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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Of Virginia and knitting...

We took a trip to Roanoke, Va over the memorial day weekend. What a beautiful place!
This is off the Blue Ridge Parkway and is called the Peaks of Otter. Otter is the name of a stream, I think, and there is a lodge you can stay at here, too. We did not stay there, but stopped to enjoy the scenery. The whole way along the parkway was just beautiful. We went on this trip because we are considering moving there someday. That is, until we saw the price of real estate! Unbelievably expensive. How about this one for 1.3 MILLION?? Ok, so that is a little our of our price range, but even ranches comparable to what we own now cost twice what we paid for ours. I guess you are paying for the view?!?!

On the knitting scene, I did have several hours in the car to knit. I only knitted for a couple of hours on the sleeve to my Lana Grossa cardigan, because I discovered an error in the way the pattern was written and had to rip out 20 rows! So I was mad at it and did not want to knit on it. I have made a lot of progress since being home. I have completed 1 front, 1 sleeve and about 1/2 of the second front. Here is a picture that shows what a difference blocking lace can make. The one on the left if unblocked, the one on the right is blocked. If you click on the pictures to get a bigger image you might be able to see the difference a little better.

It is amazing how much the lace opened up and smoothed out. And the fabric is much nicer than before blocking. Before blocking, the yarn is pretty crunchy and stiff.

6 comments:

JustApril said...: Property values are so weird. Any way the wind blows....

I think my computer is going crazy, all of your pictures keep disappearing for me. (except the flicker on in the side bar)

The brief glance I got a the lace was really pretty, tho =); 10:44 AM
Anonymous said...: oh kim, you won't believe this, but clicking on your blog to read it, i saw the pic of Va,and before I read where that is, I said, hmm that is the peaks..(OMG- i was right. See I hiked up the peaks and went down on them 25 yrs ago, when I was in college down there. I LOVE VA. I would give anything to live there. Parents and sis live in FOrest.about a half hour from those peaks. So anything you need to know about the area, I do:-) Though in the past 10 yrs, it has grown so fast.Son went to school down there last 2 yrs also.
oh and your sweater looks great.; 12:17 PM
sherry said...: Hi kim, been trying to post this all day long.oh kim, you won't believe this, but clicking on your blog to read it, i saw the pic of Va,and before I read where that is, I said, hmm that is the peaks..(OMG- i was right. See I hiked up the peaks and went down on them 25 yrs ago, when I was in college down there. I LOVE VA. I would give anything to live there. Parents and sis live in FOrest.about a half hour from those peaks. So anything you need to know about the area, I do:-) Though in the past 10 yrs, it has grown so fast.Son went to school down there last 2 yrs also.
oh and your sweater looks great.; 4:47 PM
Kim said...: April...Can you see the pics now? That is weird they disappeared but I was working on my blog lastnight, maybe you were trying to look at them when I was updating.

Sherry...the peaks of otter were just beautiful. The whole state was so pretty. I do hope we get to relocate there some day.; 8:05 PM
Becka said...: Hey Kim!!! How are you, girl?! Your VA photos are BEAUTIFUL!! Loving your lace! I can often be found over @ knittinghelp.com Hope all is well on your end.; 5:30 PM
Terri H. said...: Hey, Kim!

The blocked lace is astonishingly beautiful--even more astonishing is how it coordinates with the photo of your future home in VA ;)!!; 4:58 PM

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