End of August, beginning of September

It is the last day of August. We have taken Elaine to university and after 24 hours she seems to be fine. Arthur was here to act all big-brotherly for the send-off, and then headed back to his own university. The empty nest phase of our life may have begun.

Of course we had our week of western holiday, but since we came back, we've been focused on packing and sorting and laundry and whatever. I did not manage to finish the long underwear for Elaine, but, won't it be fun for her to get a package in the mail?

I finished knitting something else today.

Some time ago, like about two weeks ago, I finished a little shoulder shawl out of this yarn, but I used 10mm needles and it was just too dense, and by some weird accident of knitting, all the flowers ended up on one end of the piece.

So I rummaged around and found my 19mm needle and one 15mm needle, and just knit the next scarf while unraveling the first.

I fudged here and there with a purl stitch to make sure all the flowers ended up on the same side of the fabric.

The little blue thread is meant to hold it all together, I suppose. The spinning is uneven to say the least, but if one wants flowers spun into the wool, one puts up with a lot.

I need some cold days coming up, to wrap this cheerful bit of woollen whimsy around my neck.

Will I get cold weather? Toronto's winter is supposed to be horrible, but... I won't be in Toronto!

We are setting off in three weeks for Cambridge, back to a flat with a view of the mighty Cam! We should be home in Toronto for Christmas and then we will be three or four months in Vancouver, with a view of the mighty Burrard Inlet! Renting other people's homes for short stays is sure a good way to experience some nice places. I hope... ask me when we've actually done this!

So now we have to clean up our house, have a farewell party, clean up our house again, get the house-sitter sorted, pack -- what will I need for two and a half months of knitting? There is another Stephen West mystery knitalong this October.... We have to eat up the food in the cupboard, I have to use up my swimming tickets and my gym tickets and ... oh, yes, it's time for TIFF again. I have tickets for only five movies, but I figured that was enough with all the stuff going on.

I hope to keep you posted! I hope to blog lots when I am back to actually knitting on the actual Cam! So exciting!