Today I’m joining Kat & the Unravelers for Unraveled Wednesday!
KNITTING:
I’ve been working on Ali’s blanket panel and making progress!
There’s been further progress since I took the photo yesterday afternoon. It’s winter, and I LOVE those cool colors… makes for exciting knitting!
There used to be room enough to lay the panels on the walkway outside the back door, but the blanket is too wide now. The only place big enough is the driveway… right out in front of the house… it’s always a little funny to style & take photos “in public,” but I risked it! I live at the end of a dead-end street, so chances were pretty slim that I’d be seen, anyway. And who even cares?? haha.
I realized the other day that I’m nearing the downhill slide on this project — one panel to go (and sewing up) (and a border). Maddy’s is the last one… and you know who’s going to be home this summer!? Suddenly, I’m very motivated to get this blanket finished by then!
This is where it (the data visualization) gets even more exciting to me. Kate was born in April 1985 and Ali in April 1987; their birthdays are six days apart. Kate’s first year was spent on the Oregon Coast, while Ali spent her first year in Northeast Wisconsin. I felt like Kate had a bit more of a “curve” than Ali, but I just compared the charts and they’re pretty spot-on — still, just look at those temperatures! We always talk about how Ali’s summer was so hot… interesting to compare to mine, though, which was also spent mostly in NE Wisco — I think there was just no relief in the summer of ’87! I can’t wait to get Maddy’s data in there. She was born in April 1991, nine days after Ali’s birthday.
READING:
Reading My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South, one or two essays each night before turning out the light.
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That is one AMAZING temperature project! It is lovely and I can’t believe how much you have gotten done on it! You’ll be on Maddy’s section very, very soon.
Yet another epic blanket from you, Vicki! I love seeing the photos in the driveway, along with the necessary step stool. If I was driving past and saw this in your driveway, I would definitely stop and take a look!
What a beauty! I love the blanket and the behind the scenes peak at your photography set up!
This project is amazing on so many levels … I love the story it tells about your family – who was born where and when – and how well it illustrates the seasons … and of course the knitter love that’s gone into all that garter stitch. simply Wow!
I am with Bonny… I’d absolutely stop to see all this glorious knitting! How fun it will be to be knitting Maddy’s chart with her home! XO
It’s really exciting to see so much of the blanket coming together, Vicki! What an awesome visual representation of your family’s history and weather!
Wow, what a beautiful blanket. I love the curves in the strips. I’d love to see any neighbor taking a photo of knitting.
Every single element of this blanket is perfection! It’s clever, thoughtful, meaningful, unique, and absolutely STUNNING. Now that you can see it all coming together like this, you must be motivated to . . . stitch on! XO