I have been such a poor blogger lately. I still skim everyone else's blogs, but I rarely have a chance to comment as I'm usually scarfing my breakfast or just cooling down from a vigorous bike ride. And now I'm trying to distract from my lack of knitting content with this lovely Ise katagami that I got from a teacher's wife when I visited his house last week. It's all one piece of blue paper, with the white parts painstakingly cut out by hand. Amazing! The lame picture doesn't really do it justice, of course.

Even though I haven't been commenting, I'm still out here and I'm really impressed with how well everyone is using their summers, especially in places with extreme heat. Hi friends, stay cool!

I'm going to Tokyo again for work (fun!) for 5 days and as it will be pretty nonstop working day and night, don't get your hopes up for more knitting progress when I come back. To say that things have stalled around here lately would be an understatement. When I come back, all my friends will be gone and there will be a whole new crop of friends to be made (and probably less of a packed schedule, too, hee hee!). I am still seaming Trellis #1 and might get to start #2 on the train if I'm still alert.

*Have you noticed that I only posted on Wednesdays in July? Weird. Not actually THAT weird, though, as it's my only free weeknight and weekends have been packed to the gills.