Trip to the Park

We went for a walk in the park, to give Chris some fresh air (he’d been feverishly working on the website for many days) and to take some pictures of my recently finished sweater.

Totally unposed… he just does stuff like this. I think maybe he was punching himself in the head.

In other news, he went to the doctor today. Got a shot. Didn’t even flinch.

If you look at the full-sized image, you’ll note:

• My camera is totally awesome.
• My lens is totally awesome.
• C has skulls on his shades.

• C is totally awesome

Most of the time, she’s our little mama. And often, she’s asleep in the entryway.

But not all that infrequently… she’s a freakin’ robot.

This is the March Chainmail sweater from Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitter’s Almanac. The other title for this chapter was “March: Difficult Sweater”. Time consuming, yes; difficult, not really. The most difficult part for me was settling on a color scheme. I had picked the black and burgundy from my stash, so was working around these to find a light complementary color. I went with pink at first, and it was horrid. Then I pulled out another stashed ball of Kauni Effektgarn, which is self-striping with long color changes, and I think it worked out rather nicely. The purple at the top is not really my favorite, but I didn’t dislike it enough to rip out and continue the ball after the purple bit!

This is my new favorite sweater. I wear it at least twice a week.

The sweater also figures nicely at this event. Sadly, I left the sweater on public transportation back in June and haven’t seen it since. :( Maybe I’ll knit another next year.

And then there was April.

That’s my why-isn’t-Chris-taking-the-picture-yet face. I think it’s a genetic condition.