There is a surprising amount to report on the knitting front:

Basic knitting of the Child’s Cardigan finished;
Princess blocked;
My happy outing with Cindersall and Seaglass to report;
News on the jabot front;
Lorna’s Laces yarns acquired for Adult Surprise

But I went to a wedding, and I’d probably better start there.

It was a swell (three-day) party. My pictures are few and not very good. More are promised, and should soon be flowing in on every tide.

After the ceremony, we all walked a couple of blocks down Main Street to the Connecticut River Museum where a marquee and drinks and delicious canapés were waiting. The wedding party, meanwhile, after signing the register, nipped down a side street and boarded a boat. Here they are, arriving at their party:

We cheered them in, they disembarked and circulated among us, that was it – no reception line. It was a wonderful, happy piece of theatre. The formal photography had been done before the ceremony, eliminating another major source of tedium for the guests.

Here are bride and bridegroom dancing the first dance:

The next afternoon, my sister and her husband planted a tree to mark the occasion.

The tree was tagged “Japanese Stewartia”. I have but limited access to botanical books here, but it looked as if it may have been what the Royal Horticultural Society calls “Stuartia pseudocamelia” -- these terms are fairly fluid. It was in full bud – it has the very appropriate characteristic of blooming at this time of year.

Clothes

Alexander said at the Rehearsal Dinner, "You're looking very smart, Mummy." He is not a man who bandies such phrases about. That was the kurta.

But, costume-wise, it was Ketki who stole the show, in shalwar kameez, at the wedding itself.