I haven’t been knitting much this week. Our new house is being completely renovated on the first level, and most of the work is ours to do. The kitchen was farmed out but other than that, my husband and I are doing it. This means that my usual late night knitting sessions have been taken over by late night painting sessions or online shopping sessions for light fixture ideas. (“vintage industrial” is a hard genre in the light fixture world.) I have been plotting though. Won’t let a little home renovation keep me from imagining up new projects when I have so many WIPs to ignore! Right now I am in a “nesting” mode and am thinking about what to make for the new house. I am currently working on a stealth project in Eco Wool and have decided that it’s natural colors and sheepy feel would be lovely in our new living room. Perhaps a lap blanket? Trying to figure out which Jared Flood pattern would be best:
The first two patterns are available at the shop and I have seen so many people make them. I am leaning towards the Girasole. I think that the circular shape will be cool in our living room and it has a more architectural feel to it. It will most definitely be in a natural color. Now I just need to decide between Cascade Eco Wool, the new Cascade Cloud (which is softer and mostly alpaca) or something more reasonable like Berroco Remix, as it will be machine washable. I wish that my dogs weren’t so dedicated to the destruction of everything in my living room…
As for the new place, here is a “before” shot of our living room and dining room. Our tables and chairs won’t be in until next month so I will post some photos after that. The living room is actually done for the most part. I suppose that is because there isn’t much renovation that one can do to a living room. I love a good project and even I struggled to find more than paint and a face lift to our fireplace.
