Tis the season…
But I’m pretty lucky - most of my family visiting ends up renting a car, so we don’t have to do an airport run. I’m up late, waiting to leave. My cousin is very lucky he made it out of Boston this morning. His afternoon flight was cancelled, but he [...]
No, I don’t ask the Kid. He volunteers the information. And I’d like it written somewhere, so I’m less likely to forget.
The potential future careers of the Kid:
Pilot who flies at night
Worker in a landfill driving a dumptruck
And I know I’ve already forgotten some earlier ideas. I wonder why he doesn’t want to be a [...]
I made jam and chocolate sauce for the Kid’s preschool/childcare teachers. Last day ever for him was Friday 9-7-07. Jam is better described as sauce. Tastes good!
I made lemon cake for the kids, by request from the Kid. He said he didn’t like it so much.
I ate a good lunch today. Peanut butter, melty dark [...]
Catch up photo time!
Mom wanted to see what I came home with from the Knitting Basket sale. To recap: Barbara Walker, Lady Gainford’s Designs for Knitting Kilt Hose and Knickerbocker Stockings, Kidsilk Haze, Colinette Jitterbug sock yarn, Koigu KPPM in a colour I’ve been coveting for months but leaving on the shelves, Habu natural dyed [...]
We have a lovely cluster of four reddish brown hens. They make happy low chuckling murmurs, a treat for my citified ears. The rabbit seems intrigued, but is witholding judgement.
I want to start something. I started a cotton chenille washcloth (Mason Dixon Washcloth from Mason Dixon Knitting), but I’m not thrilled with it. I should [...]
I have a question for you. If I’m knitting a sweater basically from Elizabeth’s Percentage System, and I add underarm gussets (because they seemed nice), 8-12% of what number do I hold for the underarms? I thought. I pondered. I looked it up (couldn’t find EPS and underarm gussets together - there may be a [...]
Today we’re adding chickens to the farm out back. My husband started the chicken house. I wonder if he knows it’s not done yet? Or maybe he’ll give up one of his sheds for a luxurious coop?
What’s that Thing on top?! That, my friends, is The Arm. I dreamed it up in Alabama, after arguing [...]
I changed the camera batteries, and went out to take photos of the Baby Surprise Jacket I started for jury duty. Some people have giant birds swoop down and steal their knitting. I have a small child.
The rabbit has a house.
I have proof she lives in it, not my child.
Remember that one pound cone of laceweight a few posts back? I’m in the depths of the beginning of a lovely large epic possibly neverending idea.
I have a good number of nieces, at least 10, mostly in Mexico (ages 2 years to 17 or so?). And I’m a godmother a few times over, mostly to [...]
Cottontail Bugs Bunny Pancho Peter Tazmanian Devil Mr Silly (a name or two added every day) we adopted from the Kid’s preschool.
So far gentle, but not used to us yet. We (my husband and himself) will be building a good home for this guy/gal. S/he no longer has a cat bowl. S/he found it insulting. [...]
