WIP Wednesday 47: Hot in the City

So we eventually got the promised thunderstorm ... not on Sunday night as forecast, but yesterday. Everything is cooler, brighter and fresher because of it; fortunately we had got home from school before the heavens opened, so we could fully enjoy it from the inside.

Outside, the big jasmine is in flower, and at times the scent is overpowering; amazing that such a small flower has such a disproportionately intense fragrance:


Yes, it was me actually took this arty-looking pic

The same applies to untrimmed privet, although that doesn't have the same cachet at all.

I only have one current WIP, using a yarn I bought especially from Laura over at Abstract Cat;
not the first - or the last - time I have shopped with her because of her fabulous colors and great customer service. It is 400m of British Blue-faced Leicester sockyarn (4ply) in the colorway 'Sunday':

This is being turned into a birthday scarf for Uber-Cool Brother; he's the kind of person who buys organic from farmer's markets, doesn't mow so as to maintain an insect-friendly environment, and cares whether his prosciutto has actually come from Italy, so it seems logical that he would appreciate hand-made.

So far, it looks like this:



It's the Flame Chevron stitch pattern, which will be revealed to perfection when this is blocked - hopefully in time for FO Friday ...

As usual, many beautiful things to ooh and aah over at Tami's Amis ...