Dad is making progress - slowly - but we’ll take what we can get.  He is venturing out more and trying to do more all the time.  Mostly he is succeeding which improves his confidence and helps motivate him.  He still tires very easily and he is still eating poorly.  For that matter, my energy levels aren’t what they once were so, as you can probably imagine, we make an interesting pair as we stumble through the market on impulse power, creaking all the way :)

I am spending a lot of time with dad these days so not a great deal of knitting is getting done.  However, the blanket is about half finished -

I believe I am going to do a border for this, but I don’t quite know what it will be :)  I like the thought of a knitted border but the thought of picking up all those stitches around the perimeter makes me a bit dizzy!  A crocheted border would be nice and sturdy too.  And what color?  A darker blue?  White?  Pea green?  Heh…  All in good time, I guess.  I’ll know when I get there.

I have also been playing with the idea of combining entrelac with mosaic knitting.

I’m not quite sure how, or even if this would work but I’m hoping I can figure it out because it would be seriously cool!

I also have a notion for a sock/slipper that I think I will start working on fairly soon - maybe over the weekend.  I sure do like the image in my head - now to see if I can squeeze it down through my arms and fingers out onto the needles and into the yarn!

I finally got some more pins yesterday and am hoping to be able to dress the shawl over the weekend.  I confess I’m having some problems in writing the pattern for this but I promise it will be available eventually.  I still haven’t come up with a name though.

The Horse you Rode in on

The Galloping horse

Lucky Horseshoes

Eh….

I met a friend for breakfast on Tuesday and we had such a lovely time, chatting, knitting (me) or crocheting (her) and just peacefully and happily sharing the day.  I had a crepe that was stuffed with fresh strawberries and bananas - wonderful!

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Have a wonderful Independence Day, those in the states.  And for those in the rest of the big, wide, beautiful world - have a great weekend!