Things I like to photograph #1

My weekly supply of flowers.

Pretty wildflowers.

Pretty sky!

Red pine cones.

This guy and his monkey tricks!

Knitting adventures #3

Baby blanket for Joãozinho!

This times I decided it was time to try something a little more complicated and chose a basketweave baby blanket pattern from Lion Brand Yarns for Mr. B's nephew.

Because I'm a person with concentration issues, I had to write what to do in each row on my notepad, and check the rows after completion, to make sure I knew exactly which row came next and when to knit and when to purl.
I'm pleased to report that no mistakes were made and there was no need to undo-redo!

The only problem was that I didn't use wool from the exact same lot and after finishing I immediatly saw that diferent lots were used: one was more "stretchy" than the other. Lesson learned, now I know I must always check the lot number first!

Bird's-eye view of Herrlingen

Protestant Church

Catholic church

Schloss Klingenstein - Blaustein

Villa Lindenhof

Train station

Knitting adventures #2

My second knitting project was also a blanket, very similar to the first ones I made. The goal was to perfect the techniques I had learned with the first project: changing yarn balls on the correct side and weaving in ends.