I'm joining Kat and fellow Unravelers on this last Unraveled Wednesday in February with my Hydrophily once again. I've just added the first of five stripes in the penultimate shade of my gradient.
The photo below gives you a slightly better idea of what several of the gradient shades look like.
I still have quite a bit of knitting left to do - nine more repeats of the 14-row pattern to finish the full span of the gradient. I did just receive some new yarn for a project that a fellow blogger so kindly enabled recently, and I am anxious to wind the yarn and cast on. It's possible you might even get to see a different project next Wednesday.
I did get to knit quite a bit yesterday because we were at Ryan's while he and John tried to diagnose, disassemble, reassemble, and fix his water softener.
They were successful at diagnosing (the cam got stuck in the backwash cycle), disassembling (see above), and mostly successful at reassembling. Five hours of their efforts still didn't fix the problem, but Ryan now has some plumbers coming to maybe fix or more likely replace the water softener. I was glad I was able to tend to my knitting and stay out of the way as there were many utterances along the lines of "Gosh darn this dratted water softener and its chintzy plastic parts!"
I did finish The Poisonwood Bible last week. I won't review it here since so many of you have already read it or are finishing it for our Read With Us discussion in March. I will say that this was my second time reading it, and I feel like I was a more mature reader this time and able to appreciate all that Barbara Kingsolver put into writing this book.
What are you making and reading this week?
I read that book many years ago and remember loving it. Your shawl looks lovely!!
ReplyDeleteHydrophily keeps looking better and better! What really amazes me is that you found all those perfect gradients. The yarn's not doing the work for a change-you are.
ReplyDeleteI have a love hate relationship with our water softener. We are constantly having to have someone come out and look at it but when it's working it's wonderful. Whenever I have to bathe or wash my hair where there is city water, I feel sorry for people who don't know the joy of soft water.
The gradient skeins were easy; I just bought a six-skein mini set of a pink-to-purple gradient from Marianated Yarns. So the dyer really did the work!
DeletePlumbing repairs are not my favorite but sometimes you just have to replace a 13-year-old water softener.
But . . . did they do a proper "cleaning" before going "full disassemble????" (That's what I want to know.) ;-)
ReplyDeleteI love, Love, LOVE your Hydrophily, Bonny. It really is the most perfect combination of color, texture, and design. It also looks like a fun, entertaining knit - and I bet it'll be lovely to wear, too. (And a perfect foil for the "dratted water softener!") XO
I am loving that knitting is the perfect way to avoid "dratted" repairs! Your Hydrophily is just gorgeous! (and I can't wait to see the new yarn/project!)
ReplyDeleteHydrophily continues to enchant me! It is gorgeous. Now I'm curious about your next project! I strongly dislike ANY repairs that involve plumbing. Hope it all works out fine for Ryan. It's good that you had your knitting to keep you company. I, too, listened to The Poisonwood Bible this time around and feel as though I got more out of it (being older? or is it that it is fresh in my mind now?). I'm looking forward to our discussion in a few weeks.
ReplyDeleteI love that gradient, and your shawl, so much!!
ReplyDeleteI love those little "fans" at the ends of Hydrophilly. Maybe some day I need to make one of those.
ReplyDeleteYour Hydrophily is gorgeous! I'm pretty sure it will be my next project.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to our Poisonwood Bible discussion!
It's a wonderful pattern and so worth knitting! I'm also looking forward to our Poisonwood Bible discussion. It's amazing what being 24 years older and more mature can do for your perception of a book!
DeleteYou already know how much I love your shawl, so I won't continue to gush over it (or at least I'll wait until it's done and I can go to town with my compliments!). I am glad you didn't have to get directly involved in the plumbing repairs. If ever there was a time to have knitting with you, that was surely it!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure we're going to have a great discussion about the book, and I have a feeling we're all much more mature readers this time around!
I'll jump right on the band wagon: Your Hydrophily is gorgeous, indeed! I knew I loved the gradient you chose the first time you shared it, and it's knitting up beautifully.
ReplyDeleteYour write-up of the plumbing...situation...made me laugh! But not for John and Ryan. UGH. Just the visual of the parts and corresponding numbers looks like nightmare material to me. You definitely got the win there!
Thank you, Carolyn! I've still got a lot of knitting to go, so I'm going to wind yarn this afternoon and hopefully cast on for another smaller project.
DeleteI started documenting the plumbing situation with photos, but it quickly became clear that I was just in the way. I was very thankful that I could sit out of the way with knitting!
That Hydrophily is just gorgeous in those colors, I love it so much! Will the plumber be less expensive after all of the dianogistic work that John and Ryan did? I sure hope so! I am nodding my head along with you on your take on reading PB as a more . . . mature LOL . . . reader. My experience is much the same.
ReplyDeleteI need to read that book! It’s been nudging me for years and years.
ReplyDeleteI think it is really a worthwhile read! I listened to the audiobook this time and though long, it was wonderful.
DeleteWhat a beautiful shawl. The pattern and the yarns are the perfect combination. You are wise to stay out of the water softener project. I can just about imagine the conversation between your husband and your son because my husband if often apt to try and fix something himself. He just talks to himself because our son lives in Texas.
ReplyDeleteThat shawl gets prettier every time you share it!
ReplyDeleteI cannot count the number of times my DIY husband has cursed plastic parts. They are not durable, they cannot be counted on, and they are just another way manufacturers have figured out how to cut costs.
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