My Son Can Knit!

I taught the boy to cast on and knit yesterday. I was honestly surprised at how quickly he picked it up (lucky thing too, because I'm not a good teacher and I have ZERO patience).

Summer in One Post

Haha, I finally cleaned the pictures off of the camera. I think it's been a while...


We went to a lovely wedding early in the summer.

Mary and Dan make a beautiful couple.


I was there of course, and our friend Dave.


And my husband Tim (you might note that once I got the camera I switched the light setting... hehe).


Our boy was the life of the party. ;^) At one point he walked up to the table full of young ladies, propped his elbow on the table and said "Hi, my name is Sebastian. It starts with S!" Quite the charmer.








Of course, Sebastian also has to make time for work. Here he is getting in some real number-crunching with our friend Chris.




More recently, I added a border to his bedroom. I thought it came out pretty well.








My husband got old in September. I baked a cake!


He enjoyed his party. A lot... I guess it got hard to stand up after a while.


Sebastian enjoyed a free music lesson from Cheng during the party.




But mostly we just hung out whenever we had some free time over the last few months.

Some Hats

I'm now working full-time, an hour away from where I live. Despite my change in status I do have a few things to show you. Mostly hats. :^)

I finally got a pic of the pirate hat!








And I came up with a little something for my son, using bright multi-colored handspun and blue malabrigo.









I made a variant of the "slingshot" pattern to help me manage all of my stuff for work. Having a handle on my coffee is surprisingly, uh, handy!






It's hard working full time. It only takes one cat to put me completely out these days (it used to require at least 2 of them!)



I bet you can almost hear the snore-purring.


We're renting a house with a big (as in 2+ acre) yard now. I love having more room for plants but it was a huge mess when we moved in, and it still requires a fair bit of maintenance to keep from going back to the wild. Not to mention that it was absolutely full of poison ivy. Seriously, imagine a poison ivy field. Surprisingly beautiful, but thoroughly annoying. I have managed to get most of the poison under control and I just deal with it if I get some on me. We have several really beautiful, huge trees including the pecan tree in the picture. I hope we're able to buy a house with some lovely old trees when the time is right.



Bye for now!

Neckwarmer...?

I made a neckwarmer using some merino/silk that I dyed and then spun. But I love using it to hold back my hair too! I'm sure I will get a lot of use out of it, especially when I'm working.








Oh, and here's another dishrag/handtowel. I really love all of my finished objects from this pattern.

My Big Baby

Lightweight Hat

I made a wonderful, lightweight hat in Sanguine Gryphon's lovely Sappho yarn (laceweight merino singles). And I have lots and lots of the yarn left. It might take longer to knit thinner yarn, but you really can't complain about the mileage for your money!

(I cast on 180 stitches on US #2 needles, and knitted for a couple of weeks before starting the decreases....)

I took a few quick photos last night when I finished it. This will become the hat that I live in. I barely notice it on at all.









Now to figure out what to do with the abundant amount left. I'm going to probably make some sort of gloves...

Not Just Any Plant

I germinated a honey tangerine plant. It might be the most exciting seed I have ever managed to get to come up. I don't think they get too huge (as far as citrus goes), but I'm sure it won't be a dwarf either. I really hope it lives long enough for me to find out.



I especially hope it lives long enough to give me sweet flowers and tasty tangerines!