No, This is Not August

For the past week or so, it's been incredibly hot and humid, with the temperature hovering in the high 80s - low 90s and humidity over 75%, which makes for a nice sauna and strong, ferocious thunderstorms. Seems like it was spring forever, and all of sudden we're in the “dog days of August mode”. I've been too keyed up to really do much knitting since I had to prepare for my performance review at work, and working on some really stubborn code.

A friend of my sister asked me where she could find patterns for a cap like the one with the snowflakes by Jytte. So I've been busy looking for these caps. I think I saw a couple of caps similar to these in my Dale patterns, so I have to look through these later tonite.

Wendy is running a button contest for “Summer of Lace”. The creator of the button which gets the most votes wins a prize, so I cast my vote for the one that I liked the best. This summer I will be working on the Irish Diamond Shawl from Folk Shawls, by Cheryl Oberle. I really like this pattern because of the way it drapes over you in the back and in the front, and it doesn't make you feel like you're clutching the shawl edges in an effort to keep warm. There's a problem with the pattern, though - there should be a yo between “k14” and “place marker” in Row 1.

Otherwise you'll be wondering why the stitches aren't adding up. I ended up having to start all over again since it'd been quite a while since I stopped work on this project (I'd only gotten halfway through chart one when I put it aside). Fortunately, I've got more than enough yarn for this project.