Friday, June 17, 2011

Finished Object/Eye Candy Friday again...

...first the finished object: Blue Whale Shawl!

Blue Whale Shawl, blocked

Specs:
Started 3/13/11
Finished 6/13/11
Fiber and pattern from the ProVerbial Club by A Verb for Keeping Warm 
Pattern: Blue Whale Shawl by Stephen West
Yarn: 418.8 yds of handspun yarn;  4oz. BFL-Tussah Silk fiber in "The Whale's Migratory Tale." I knit the last inch in a commercial yarn from A Verb for Keeping Warm, Floating (Alpca-Cashmere-Silk) in "Indigo Blue Sky"

For Eye Candy Friday, we have squill...

Squill 1

nearly-ripe apricots...

Blenheim apricots 2011

and blueberries.

Blueberries 2011

The blueberries are pretty small, but they're still tasty! This bush has done well this year, once the Husband put it in our courtyard where it wasn't as visible to the birds!

Up this weekend: in addition to Father's Day, we're celebrating my MIL's 80th birthday (it's today). We've invited them over for lunch on Sunday, which means I better clean the house!   It will be a simple lunch of BBQ steaks, fruit salad, bean salad, and some piquintos, with a special dessert.

In between all of that, I want to make some progress on the commission quilt. I think I've solved a problem I encountered, so it's full steam ahead!
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