This past work week was a bit hectic. To compensate, I've done nothing but just what I wanted to do all weekend. There is no better antidote to a crappy week than a Saturday and Sunday spent knitting, reading, playing flute, and cooking with my husband.
The cooking was scallops and grits. Here is the finished project.
Scallops with red pepper, green onion, a little jalapeno, garlic, parsley, and white wine, served over cheese grits. Yum.
Here's the knitting.
I've finally gotten to the last ball of the handspun yarn. I wet spliced it together this morning.
This is a pretty simple shawl pattern, the only challenge will be to guess how much yarn I need for the 12 row garter border. Since this is handspun and hand dyed, I want to use every bit of it that I can.
Out came the trusty drug dealer's scale. The last row I did took 2.6 grams of yarn. I have 126 grams left. Of course the rows get longer as I go, so I'll have to keep weighing as I knit, but I should be able to get several 12 row repeats done still. This should be a nice big cozy warm shawl when it's done.
We're off to the market for provisions, then back to knitting!
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The photo of your scallops dinner is so colorful, and looks delicious. I love my scale, and use it mostly to weigh yarn. But I call it the cat food scale, since we used to weigh our kitty’s food when she was on a restricted diet.
Looks yummy (though I am not a fan of grits, so I would substitute). I cannot wait to see your completed shawl – I think making something out of your own handspun, hand-dyed yarn would be particularly rewarding. 🙂
Pretty shawl! And scallops…mmmm.