Life LackaDaisiCal

Originally our bathroom... way back we turned this room into a basic laundry room. Hubby does a lot of the laundry and he loved the front loaders on pedestals. I give Daisy and Lackie their bathes in the laundry tub... what a back killer that was!  It all started because I decided that our flooring needed updating... We decided to eliminate the hall carpeting... so that meant the flooring would run from the front door... through the kitchen, down the hall, and into the laundry and bath rooms! Well, since the laundry room was going to be emptied anyway :) (you see how one thing leads to another?) 6 long weeks.... I met some interesting people at the local laundromat! We started to meet up on Wednesdays! Another thing I wanted was to incorporate a toilet into the laundry room.... seems it is all the rage... a powder room/laundry room combination! So for a while, there was a toilet in the hall! Hubby lost his pedestals so that the washer/dryer could be stacked to gi

 I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again.... I  L O V E Rowan's Pure Linen! The sheen of the fibre, the shades are subtle yet strong, the fabric it creates has presence... you know you are wearing it, and it drapes beautifully. If you haven't tried Pure Linen....get yourself to your LYS and pick some up. There are 11 subtle shades...8 original and 3 new ones added this season, including the blue I am wearing here, Patagonian! Then there is the bright orange, Monte and the gold, Simpson. It was so hard to decide, but this seems to be my "blue" knit phase! Lisa Richardson created the designs in the  Pure Linen Collection  last year....all classic summer shapes to knit and wear forever! This sweater is the  "Trinity"  design from this collection . The pattern as written is  perfect ! My only modification was to the neckline. I loved the shape and depth of the V as is, so instead of doing a ribbed finish...I ju