We’ve had rain and clouds and pleasant sunshine today. Daniela and I got around the garden. I think perhaps my arthritic hip is getting gradually worse. 

There was once – in ’55? Or ’65? Or ’70? when I heard a radio programme celebrating the anniversary of the end of the war, and one of the items was a re-broadcast of the first post-war weather forecast. There were none during the war, for obvious reasons. It was for such a day as this one, a bit of that, a bit of the other, a very British sort of day, And you could hear in the presenter’s measured tones that he was nearly hysterical with happiness. I wonder if they’d play it for me again is I wrote in and asked nicely?

 

I’ve progressed with the MKAL. Perhaps, indeed, I am very slightly ahead of yesterday’s projection. An I-cord bind-off is very slow and excruciatingly boring. I’m about halfway across:

 

So tomorrow I should start Clue Two. It begins with a wedge of blessed garter stitch once one has picked up the necessary stitches down the left side. But when that’s done, Stephen wants a similar wedge on the right side – and he thinks it has to be done in purl so as to balance the first wedge perfectly. I will see if I cannot make do with a tad less perfection and a lot more knit stitch, when the time comes.

 

Comments: Anna, I’m sorry you’re dropping out, Your comment set me to wondering just what I am in this for. I don’t need a shawl. I don’t want a shawl. The twists and turns – and the keeping-up – are a bit too much for pleasure. But for the moment I shall persevere. Chloe, I had your very thought: wouldn’t it be nice if SW did an easy MKAL. But it would have to have surprises. Tamar, Clue Two still leaves those loops in suspense.

 

Wordle: Four all round today except for Thomas, who needed six. Mark is back with us. I got two brown tiles to start off with, a vowel and a consonant. I tried and tried but could not think of a qualifying word. I finally settled for a Jean-word, with one of the brown tiles still in its original (and therefore wrong) place. That was very useful, as Jean-words often are. It gave me two more browns, and turned my original browns into greens. The right answer was not far to seek.