Summertime is for savoring. It is a time to step out side of ones self and be attentive to the experience as it happens. Savor the sensation of the warmth of the sun on your skin, the cool grass under foot, the feel of the cotton as it slides through your fingers.
Yarn is the original Peaches n Cream
For me, summer is a time for light knitting. When June hit, I had an irrepressible urge to knit dishcloths. I dived in the stash for the last of the authentic Peaches and Cream cotton (from the original mill on the east coast) and immediately whipped out a dishcloth in the Grandmother’s Favorite Dishcloth pattern. When I was questioned by the daughter, I told her I was getting a jump on Christmas presents. Everyone can use a four inch square of absorbent cotton. I quickly did two more. Then I did a fourth of all the tiny bits of cotton that were tangling in the bottom of the summer knitting bag. As some of the yarn was short, I joined the yarn with square knots and just kept knitting. I love things that are vibrant and contrasting. That less then four inch square is a coaster. I used it the same evening I finished it; did not even bother to weave in the ends.
Yarn is 100% cotton from Katia, deep stash.
I pulled a multi-colored skein of super soft cotton from the stash. The yarn that is just so soft and pretty I had been just keeping it around to look at, but know I have cast on. I decided to make a dish towel, a large rectangle. I began with the Jacquard stitch. This is a stitch where the design is created by slipping stitches on each row. It looks particularly cool when one uses a yarn with longer color changes.
Now, back to savoring the sensation of the cool grass under my feet.