Weekending - so many projects!

We had a long weekend - Friday was a public holiday so we could go to a parade for a football game, but there was no parade, because we are still in lockdown. I'm not complaining about a bonus day off, and I caught up with Lu for coffee and Elise for lunch and it is delightful to see my friends again.

On Friday I finally finished the body and sleeves of my mother's cardigan. Then I blocked it, and steeked it.

While it was drying I cast on a little baby cardigan, since I was hardly going to not knit for an evening! It's a simple top down raglan, knit with really fun sparkle yarn from 24 Mile Hollow. It's a prettier shade of blue than it looks here.

Meanwhile I've been getting, and knitting, regular clues for the Gnome KAL. He has a hat now.

So it was a bit odd, because then I had to choose what I was going to knit when, which is not normally an issue for me.

On Saturday we saw Skip and Bee for a picnic, and it only rained on us a little bit.

And Leon started a puzzle. It's pink, with pink and pink.

And on Sunday I finally ran some distance - I've been rehabing an injury for the last 8 weeks, but I did three laps of Albert Park Lake (16kms in all) and that was plenty!

I need to ball up another skein of yarn for my mother's jumper, but instead of doing that I knit on the baby jumper. I don't feel a great deal of rush - I had to order buttons on-line (shops still shut) and even though I bought from Victorian Sellers, the estimated delivery date is still a fortnight (shops shut = lots of packages in the mail). So it was a weekend with lots of bits and pieces, but also satisfying and relaxing.

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