The Day After...

Well!  I survived almost an entire day at the MOA!  (Mall of America)  My son and his friend bought all-you-can-ride wristbands for the amusement park and went at it.  I chose the first day of the Minnesota State Fair in hopes of a thinner crowd where we were.  It seems to have worked.  Usually just walking into that mall sucks the soul right out of me, yesterday - not so much as a headache.  :-)  We met up and talked on the phone to make sure all was well and safe with them.  Otherwise I was on my own.  It was so lovely to be able to stop whenever I wanted and for how long I chose.  No aching plantar fascia ;-) and I just sat and knitted and listened to a) a job interview (she got it) at Caribou and b) a job review (she was doing a good job) at Barnes & Noble a few hours later.

I started a Baby Sophisticate for Grayson while there.  It was a good time.  On the way home we stopped at Amanda's place to visit my grandbabies.  Jackson's so funny.  He kisses and loves on the baby so much.  Then he took my phone and looked at pictures and pretended to talk.  So then I got talking with Amanda and Zach and wasn't paying much attention to J over yonder.  All of a sudden I hear on the speaker phone setting on MY phone...MY husband!  Jackson had not only called his gramps but put him on speaker phone!  I can't do that when I try.  lol  He's a sweet little kid.  His brother is too, but only being two weeks old, a bit boring.  ;-)

The night before yesterday I finished up a Lark sweater I'd been putting off for a month. It's for the boys. I still haven't washed/dried it...when I use acrylic, that washing and drying constitutes blocking. But it's still turned out nicely. I have trouble with sewing down the placket and sleeves evenly. Grrr. I'll just keep practicing.



 

 

Practice Aviatrix (helmet)


 

This hood on the Lark was done with a Three Needle Bind-Off, which I adore, used on the shoulders as well. The trouble with a 3 Needle on the hood is that it leaves it rather pointy. I'd like to investigate short rows for a hood. Maybe add that to my repertoire. I've already used them on the Aviatrix pattern for a helmet type hat. So cute. It's not worked in the round but back and forth with short rows. I'm just not sure how to apply to a pattern on my own.


So anyway, Blogger just made it impossible to add to this to sign off without signing out and back in first.  ?  I believe I've mentioned how much I loathe Blogger and yet I know not how to do anything else better.  Alas, I am doomed to stay here until such time as I see fit to get a Ph.D. in computer sciences!  That's about what it'll take to understand this stuff.  Grrrr.  Ta-ta for now.