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May 21, 2007
Beads and horseshoes
I'd like to believe that I'm already noticing the rows getting shorter, but this may be purely wishful thinking. The corners are squaring up nicely, which provides me with a great amount of dorky satisfaction (look! I made a circle into a square!)
Following Jean's suggestion, I picked up the body stitches without first grafting the ends to avoid any potential moebius situations.
As for the non-knitting life update, it was finally pleasant enough to plant vegetables this weekend. We are branching out into eggplant, beans, cauliflower, and winter squash this year in addition to tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, and herbs. To prepare the soil, I worked in some lobster compost, and I lined the holes for the seedling plants with earthworm castings. Sounds like a delightful array of materials to stick your hands in, eh?
Posted by missalicefaye at May 21, 2007 10:35 AM
Wow! The big pile of edging has sure changed. It's gorgeous.
Posted by: Sil at May 21, 2007 04:36 PM
Squaring a circle is always satisfying. I really like the way this lace looks--it has substance as well as fragile grace.
Lobster compost? Your veggies might taste like fish!
Posted by: fleegle at May 21, 2007 04:51 PM
That's not dorky at all! It's wonderful if you ask me. How very satisfying indeed. I never have much luck with grafting myself but at this poing it's only a small edge. Beautiful work and I'm sure it will be stunning blocked. Can't wait for the pictures. Lobster compost? I know we've used fish stuff on our veggies and that works great. I bet lobster compost is also a terrific boost to your garden. I hope a few pictures of the garden will come as some point too. Great knitting!
Posted by: Jane at May 21, 2007 09:58 PM
Beautiful edge lacing!
Posted by: Asaknitter at May 22, 2007 01:00 AM
Beautiful work.
My hubby does raised beds for our vegetables. We do tomatoes, peppers (sweet and hot), squash, peas (which are actually budding and will be picked in a week or two) and beans. About every three years, he will get a load of leaf humus delivered . . . our local county extension service gathers all the leaves in the fall every year and composts it then sells it for a relatively low cost. In the fall, he cuts down all the dead plants and just lays them over the beds. In the spring, before planting, he roto-tills the whole thing. We will be doing the gardens on Monday.
I love our gardens. I love walking out and picking a tomato and sometimes, it even makes it back to the house before being consumed!
Posted by: Mary Lynn in Cleveland at May 22, 2007 07:33 AM
Add me to the crew that hasn't heard of lobster compost before. However, lobsters are generally conspicuous by their absence here in GA. :)
It would tickle me too to see the circle squaring up. :)
Posted by: Janice in GA at May 22, 2007 10:05 AM
I do not doubt a second that this is going to be just as beautiful as all your other knitting! Looking through your blog I am almost speechless! You have knitted all the shawls I dream of - maybe I'll get 1/2 of them done during my lifetime! I'm so impressed, you are true inspiration!!
Posted by: karen at May 25, 2007 05:06 AM
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