22, 2004
Serious Progress on all Fronts
Yes, I had a most productive weekend. I got all of our tax information pulled together on Saturday. This was an all-day undertaking. Most of it was spent doing my books for all of the consulting work I've done the past year. It was interesting to notice how all of my routines and bookkeeping practices disappeared after I contracted whooping cough last May. I am still suffering from the after-effects of that whole episode. That was quite a chore, to go back and input seven months worth of financial activity. Our personal stuff was in much better shape, thankfully. Anyway, I'm off to the accountant's tomorrow morning. A huge weight has been lifted!
Friday afternoon I got a box of Cascade in the mail for my Rogue sweater. (And that reminds me, I need to scoot on over toe www.girlfromauntie.com to order the pattern for Rogue.) Here's one of the hanks of Cascade, plus my progress on the Everyday Cardigan (EC). The photo does a halfway decent job of showing the little color flecks in the Peace Fleece "Grass Roots" yarn, but it still looks better in person.
The back is supposed to be 21" long, I think, so I've got less than 2" to go. The EC is fun to knit. As I mentioned in a previous post, it's so nice to be using worsted for a change and see such rapid progress in my knitting. Also, this yarn seems to have quite a bit of lanolin in it, something I've not ever experienced before. It is noticeable on my hands after only a couple of rows of knitting, and I feel like I need to wash up everytime I get up from my knitting. (But I'm also getting a beauty treatment every time I knit - with our dry climate, my hands can use the extra moisture!) The lanolin isn't at all unpleasant - just something I'm not used to. However, I'm wondering if I will want the stuff in the finished sweater. Does anyone have any experience with this, and with Peace Fleece yarn in particular? Will it come out when I wash it?
Comments
If you go to the Everyday Cardi-along site*, there have been a number of entries regarding washing Peace Fleece that might be of interest.
*http://home.earthlink.net/~gibbygrl/ec.html
Posted by: Jan at March 24, 2004 06:05 AM