Home Sweet Home

We made it back to the States and despite a summer cold that keeps hanging on, I'm getting over jet lag pretty quickly (thank goodness for melatonin) and getting things unpacked and organized... slowly, but it's all happening. The weather was sunny and warm today (80s, which is how I like it... or even hotter), so we were in the lake and despite a cold spring, the water wasn't too bad (and I'm pretty wimpy about cold water). Even managed to get a little color.

But before all that, I did get a little knitting done. Finished another Bubble Curtain from Mason*Dixon Knitting. Found the other panels that I finished last summer so I could gauge the size of the finished piece, then got out the starch, my trusty blocking board and my tacks and went to work. It's stretched to the hilt, but it ends up looking nice and the starch gives it a crisp look that I like. When we go back to town, I need to look for something to lace through the holes to join the panels. Not sure whether I'll look for a ribbon or something more rustic like a soft leather. I'll have to wait to see what I find. I've been trying to decide what to use as a curtain rod. In the book there's a stick and I like the look. It's not like there aren't tons of sticks here, but then it hit me... a beaver stick! I have one here already, and we have enough beaver on the lake, I'm sure I'll find another one the right size. I like them because they're so light and the texture is pretty cool and beaver sticks have been collected by the kids for years so it reminds me of them.

I started to cast on the next color for the next curtain and realized that I don't know how many to cast on. I photocopied two pages out of the book and sent it in the shipment to London. Now I've lost one of the pages... so if anyone knows how many stitches I cast on, I'd appreciate getting the word.