How I spent my summer vacation …. in pictures:

Shocking all friends & relations, Mr. Boar and I took a vacation. We spent a week in the Adirondacks:

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while this was our only fight ....

We did have our moments ….

Lake George

Boar, unsuccessful at drowning me in Lake George

Whiteface Summit

Me, resisting many opportunities to give him a little push

Au Sable Chasm

lots of hiking!

Lake Placid

and hiking .....

Whiteface Summit

other peoples' kids make me nervous!

Lake Placid

a flight of Nerve Tonic

Actual Knitting Content!

So, it hasn’t been all fancy nail art around here.  There has been some knitting going on, but it is all shop samples!  Since I already post them on The Village Knitter Facebook page, I wasn’t sure if I would have a re-do here on Ye Olde Blogge.  All that hemming and hawing was wearing me out and since I need to feed the blog, here goes.

We have been working on The Great American Aran Afghan.  It is a monthly class where we work on a square – a lot of fun and laughs and a very low pressure way to tackle a somewhat intimidating, large project!  Here are two of my contributions.  I actually knit the spider one twice while test knitting a yarn …..

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Janet Martin Fish Square

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Judy Summer Spider & Bugs Square