Into Shape

It's been busy times around here, but with good reason.

My kid sister was in town for the weekend. [She's not so much a kid anymore... she's 25 and married!] She hadn't been to Washington since 2002, and that was in the middle of a snowstorm. So we had a lot of ground to cover, particularly the ground at Arlington National Cemetery. She's wanted to go to Arlington since I moved here 7 years ago, and freak events [hurricanes, snowstorms, terrorist attacks] have conspired against her. This time, we braved the 90+ degree weather and spent a morning there. We even hiked to the high point, the Custis-Lee House.

[The flag is at half-staff out of respect for the London victims.]

And we were rewarded with a great view of Washington. I love the way Washington has such a flat anti-skyline, dominated by the Monument:

And we did lots of other things too, like shopping in Georgetown, and scampering along the Billy Goat Trail, and eating lots of good food, and seeing the penguins.... It was a great visit. I was sad to see her go.

So, not too much knitting to report, since I was a gal about town. So over the past couple of days I've taken it easy and knitted on the front of the tank. Look, shaping!

I'm about 10 rows shy of the armholes and the v-neck shaping, so I hope that I will be able to finish this soon. The microfiber ribbon is really a dream to knit with - it's very silky and glides over my fingers. And it has excellent stitch definition:

I think there's a trip to a craft store in my future, to get some fabric glue to hide the ends. Soon, I think, a finished tank!