Bee shawl progress February 23, 2009
I frogged the whole second section of bees on Friday. Re-knit them on Saturday. Plus 5 rows yesterday. Overall, it’s not much forward motion, but it feels good. I’m glad I frogged those rows. I would have been irritated by the lack of symmetry forever after if I hadn’t—which is funny, as I often go for the asymmetrical. The difference must be that it wasn’t a planned asymmetry. The replacement row has the bees centered nicely between the ones in the first row. When I start the third and final row of bees, hopefully this afternoon, they’ll line up exactly with the ones in the first row.
Most of Saturday was spent watching a house being moved. There’s this sweet old house, built in 1901, that unlike most houses, moves around a lot. This time it moved from a piece of real estate owned by the Lutheran Church to a privately-owned plot of land. The Lutherans need the space the house was taking up, and since it’s on the National Registry, it couldn’t be demolished. So they sold it. For a buck. The people who bought it also bought a lot in another part of town, tore down most of the house that was originally there, dug a basement, poured a foundation, and had the house moved to its new (and hopefully permanent) location. I missed watching it go down the street, but got to watch them pull the house out of the street on onto the lot.
Eventually I’ll get the pictures all sorted, and uploaded to my gallery, so you can see them. They’re pretty cool. You know, moving a house is a lot of work. It won’t be today, though.
   
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Mary Chittenden February 23
I’m glad you got your bees lined up right. They look even and beautiful.
I love it when they move houses. They moved a lot of old buildings in Minnesota.
amanda February 23
The bees are looking pretty - and nicely symmetrical.
It’s fun to see homes move. It happens around where I live occasionally. About 50 years ago (before my time), one group even moved a church! They had to cut it in half to move it, and then the put a new section in between the halves on the new site to expand the church. It must have been quite a feat, especially in the 50’s!
Sylvia February 23
Around here (Silicon Valley) we see huge amorphous shapes draped in white cloth being hauled down the street on the way to NASA.
It’s funny how sometimes it’s vitally important to get a knitting design to match that mental image, and other times it’s a pleasure to amble down the path and play with asymmetry or try something unexpected. I like your bees in formation instead of a swarm.
Danielle from SW MO February 24
Cant Wait to see the Bee Shawl finished esp with the bees in formation!
Around here we see houses moving from time to time however the dont usually look as good as that one when they get where they are goin LOL :-)
Heather February 24
Your bee shawl is lovely. Sorry to hear about the frogging.
Robin February 28
Oh yeah, the second row of bees looks much better now. I hate frogging but when it turns out way better the second time around it is so worth it. My first husband used to move houses, it is so interesting to watch the whole process and it’s very, very expensive. Especially the electric and telephone line part of it.