Well, I’m normally Yarning Along with Ginny, but this week I’m taking a bit of a pass. Sorry internet people. I’m busy. Well, that and when I’m sick and tired of showing pictures of the same projects, I can only imagine how you must feel.
I did finish the sweater. I need to block it and take some pictures. I’m still behind on my pattern writing and editing, but have made huge strides and am probably hours from being done. That has to count for something.
I’m thinking of broading my horizons on the blogging front to keep it interesting. For instance, I may not write about knitting on Wednesdays. I’m such a rebel. What’s funny is this is actually my version of rebelling.
Mondays will still be along the “I’m Blessed” theme. I’m not as committed to the Homeschool Fridays, so I’ll no longer put the linky up for that. I do still plan on writing about homeschooling at the end of the week. I didn’t get this far in my last homeschooling post, but as Silje is starting to read my blog from time to time I want to be careful to not share anything that may embarrass her, you know?
She’s getting to that age where I could completely humiliate her and have no idea that I’ve done it. So the posts that involve my kids might be gone over more than usual to make sure they would approve. If I don’t have time to go over it, it may be late in publishing, or I may not get to it at all. *gasp!* I know. We’ll all be fine.
Well, talking about potty training with Elias, and Solveig’s random poop stories are probably still fair game. I mean, I need some good stuff documented while they’re still at the age of not caring.
So on other quick news:
We had another 2 egg day. I had to buy another carton of eggs.
Designs for new patterns keep getting entered in my sketchbook. I so should not have opened up this can of worms in my head. It just won’t stop. If you ever wonder why I don’t scrapbook: this is it. It’s not that it doesn’t appeal to me, it’s that I would take it to the extreme and it would take over my life. So far I haven’t let pattern making take over my life, but it so easily could. I had to make some pretty specific rules for myself even for making these patterns.
Knut says he’s still recovering from harvest. I know the real reason for his restlessness is he needs to ski. The sun goes down too fast for roller skiing after supper now, and there’s no snow for the real kind. There’s some really good things on the horizon with him though, so he’s starting to pick himself up.
I bought an antique darning egg at an antique store today. I have no plans to darn anything, but I think just having one is darn fun to have on display.
Yes, I did just say that.
Lois says
November 9, 2011 at 2:08 pmI was sorting at my folks house and found a darning egg in a box. Now, how do I use it and do I ever want to?
Glad to hear that you are finding eggs. You need three eggs for popovers so some day soon you can stir up a batch.
Penny says
November 9, 2011 at 3:15 pmSilly question, but what’s a darning egg? And what exactly is darning? I’ve read it in many books before, and I have a mental image of mending socks, maybe? I’ve just never heard of a darning egg before.
How are your beautiful old sewing machines doing?
Gretchen's Mom says
November 9, 2011 at 11:45 pmDarning is usually for socks. My mom used to use an old light bulb to improvise for a darning egg. You put the egg in the sock and then you have a frame to more easily sew up the holes in the sock. Now we just throw holey socks away, but back in the day, they were darned and darned until there was nothing left of them.
kadyb says
November 10, 2011 at 2:49 amAnd even though my mom was a wizard with yarn and thread, I must say those darned socks were darn uncomfortable to wear. The darned spots always made blisters.