I swear he thinks he's a cat. He drinks milk (started when I craved milk and apples during pregnancy for now 7 year old daughter). I guess he had the sympathy cravings, too. He's got the paw kneading thing on the carpet down pat. He rubs up against the couch or my legs. And this morning, see what I caught him doing ...
Maybe this is a better shot.
So what do you think? Should I break it to him gently???
Boo!
The witching hour is upon us.
Look, it's my daughter's pirate pumpkin.
The moons must have lined up mysteriously. See what it made me do ... that, my friend, is the beginning of my son's mitten (a first for me).
I will leave you with a rare picture of Jasmine, Buzz Lightyear and Moi in my Hourglass Sweater.
With Branching Out out of the way, I just wanted to show you where I am with the other projects.
I picked up the Child's Placket Sweater on Friday and knitted up one sleeve. I did the 2nd sleeve today.
The last time I worked on Molly was last weekend. I finished off the left front. I had to take a break from it. And of course, Branching Out was distracting me. Boy do I already dread having to seam those sleeves.
I missed knitting this week (too busy with kid's school projects and homework). I felt like I was in a rot because I kept seeing my WIPs and had no sense of accomplishment in sight. Earlier today I picked up Branching Out which was at 16 repeats. I sat down and planned to do a couple of pattern repeats. There's something about lace that kept pushing me to continue knitting (just one more pattern). I got so engrossed in it that I ended up finishing it (all 27 repeats).
It still needs to be blocked but here it is ...
I guess there are several reasons why I taught myself how to knit.
1) There's this obnoxious officemate who said "knitting is so easy, if you can manipulate 1 and 0s in your programs then I don't understand why you don't know how to knit".
2) It keeps my hands out of the potato chips.
3) I was so frustrated last winter when I could not find any mittens for my Little Man. His poor wrists were freezing in the snow everytime those oversized mittens slipped off.
Of course, reason #1 really set me off. So off I was to Michael's to get myself a Learn to Knit kit. The kit was for a scarf and hat. I finished the (garter/stockinette/ribbed) scarf but never did the hat. Reason #2 really works as it gets me out of the kitchen and I don't want crumbs on my projects. Just keep those fingers busy and the chips stay in the pantry.
I think now I'm coming close to full circle by finally attempting to knit mittens. I joined Peaceful Palms KAL yesterday and just joined the Warm Hands KAL.
Of course, full circle means these mittens become FOs.
