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Simple knits for complicated lives
Saturday, August 26, 2017
National Dog Day
It's National Dog Day, a day to celebrate and acknowledge the importance of the dogs in our lives. I'd be lost without my fur-ball, four-legged children.
And because he knows he's the favorite,
Sunday, August 6, 2017
National Sister's Day
It's National Sister's Day and I'm shouting out to the best sister a girl could have.
She may be ten years older and growing up, was frequently more like a mom than a sister, but she's the best! Thanks for always being there for me, Cary. Thank you for never killing me for playing in your makeup, thank you for allowing me to tag along on a few of your dates, and thank you for introducing me to 'real' music such as the Stones, Three Dog Night and Crosby, Stills & Nash long before my peers were tuning in. You helped shape my life in ways you'll never know.
The scary part of this holiday is, how is it possible that the most recent photo I have of the two of us together is from the fall of 1980 when I went off to college? And why was I taking all those plants with me?
She may be ten years older and growing up, was frequently more like a mom than a sister, but she's the best! Thanks for always being there for me, Cary. Thank you for never killing me for playing in your makeup, thank you for allowing me to tag along on a few of your dates, and thank you for introducing me to 'real' music such as the Stones, Three Dog Night and Crosby, Stills & Nash long before my peers were tuning in. You helped shape my life in ways you'll never know.
The scary part of this holiday is, how is it possible that the most recent photo I have of the two of us together is from the fall of 1980 when I went off to college? And why was I taking all those plants with me?
Friday, August 4, 2017
The things we do for love
So, Sarah announced she wanted me to knit her a blanket. A big, soft, cuddly blanket. I was pretty excited because she rarely asks me to knit for her.
She happened to go to Michael's with me later that afternoon and latched on to this very orange Caron Cakes yarn. Luckily it was on the half-priced clearance rack because I'm probably going to burn my retinas which will require a trip to the eye doctor by the time I finish knitting the blanket.
Now, if she'd only choose a pattern.
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| Spice Cake Caron Cakes yarn |
She happened to go to Michael's with me later that afternoon and latched on to this very orange Caron Cakes yarn. Luckily it was on the half-priced clearance rack because I'm probably going to burn my retinas which will require a trip to the eye doctor by the time I finish knitting the blanket.
Now, if she'd only choose a pattern.
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
It's been how long?
Good grief! I knew it had been a while since I'd taken part in #craftingon Tuesdays at Frontier Dreams or #untangled Wednesdays over at As Kat Knits but.... Good grief! Apparently, I never participated during the whole month of July! And here it is, August! Good grief!
What's even more amazing than how long it's been is my lack of knitting during that length of time.
I've barely made any progress on my Rocket Ship scarf, but at least I have made it into the gray section. That feels like a big step forward.
I made a friend while knitting on the deck. We've had the strangest bugs this summer. I think it's probably because they cleared the lot next to us & have started building a house. When they cut the trees down, all the bugs relocated to our yard.
As for reading, I'm almost finished Dangerous Behavior by Nancy Bush. I'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would.
I only have five more weeks of the summer work schedule to get through then I can get back to my normal life of obsessively reading and knitting. Although I am suffering from a massive case of fall fever, I haven't begun having the 'Will this season EVER end??" thoughts yet. Honestly, I'm a little freaked out at how few paychecks there are left to come. Have you seen the new Hawthorne Tonal yarns from Knit Picks? Let's just say, I was a bad, bad girl.
What's even more amazing than how long it's been is my lack of knitting during that length of time.
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| Rocket Ship |
I've barely made any progress on my Rocket Ship scarf, but at least I have made it into the gray section. That feels like a big step forward.
I made a friend while knitting on the deck. We've had the strangest bugs this summer. I think it's probably because they cleared the lot next to us & have started building a house. When they cut the trees down, all the bugs relocated to our yard.
As for reading, I'm almost finished Dangerous Behavior by Nancy Bush. I'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would.
I only have five more weeks of the summer work schedule to get through then I can get back to my normal life of obsessively reading and knitting. Although I am suffering from a massive case of fall fever, I haven't begun having the 'Will this season EVER end??" thoughts yet. Honestly, I'm a little freaked out at how few paychecks there are left to come. Have you seen the new Hawthorne Tonal yarns from Knit Picks? Let's just say, I was a bad, bad girl.
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