This week I have been out in the garden lots.
Our lawn has a brick edging all the way round, but the gradual creep of grass and moss from one side, and dirt, bark, twigs and leaves from the other has obscured it over time. So off I went to the garden centre and acquired myself an edging iron and set to work. There’s a long way to go, but it looks better already, non?
We also have four veg boxes which I’ve wanted to do something with since we moved in. A couple of months ago I got as far as digging over a couple of them and covering them with a net to keep the cats off, but they’d gotten considerably weedy again since then.
I acquired a couple of veg plants at the garden centre – courgette, pepper, pumpkin – to complement the courgette I already had languishing on the kitchen windowsill, so I’ve dug over the veg box again and prepared it for the plants to go in.
Today, with the weather being so hot, I’ve combined a little more work with sitting in the shade doing some knitting. It’s been a while.
I finished the bind off along the bottom hem while we were on holiday though I’m not entirely happy with it. I kept getting lost in the sequence of steps, but ploughed on anyway. The result is something that I’m pretty sure is secure, but certainly isn’t pretty. I realised about halfway across just how bad it was looking but unfortunately, as it was a sewn bind off, I couldn’t see an easy way of unpicking what I’d already done. At that point though, I took a few minutes to really think through the process and learn how to read where I was in the sequence of steps and after that it got a lot better.
Here it is, looking really bobbly and messy on the left and getting neater towards the right. It’s in the middle of the bottom hem so hopefully it won’t be tooooooo noticeable when I’m wearing it. At least now I understand what I’m doing, all the other edges should be a lot neater. Neckline next!
The garden is looking awesome, I bet that edging looks stunning when you’ve finished. Your bind off looks neat enough to me!
Thanks! Just gotta keep up the motivation and get it done. Both the garden and the cardigan!
Wow, what a difference that edging iron made. Love the sweater and raised beds too. What’s your least favourite part to knit on sweaters? Mine is the button band.
I think this is only the second one I’ve knitted, but I agree, the button bands are a challenge. I find ribbing never looks as neat as I’d like it to and binding off can be tricky. Still, practise makes perfect!
Oh for sure. I’m not great with binding off. Have you tried knitting and purling through the back on ribbing? It takes a bit of practice but it makes a beautifully tight rib.
I haven’t tried that. Thanks for the tip!