Life's a Stitch

In preparation for our trip I was talking about how, when I shop for swimsuits anymore, I need ones with substantial tops. But, instead of saying "I need a substantial swimsuit," it came out "I need a substantial suitcase." Where did that come from? A prime example of middle age brain freeze. Or how about those tongue twisters – the other day I was reading a sign out loud that said "complete chicken dinner" and it came out "complete dickin chinner."  Lovely getting on in years, as they say, isn’t it.

On to my Summer of Lace KAL project. Here’s Kiri. True to form I didn’t follow the exact instructions, electing to do the cast on and first rows differently (no provisional cast on for me) and I’m doing the first and last three stitches in stockinette because I like the way it looks better. This is the Grignasco Top Print on 4.5mm needles. I had three false starts, but now I know the pattern well enough that I’m hoping there won’t be any further errors.

My turn for a sky photo – this is our sunset from a couple of nights ago: