Images from My 4th Stop

Yes, I know, I'm very late getting a post up today. John and I finally got a PVR for our cable connection and we have taken to hiding in the basement to watch every episode of What Not to Wear and Clean Sweep that the machine can find on our cable network. I still get a lot of knitting done, but last night it was well past my bedtime when I realized I still hadn't gotten some blogging done. Expect a late post tomorrow, too, since we will be travelling to visit my parents tonight and I don't know when exactly I will get back in front of a computer.

Once again I have had to resort to misappropriating photos from a city tourist site. My next stop was in a city 280 miles north of my last stop (yes, I spent a great deal of time in a car) and involved crossing back over the border. This city is on the Rhine (or perhaps Rhein) River and has a very industrial reputation. It's also home to a an enormous multi-national company whose slogan is simply "The Chemical Company".

Butterfly did get to see some knitting action again yesterday (actually, Fitzgerald did too, because knitting in the dark while watching Clean Sweep and What Not to Wear requires low brain-involvement knitting like straight stockinette). I'm still moving up the back of this sweater. One thing I can say about knitting with the Shinano, it makes the Kureyon seem baby-soft by comparison.

The Back of Butterfly Proceeds

While knitting with this Kureyon, I can't help but feel that I have reached into Emma's closet and stolen some of her favorite colored yarn -- rich, saturated purples and fuscias speckled with green and turquoise.