Round the cape

I've been a little intrigued by shawls and ponchos (ponchoes?) of late and so decided to whip up a little number this weekend. Inspired a little by Melissa's Cape Mod from the Stitch 'N Bitch book (thank you, Melissa!), I tried out this little number:

But wait, don't be fooled into thinking that I'm a fantastically quick knitter, the recipient of the poncho was this little lady. Doesn't she wear a lot of make-up these days? She's so shiny it's impossible to get a good photograph. These little items are real fun to knit apart from the small person who asks every two minutes, "Have you finished it yet?".

I'm staying indoors today - on an incredibly hot and sunny day, we saw our eldest daughter get her first rosette for horse-riding yesterday, so exciting! However, despite slathering SPF60 over all of the children, I neglected myself and am now an advert for not going into the sun unprotected - ouch!

I wanted to share this link from John Peel's Home Truths programme on Radio 4. A thirteen year old girl wrote a letter to herself in 1957 to be opened on her 60th birthday. She opened the letter during the programme and read it aloud - so poignant to hear the echoes of her younger self and her concerns for the future of the world in the shadow of the Cold War. Interesting too, as a comment on how we change and grow as people, yet parts of us are fundamentally the same.

Posted by Anita at June 6, 2004 01:35 PM