What a weekend. Haven’t stopped, have barely knit, and there’s no end in sight yet.
Friday night we watched Pope John Paul’s funeral. Very sad, a few tears. We were eating dinner while we watched. (Em has dancing lessons Fridays until 6pm, so we do the grocery shopping after, and then come home with takeout for dinner).
It felt wrong. I felt like I was eating in Church. I liked the funeral though, I felt it was appropriate, including the very simple coffin just placed in the middle, with gospels on top, closing through the mass.
Saturday we raced around doing odd jobs. Off to the bank, Twinkie to the vet, Em had a dance presentation in the afternoon. Yesterday, she had a group dance competition in the afternoon/evening.
Obviously we’ve worn her out, it’s 10am and she’s still sleeping. I wouldn’t normally complain, but she’s dancing again this afternoon and evening and again tomorrow and I have things to get done! I don’t want to wake her though, or she’ll be a sourpuss all day 🙂
So I’ll sit here and knit until the Princess awakes from her 100 year sleep.
Who am I to complain? 😉

Evelyn asked yesterday about the colour of Satin’s sleeves. Rest assured that they are the same colour as the rest of the sweater, I have a problem with getting accurate colours with my digital camera. The colour I’m using has been discontinued, so I couldn’t find an online representation of the colour. Those sleeves came out much lighter than they are, however.
New Knitty is up!
I like quite a few of the designs this time around, particularly Soleil and Spring Fling. The problem is that I am in the wrong hemispere. We’re heading into winter here, so I really should be winter knitting. But when did I ever use common sense? 😉
Parent & Teacher interviews at school this morning. Apparently Emily is attentive, polite, sweet, eager to please and takes pride in tidy, completed and accurate work. She is a joy to have in the classroom, and is helpful and well mannered.
What?
DH told me to search her room carefully to find her pod. Surely she is is a shapeshifter. I didn’t recognise my demonic, possessed, messy and smart mouthed child in the child they described.
But I am proud that she can behave in public, and apply herself when necessary. And I felt extremely proud to be the mother of the child they described. I just wish she’d come home that way occasionally 😉

Satin has sleeves. Well, partly.

Because Satin is an oversized style sweater, the sleeves aren’t really very long, so I only have 30 rows to go. Then it’s just the front, seaming and neckband. Just. 😉
I also restarted the Mountain Colors sock, but now it was coming out too big. I’m using the “Purl Lace Socks” pattern from Socks, socks, socks.
I didn’t want too fussy a pattern, because of the lovely variegated colours in the yarn, but I didn’t want plain stocking stitch, because I get bored, and I’m already doing Stocking Stitch on Satin.
I was using 2.5mm needles, but I have frogged it, and I’ll restart on 2.25mm needles.
Last day of school today, I just have to take Em to school tomorrow for an hour for Parent Teacher interviews, then it’s school holidays. Yay. At least I get to sleep in for two weeks 🙂

Are these not the cutest things?

And they’re quick 🙂 I knitted and seamed them up yesterday afternoon. I think I’ll get some pretty pink braid to trim the top. Now I just need a girl baby to give them to! They’re a little small, only 8cm long, because as per usual, my gauge was off. But cute anyway 🙂
I also got as far as I could with the garter stitch baby cardi.

That’s as much as I can do until I know if the baby I’m knitting it for is a boy or a girl, because I want to do the front bands and sleeve bands in pink or blue.
I am loving “Simple Knits for Cherished Babies” 🙂

Mmm.. sock yarn. Just what I needed 😉