A border on the pinwheel sweater

A border on the pinwheel sweater
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I figured that I should probably post a progress picture on something to do with fiber. I mean, I still owe you people socks of my finished Monkey socks knit with Schaefer Anne! This is the Pinwheel Sweater. The crochet border feels like it's taking forever. I have been working on it while surfing ravelry.

The riders are doing it, why can't I?

In in news of the TdF, it was an exciting week. Heck, no, not on the course! Two teams were pulled out for positive drug tests and one man (the leader!) was fired by his team and pulled out for suspicious activity! Me, I did a crochet cast off of my pinwheel jacket and started in on the first row of crocheting. My wrist is starting to act up again and at this rate, I will also need some steroids...

Pinwheel Jacket - TdFKAL update

I knit enough to be able to separate out the sleeves on Thursday. I was a bit tired so it took some dedicated alone time at home to be able to do the provisional cast on they had in the instructions:


Yes, it is just a circle clump that's just getting bigger.

What have I done in the last 7 days?

I started a spiral strap for the red glass cabochon that I have gone and reset. The original necklace was one of my first efforts and the glass piece could fal out very easily:


Then, I started on a new necklace. This one is all for me. Earlier this week, it looked like this:

Now, it looks like this:

I still need to weave in a few ends. I wore this out yesterday without the fringe to get a feel for it and it definitely needed fringe. But as I started putting the fringe on, I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I think it's okay now.

Then there was July 4th. I live here by the nation's capital and work over in Rosslyn, VA in Arlington. My parking spot at work is about 1.5 miles from the Memorial Bridge. The Memorial Bridge is the bridge between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Cemetery. So I went to a cookout, and then drove into work with some friends and went down by the river to catch the DC fireworks. The square structure is the Lincoln and the tall thing is the Washington Monument.

I also FINALLY got around to weaving in the ends from the Flower Meadow Shrug. I still don't know how I feel about shrugs, but this one certainly keeps me warm!
 

I've also been chugging away at the Mystery Stole. Clue 2 is pretty easy and it feels like I'm flying through it. I did about 10 rows Friday night and another 16 or so rows yesterday.

And finally...

Tour de France!

Yes, it's that time again when I begin to obsessively watch the Tour de France (TdF). I've even joined the TdF Knit Along and I'll be knitting the Lara Pinwheel Sweater from elann. I got started yesterday with the Prologue:

It's a circle jacket in cotton. I started on dpns and was able to move onto a 16 in circ that I remembered I have. So yeah, watching the TdF makes me want to go ride a bike. So much so that I'm skipping the morning presentation to go out riding by the Potomac! I can watch the Primetime showing :)