topic week 3

Well now that Summer has OFFICIALLY begun.. what do you do to beat the heat? A nice tall glass of lemonade? Frozen Coffee? A dip in the pool? What's your favorite way to keep cool this summer as things heat up?

our home doesn't have central heating or cooling so years ago i'd take the boys to the beach.

these days, i just hang around the backyard with ice water or iced tea (unsweet!)

when L B, L J, C D B are here we use the hose alot!! it's fun to jump on the trampoline while someone is spraying you :) sometimes we put ice cubes on the trampoline too!

when it gets hotter and more humid will have to put in the window ac units ~ but i prefer the fresh air ~ being only a couple blocks or more from the bay ~ it's not quite as uncomfortable as it is "inland"


this cloth has fascinated me for awhile, i resisted the urge to begin because:


1. i detest color changes 2. i detest weaving in ends on color changes AND 3. i detest color changes!

oh, i can DO them and HAVE done intarsia, etc. and love the effect, but i detest color changing!


it was easy and fun, i carried the colors up the sides cause you're changing colors ever 2 rows and it's do~able, only took me an hour!

i did change a few things ~ did a crochet cast on, picked up the stitches on the last part and kitchenered them instead of seaming ~ did i forget to mention i detest seaming! OOPS!


the pattern is here Optical Illusion Cloth Knitting Pattern

and here is another ~ will do this today?? Pinwheel Cloth Knitting Pattern