Mother Nature decided to put me in my place. You see, I grew too cocky and planted peas and Swiss chard in the garden. Momma. N. reminded me who was boss by making it snow.
Knitting has also kept me humble lately.
Half way through the second sock, I realized I had been omitting an entire round of the pattern repeat. Oops. And then, the pooling, which was noticeable from the start, grew dramatic. Was I terribly upset by this?
No, not really. They’re done. They’re comfy. They’re green, which puts me in mind of spring, even if Momma N isn’t ready to let go of winter.
Pattern: Yukon Leaves by Lela Conrad
Yarn: Pagewood Farm Sock
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I signed Sam and Claire up for the Kids’ Artist Trading Card Swap hosted by Wise Craft and House on Hill Road. It seemed like a wonderful activity for two young enthusiastic artists; however, kids are kind of like wild animals in that their reactions to things are not always predictable.
I was going to say it was like pulling teeth to get them to work on these cards, but with the current dental situation in our household (Sam lost a third tooth today), that would have indicated the process was an easy one. It was anything but easy. They pulled out every trick in their bags to resist my entreaties to work on the project. Eventually, I was reduced to bribing them to finish. Sam got extra computer time and Claire made me clean her room.
The things I do for art.
Despite their resistance, their artist trading cards turned out pretty cool. I LOVE Claire’s cat and bunny and Sam’s menagerie.
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My family apologizes for monopolizing the time of a certain little fairy.
Sam lost two (2) teeth in one (1) week and has two (2) more wiggly chompers. Robert had one (1) pulled since an old root canal went bad. Someday, he’ll get a fancy false tooth to fill in the gap, but until then, he and Sam have similar grins.
Anyway, the tooth fairy has been camping out in our home, barely keeping up with the teeth that are popping out of mouths here. She’s also on the verge of pawning her magic wand so she’ll have enough change to leave under the appropriate pillows. Poor gal.
By the way, THANK YOU for the kind comments you’ve left on my blog recently. For some reason, I’m not receiving email notifications about new comments, so didn’t realize until a moment ago, that I was falling behind in responding.
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