Pizza Friday

This is Churchmouse’s Striped Linen Stitch Wrap.

The wrap caught my eye when it came out - I think that Lynda might want to knit linen stitch 😘

Our fervent love of linen stitch continues. The eight-color wrap and four-color scarf take on a convincingly woven look. Knitted length-wise, with knotted self-fringe, they look like they’re right off the loom. The ‘wrong’ side has a more knitterly seed stitch look that’s gorgeous, too. Seemingly random striping sequences are quite forgiving—if you run out of a color, just throw in another!

For this woolly wrap with lots of drape, we’ve picked Rowan Felted Tweed. On the finer side of DK-weight, Felted Tweed blends merino wool, alpaca, and viscose for a fiber that’s a little rustic, a little refined. And those finely flecked colors play so well together—a natural choice for this striped wrap!

You can purchase the pattern on Churchmouse’s website.

Coast. (2 skeins each 159-Carbon, 195-Boulder; 1 skein each 191-Granite, 172 Ancient, 194 Delft, 190 Stone, 177 Clay, 197 Alabaster)

Churchmouse has put together great combinations or you can choose your own colours of Rowan Felted Tweed.

Zinnia. (2 skeins each 150-Rage, 222-Scarlet; 1 skein each 198-Zinnia, 200-Barbara, 199-Pink Bliss, 212-Peach, 221-Candy Floss, 803-Winter Blue).

Kelp. (2 skeins each 170-Seafarer, 158-Pine; 1 skein each 205-Lotus Leaf, 216-French Mustard, 220-Sulfer, 213-Lime, 204-Vaseline Green, 210-Aluminium).

Ocean. (2 skeins each 211-Black, 207-Bottle Green; 1 skein each 202-Turquoise, 178-Sea Salter, 167-Maritime, 215-Ciel, 209-Eden, 185-Frozen).

Moor. (2 skeins each 145-Treacle, 196-Barn Red; 1 skein each 153-Phantom, 186-Tawny, 172-Ancient, 175-Cinnamon, 157-Camel, 190-Stone).

Meadow. (2 skeins each 173-Duck Egg, 161-Avocado; 1 skein each 190-Stone, 184-Celadon, 197-Alabaster, 165-Scree, 177-Clay, 185-Frozen)

I started writing this while I was sitting at the table watching the end of the Race Walk. Oh my gosh. I can’t believe that Dunfee pulled out the bronze. He was back in 6th and it didn’t look good. I’m not sure how he pulled it out but it was amazing! 

A newsletter was supposed to go out this morning but that didn’t happen - Monday morning. 

It’s pizza Friday. We are getting better. Beth puts the pizza together in the kitchen and brings it out. Everyone is responsible for their pizza in the oven. Dad’s is above and mine below. I like mine a bit more done that he does. Or it could be that he was hungry and couldn’t wait any longer.

Beth is packed and flies out tomorrow at 8am. She will meet Jackson tomorrow afternoon. Do you think she’s excited???