New Pattern Today
There’s a new pattern up for the anklets I’ve been doing. They’re nothing fancy - I just needed something to go in my light low-top hikers for the summer, and I just made it up as I went with some parts here and there from other socks I’ve made. It’s a good, basic pattern and it works up really quickly; I made two pairs in a week, which is breathtaking speed for me.
I’ll put up a pic of both pairs when I can…
Mother’s Day
So, this Sunday is Mother’s Day in the US. This year finds me, once again, working on my mom’s sweater. Yes, it’s the same one I talked to her about last year when I got her measurements, etc. In my defense, there’s been a hell of a lot going on in both of our lives - School Girl’s first year of school, my mom’s (now) three surgeries and subsequent recovery periods, including one rocky cold-turkey withdrawl from Percoset - so it’s been a bit of a challenge to get coordinated with things. For example, it’s tough to try on things when one of the parties is 1000 miles from the other.
But, we’ve decided to postpone Mother’s Day until Mum and Dad come out here for a visit in June. They’ll be here with my sister (on business) and nieces (on monkey business) for about a week. So hopefully Mum will be feeling well enough to have some fun while she’s here - and I have a good shot at finishing this behemoth.
We’re falling back on the Gift Card thing for my MiL - somebody didn’t bother to ask what she might want, so we’re sending a gift card this morning. Last year I got her a gift subscription to CRAFT, but I have no idea if she likes it or not, so I think I’ll pass on that one this time.
We got M and C, her mom, a card and a bunch of pictures of School Girl. I think they’ll like that more than anything else we could give them.
As for me…I’m having a tough time with Mother’s Day myself, and will be just as pleased when it’s all over, thanks.
I do wish all the rest of you mothers, grandmothers, and others a very happy, healthy and peaceful Mother’s Day.
Done and done
This weekend I managed to finish up a couple of projects. The first one was a belated birthday present for my BiL’s wife. Hey, it’s only a week late…
It’s all mailed off, as of this afternoon. I think I would have had better luck/got it out in time if I hadn’t used such a fine yarn. Oh, well.
I also put the handles on Brighton yesterday. It’s over here. It seems to be sturdy and big enough (yes, now I can carry my 1st aid kit in there), so I’m…happy enough with it. The handles were something I was a little apprehensive about installing, but it went pretty well and they feel solid. They’re also short enough to keep paranoid me feeling happy and secure.
They’re here!
They’re here! They’reherethey’reherethey’rehere! The bag handles - they’re here!!! And someday, when my iPhoto feels like cooperating with my camera, I might even be able to show them to you. I sent to Purl for them earlier in the week, and they were on the doorstep early this morning. For us, that’s damn fine service, and it was less expensive than the real leather ones I had considered using. I think they’ll be just fine. A little short, perhaps, but I think it’ll work out.
I’m particularly disappointed in my grumpy iPhoto/camera combo this morning because I had a picture of the tulips from yesterday on there. Every spring, ever since we moved here almost 4 years ago, it’s the same thing:
- Tulips/daffodils/crocuses bloom.
- It snows. It snows hard.
- Tulips/daffodils/crocuses are crushed under the weight of the heavy snow, never recover, and die for another year.
- Repeat next spring, ad nauseum.
It looks like the snow wasn’t quite deep or heavy enough to do that this spring. Hey, who says there isn’t an up side to global warming? (I have to laugh, or I’d never stop crying.)
