There was so much rain yesterday - the perfect opportunity to finish most of my alpaca cardi-poncho project. I have been working on this since summer last year and now I am finally nearing completion.
Because it developed into a monstrously big piece of knitting I decided some time ago that I would skip the sleeves and just wear it as a poncho. The alpaca felts easily and I knew that I would never ever be able to unravel everything, otherwise I would have considered beginning again in order to get it right. I am now working on the neck and armhole finishing and then I will - finally - be able to move on to the next big(gish) crafting project.
When the rain eased off a bit around early afternoon I quickly took a few photos in the garden, of the whole glorious glossy mess it is at the moment, full of blooming tobacco plants, fennel, verbenas sunflowers, rust-speckled hollyhocks and Japanese anemones.
Much love,
Qaroline
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| Everything on stitch holders - doesn't even fit in the picture ... |
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| Japanese anemone 'Whirlwind' |
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| Euphorbia mellifera |
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| Sunflowers! |
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| Nasturtium leaves |
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| New pinkish growth on the camellia |
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| Japanese anemones |
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| More anemones |
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| Hydrangea leaves and nasturtium flowers |
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| Hydrangea bloom turning from cream to pink. |
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| Lungwort leaves |
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| Hamish helps |
