Just Knitting Around

…it’s done.
I finished it on Thursday night. I even finished weaving in all those demonic ends. Every. Single. One.
Here’s the proof.

On Friday I ripped out and reknit the matching hat. It was too big and I just couldn’t leave it that way. I think I may have enough yarn for […]

D is for Dad. is for dependable and dutiful and devoted.
This is a picture of my dad take 10 years and two months ago with my daughter. He died 10 years ago today at the age of 68. It is the last picture I have of him. She […]

In another overt blatant successful attempt at self-distraction. I read this yesterday. It was ok; typical Spenser Jesse Stone. It was a quick read and served it’s purpose well. I don’t think I can forestall the inevitable any longer. The ends that jeer at me must be woven […]

I thought I would provide a little distraction today. I did not even touch one taunting dangling end yesterday. Here are the bronze medalists in ice dancing. They may have won gold if she had not been trying to keep her costume on while skating. One of these days there’s going […]

Darning While Knitting. I vaguely knew about it, but just didn’t take the time to google it and learn it.

I think it’s a clear cut case of avoidance. I used the Russian Join on the hat. I was worried about it being too bulky on the sides of the sweater […]

…to knit stripes anyway! It looks real good here. At first, I was thinking that I really underestimated myself and that I was just intimidated by the thought of knitting a sweater more than the actual amount of knitting it would entail. I finished the knitting easily on Friday evening. […]

After a late start due to the Kids and Kid events, I finally started on the sweater for the Knitting Olympics two days after the Opening ceremonies, so I had to hum for my own ceremony yesterday afternoon. I am using the “formula” from here (Thanks for the link, Beth!) I made […]

C is for Choir. This is the Worldsong Choir. DD is circled behind the piano. (Click for a close up) She participated in a choir day camp over the summer, and the culmination of the week was the Worldsong Concert. The Cincinnati Children’s Choir (ensemble in residence at […]

A Drink With Something In It
Ogden Nash
There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth–
I think that perhaps it’s the gin.