I decided last weekend that I would sit down and knit and knit and knit until I’d finished the Squares Jacket.

I didn’t knit a stitch.

So this weekend I set myself the same task – and succeeded. About six or so hours on Saturday plus four or so on Sunday added up to a almost-but-not-quite finished jacket. Here it is blocked and drying on a towel:

Taken with a flash, unfortunately, so despite tweaking in Photoshop the colours are a bit washed out.

I just need buttons. And for it to dry. I also need my carpet to dry. Remember the hole in the roof?

Progress on the extension meant that covering the hole wasn’t as simple as it had been, which led to much anxiety about leakage if it rained. We set up these precautions knowing that if we didn’t it would rain all weekend. If we went to all the effort of putting precautions in place it wouldn’t rain at all.

Well, it didn’t rain until last night. Our precautions are, well, about 80% effective at getting the drips into buckets. Towels are taking care of the rest. Even so, we and the builders are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the plumber, who has to add flashing or something to fix the problem.

In the meantime, what am I going to knit next? I think it’s time for the ritual exposing of the stash and considering of the MOLAP (Most Often Lusted After Patterns).