I have just been visiting my dad and have come back to find a very lush garden! I think it must have rained quite a bit whilst I was away and it has certainly rained since I got back. It has been windy too - all the floppy plants have got a bit of a lean.
The iris are open in the pond as well as the ragged robin. The dierama is looking much better - I think it suffered with the late frosts and was very brown but it has green leaves now. The oriental poppies are opening all over the place and even the hostas have some whole leaves. I did just have to pluck a few snails and stamp on them whilst I was out, though, they were eating stuff!
Hopefully we will have some fine weather so I can take pictures this weekend.
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Completed project!
So much for getting time to blog! Well, it was sunny and the garden was more appealing. Not today however - it's p*****g down. I am so glad I am not at work so that I can enjoy this beautiful day.
I did finally make my last year's knitting wearable over the weekend. I found the shirring elastic I bought and the cardigan at the same time. I knit Sirdar 9118, although I didn't use Sirdar Click as it has a high wool content and I'm an itchy kind of girl when it comes to wool (I knit up some Sirdar Highlander once and came out in a rash whilst I was knitting - it is still almost finished in the bag). I also wanted a darker colour and I searched high and low before I found any chunky that wasn't pastel or neutral. I couldn't even get school jumper grey which I was pretty amazed at. I was obviously ahead of my time because this year there were LOTS of good colours. I digress. Anyway, the tension was good and it looked beautiful, except that the neckline was really wide and it dropped off my shoulders - I actually couldn't wear it at all if it wasn't fastened up.
So I have run a couple of lines of shirring elastic around the yoke and now it seems I could even wear it unfastened. I do find that the underarm is a bit on the tight side - there are only four rows for the shaping before it is picked up for the yoke and I think that's a bit on the mean side. It probably adds to the falling off the shoulders too. But it is wearable and looks pretty tidy.
I just found out I am short of places to take photos with a clear background. Radiators, bad light, cracks in the plaster, stuff... I did find somewhere eventually but it has taken ages to get a picture of any use and now they are uploaded to my PC I can see that I did not fasten the top button properly. Grrr. I also think I need to stand on a box to model anything any longer!
I am loving the new sirdar flirt, by the way. I just snuck a look when I was locating the other pattern to link just now. This is the one for me. I might treat myself when I get one of my projects finished. I really can't start anything else until then.
Finally - I promised up to date pictures of my Hosta......
It's in a sorry state. Yesterday I was picking rhubarb (who'd have guessed) and I lined up the snails and stamped on them. They are all the way along the patio in a gooey line up. I do try not to use slug pellets but sometimes I just can't help myself. The hostas in the pots are doing a little better but the last two years I have tried to grow dahlias in pots and lost them to the snails within two nights so even that isn't bound to work. I'll keep at it for now.
I did finally make my last year's knitting wearable over the weekend. I found the shirring elastic I bought and the cardigan at the same time. I knit Sirdar 9118, although I didn't use Sirdar Click as it has a high wool content and I'm an itchy kind of girl when it comes to wool (I knit up some Sirdar Highlander once and came out in a rash whilst I was knitting - it is still almost finished in the bag). I also wanted a darker colour and I searched high and low before I found any chunky that wasn't pastel or neutral. I couldn't even get school jumper grey which I was pretty amazed at. I was obviously ahead of my time because this year there were LOTS of good colours. I digress. Anyway, the tension was good and it looked beautiful, except that the neckline was really wide and it dropped off my shoulders - I actually couldn't wear it at all if it wasn't fastened up.
So I have run a couple of lines of shirring elastic around the yoke and now it seems I could even wear it unfastened. I do find that the underarm is a bit on the tight side - there are only four rows for the shaping before it is picked up for the yoke and I think that's a bit on the mean side. It probably adds to the falling off the shoulders too. But it is wearable and looks pretty tidy.
I just found out I am short of places to take photos with a clear background. Radiators, bad light, cracks in the plaster, stuff... I did find somewhere eventually but it has taken ages to get a picture of any use and now they are uploaded to my PC I can see that I did not fasten the top button properly. Grrr. I also think I need to stand on a box to model anything any longer!I am loving the new sirdar flirt, by the way. I just snuck a look when I was locating the other pattern to link just now. This is the one for me. I might treat myself when I get one of my projects finished. I really can't start anything else until then.
Finally - I promised up to date pictures of my Hosta......
It's in a sorry state. Yesterday I was picking rhubarb (who'd have guessed) and I lined up the snails and stamped on them. They are all the way along the patio in a gooey line up. I do try not to use slug pellets but sometimes I just can't help myself. The hostas in the pots are doing a little better but the last two years I have tried to grow dahlias in pots and lost them to the snails within two nights so even that isn't bound to work. I'll keep at it for now.
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