Dog Days

Sometimes it's good to not have a television. The other day at my mom's house we were watching the news and temps for the beaches were forecast in the 90s. Yikes! No reprieve from the heat. We've been running at at sundown and getting up to go gym climbing an hour before the place officially opens, if only to avoid the sweltering heat, loud music and parties (now that's a combination you want to avoid). Welcome to the *real* summer!

Last week this thing dried up in 4 hours.

By the time I got around to photographing it, the shawl was already dry. So I misted it lightly with some lavender-scented water (fitting for the color) and let it dry again.

I love the way patterns open up under tension! The shetland pattern itself is so simple, so easy to memorize; who would have thought that it would open up into a great looking motif.