Fingers Are Flying

I finished Pattern 11 of the Summer Sampler!

Here is a close up.
Andrea is back and will soon post Pattern 12, then it's onto the border. I have learned more about lace knitting then I could have ever dreamed I would. My confidence level is growing and I feel great about that. As much as I have loved knitting this shawl, it has been a long knit. I know, I know it teaches patience and focus, but gees, I am wiggling in my chair like a small child. The solution to that, I remind myself, I have a small break before the next pattern, which gives me time to work on another WIP.
Even with all this knitting going on, I am also knitting scarves with my mother. We have purchased each other kits and are now getting together once a week to work on them. The first is a kit call Boa Boa Scarf she brought back from La Lana Wools

Been a while

I know it has been a while since I blogged. This spring and summer I have spent more time outside doing things like watching morning cloak catepillars do a walk about in my yard and...
Then watching for weeks until this happened...

Then there was 8th grade graduation......

and birthdays and a family reunion..........

My great uncle Hap with my nieces. He served in the Merchant Marines, was in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. While in the Merchant Marines(if I have this straight) his ship was distroyed and he survived a week in the ocean in a life raft. My grandfather was the oldest of 10 children and now 4 are left...

Then there was the visit to the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco.

There were Begonias with flowers from 4'' across to the size of a small dinner plate. I want mine to be that big!

And of course butterflies!

Last but not least I have been knitting. I am making the Summer Sampler by BadCat Designs and I think it is most appropriate to show the Grand Spider Pattern. If you want to see my progress I have posted it on Raverly my ID is Dragonflybabe.I will try to be better about blogging, it is just so hard to get my head out of the clouds when it is summertime.