bolero next

After completing my vest, and in the mood for more swingy knits, I was going to knit a delicate swingy lace tunic. But when I tried the lace, it gave me a huge headache because it was knit in lace on both sides. The lace was too advanced for me, so I had to quit. Then I swatched for a lace wrap cardi, but I couldn't understand how the star shaped lace stitch is supposed to be knit. So another attempt went down the drain. Defeated, I dug through my old issues of Vogue Knitting and spied the Lace Trim Bolero from Spring/Summer 2005 that I wanted to knit a long time ago. So I cast on for that. Wasn't too sure if it would work, but it was worth a try.

Meanwhile, here is progress pic. Nothing very photogenic. The yarn is ancient stash yarn. Bought around the time my son was born. He's now 11. The yarn is Palermo cotton from Stahl sche Wolle. It needs an eagle eye to knit with because it is something like 12 fine strands of thread plied into a tube of yarn. Very splitty = slow going. I have finished the back. That lace strip is the lower edge of the sleeve. The lace is also knit on both sides but it is 7 stitches and a 4-row repeat so I can manage.

I am behind in blogging my food pictures. Last month, or was it the month before, when my daughter was still on her long semester break, we went to Yomenya Goemon at 313 Somerset for Japanese style spaghetti. I like Japanese style spaghetti because the sauce is lighter than creamy or tomatoey sauces. It is closer to agli olio. I had scallop and Japanese chives spaghetti.

My daughter had mentaiko, pork and Japanese pickles (pickles karashi takana) spaghetti. We shared a dessert - a tiny chocolate cake with cookie and ice cream. No more one-on-one girl-time with her till next year. She's got quizzes, projects and mid-terms coming up.