Ta-da!
Here it is, the Field Cardigan, just off the needles and with the buttons sewn on.
I had to haul the wet cardigan wrapped in a towel, my blocking mats and the pins down the stairs to the dining room. It took a little over a day to dry. The buttons turned dark and the design disappeared when they got wet.
Fortunately, they returned to their original color and the design reappeared when the sweater was dry.
Here's a look at the back. I"m happy with the fit, and it's a nice weight for spring and summer.
I had to have something to work on, so I started The Love of Spiders shawl. I had admired Alexa's, both the colors and the design.
It's coming along nicely.
The pups and I managed to get in a walk every day, sometimes with Charlie. The Larkspur trail is pretty flat, and I wanted to get some uphill work. Good Dog Trail is the best place to do that but is a bit of a drive. The closest trail with an uphill climb is just that: an uphill climb. Pilot Butte is only about five minutes by car. The pups and I went alone on Wednesday. We parked at the bottom of the trail and walked up. It's about 490' of elevation gain, so a nice workout.
There's a parking lot at the top, so you can drive up (on the road, of course, not on the trail), but for us it was about the process, not the product. We ate our lunch and had some water at the top.
Going down was more challenging, because the pups were more willing to pull, and I had to be careful. I think it was more of a workout going down than up, and my thigh muscles really got a workout.
At one point we could see Greenwood Ave. below us, with the cars moving along in both directions. Sandy had never seen cars from a distance and from above. He stopped to stare, fascinated. I wonder if he thought they were little creatures moving along.
Here's a screenshot of the Walk for a Dog app for the walk. The faint line spiraling up to the top is the road. The yellow line is where we walked on the trail and back. The blue line is Greenwood Ave.
On Saturday we got in an actual hike, this time with a group of people from our church at Shevlin Park. The dogs were required to be on a leash. Charlie took Dusty and I took Sandy, using my belt leash. The trail makes a loop, starting with a slow, steady climb and coming back down along the river. This was Sandy's first time to hike with a group, other than family members. For a while he struggled between wanting to be out in front with another dog, who also wanted to be in front, or checking on Daddy and Dusty, who were behind us. As we started back toward the parking lot, though, he seemed to have satisfied himself that our family members could be counted on to stay with the group.
Most of the group went for lunch afterwards at Bangers and Brews.
They had vegetarian options, and I had the Smoked Apple Veggie sausage and a nonalcoholic beer. It was very nice. I loved that the pups were allowed to come in and sit with us, because it was hot in the car by the time we were ready to have lunch. Other people had brought their dogs in with them. Pet dogs are allowed to dine with people in restaurants that have an "outdoor" seating area. Bangers and Brews has an extensive outdoor area that is enclosed with a clear-plastic windbreak, so it was comfortable while still allowing the dogs to come in with us. The rules for Oregon are here.
Besides the walks and hikes, a few medical appointments, the continuing pile of laundry, cooking, and a little work on the new book, we had a Madroña Vineyards Pop-up meeting on Tuesday. My Field Cardigan was taking up the dining room table, so we sat on our couch, which allowed the participants a view of my Pickle Dish quilt.
The quilt did not escape notice, and that led to a short discussion of paper-piecing, which was probably not of much interest to anyone besides the person who asked me about it and me.
This reminds me that it's about time to put up my Spring Flowers quilt, which I like to display on that wall during the late spring, summer and early fall.
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What's in The Doll's Storybook: Our 200th story was a fashion show. I've reworked it to provide inspiration for a JAL (Join Along) in the Goetz Doll group on Ravelry, which will take place throughout May. Here's The Doll's Storybook Join-Along.
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