Thanks to those of you who voted in my yarn shade dilemma. The winner by a clear margin was “Damask”, so that’ll be the colour I buy. I really need to take you lot with me every time I go shopping to help me make all my decisions. With the heat and the expanding bump, sometimes making the simplest choice is impossible.

Due to the weather, my Wimbledon knitting didn’t progress and has been put away in the corner in disgust. Also, I had new squishy yarn to play with, so I may have cast on for the Pea Pod cardigan…

…there’s a lot to be said for four hour men’s singles tennis finals.

I’ve also been swatching for a couple of the designs in the Dale pattern book I bought on Friday. Every pattern is knit at the same tension, which is helpful. Except that I seem to be the world’s loosest knitter and am having to contemplate knitting edgings with 1.5mm (US 000 I think!) needles. My love of 4ply yarn might be wavering.