Eye Candy Friday

Here's some funky perspective for you -- note the way it looks like it's all leaning in so that the different parts of the building are in the picture. This is The Collegiate Church of St. Mary in Warwick, England. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester is buried in one of the side chapels and that's what drew me here in the first place. Dudley was the "favorite" (read: boyfriend) of Queen Elizabeth I. I can't help thinking that their story is kind of a star-crossed lovers' tale, and the moral is that even when you're queen you can't have everything your own way. Anyway, Dudley left quite a mark on Warwick, including founding an old soldiers' home that is still standing. It's a lovely town and if you ever visit England be sure and take a look at it.

Knitting... still going on. I hit the armhole decreases for the left front of Pellew's Pelisse, and I did manage to remember to make it a mirror image of the right front (for me, this is a minor miracle). The Trekking Sock still grows, and I decided that "ombre" describes the color changes best. The Wooly Hat still travels to and from the office with me without making any progress. And finally, I have chosen the yarn for Kepler (see sidebar at right) and will buy it IF and ONLY IF I fulfill my promise to myself to go to the gym a certain number of times this week. Funny, since I dangled that fiber carrot in front of my nose I haven't had any trouble finding time or energy to go and to work hard while I'm there. I will buy the requisite number of balls of Elsebeth Lavold's Silky Tweed from WEBS, probably in one of the blue or green shades. It's a silk/wool/cotton blend, which is what I've been thinking about getting for some time, but right now it's (shhhhhh!) on sale. And yes, back in July I did write that a skein of EL Silky Wool did not pass the Neck Test... now that you mention it, perhaps I had better send for just one ball to see if the cotton content softens Silky Tweed at all. Good idea. Thanks. Because Kepler is a next-to-skin sweater and some kinds of wool are itchy on me. And if I made a beautiful sweater like that in a beautiful yarn like that and I couldn't wear it because it was itchy, I might become discouraged. We can't be having that, now, can we?