Deep Sea

I caught up with my friend M at a quiet cafe yesterday afternoon. Normally this street in Carlton is buzzing, but the Football Grand Final was on, and people evidently had other priorities. I arrived a little early, and was happy to have a few minutes to finish off this wrap for M before she arrived. The knitting was done, but there were the inevitable loose ends to weave in. This is a tencel-acrylic yarn. The tencel gives a nice sheen which adequately compensated me for the absence of natural fibres. There were a few balls left after my teal blanket project. I've had a few conversations about naming the colour. I thought it was somewhere between a grey and a blue, leaning towards the grey. My friend R, who loves grey, said it was definitely a blue! M settled it by calling it "deep sea".

Bubble and Squeak Begun

I've started to knit the Bubble and Squeak wrap. Here it is so far:I've cast on 200 stitches and I'm on the second row. It's going to be good old garter stitch--in the spirit of simplicity. You can see the little balls of various wools lined up along the arm of my chair. I'll soon have to find a better way of storing and transporting them, but for now it's fun to see the array and add to it as yarns come off the drying rack. I've finished rinsing yesterday's pinks. They'll be ready to use in a day or so. I think I'm going to need more purples.

A simple project like this is just the thing for the morning after teaching a Patchwork class. I'm tired and my feet ache. I don't know how teachers manage who have classes all day. I don't think I'd have the stamina for it. I'm going to make another coffee and head back to the armchair for a bit.