Daily Archives: March 31, 2004

s4: sleeves

Since I saw you last, I’ve made two sleeves!

two sleeves on the floor

I must say, I like this yarn! It knits up sturdy but soft and my swatch had absolutely Zero color transfer while it was drying. Which makes it good for color work. What also makes it good for color work is the delicious colors (please see above)! I’ll absolutely be using Rowan Handknit DK for future projects. I’ve cast on for the back.

But cast on is all I’ve done! The last few days have been spent cleaning cleaning cleaning. Michael’s Dad is coming on Friday to spend the weekend and then his Mom, sister and maybe Mark (step-brother) are coming on Wednesday to spend a few days. So I have to get things neat! There is a lot more to get neat than when we lived in the apartment: a lot more molding, baseboards, chair rails and fancy stuff on the doors to dust than there used to be. I don’t know how folks kept their houses straight back in the day before vacuum cleaners…