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Communion

I will be traveling home today. We were in Florida this weekend for my niece’s First Communion. I would claim that she gets her good looks from me, but in fact this is my sister-in-law’s daughter. What a great time we had. Sun, fun and a visit with family. While we were here, the niece became intrigued by blogging and now wants a website of her own! Does anyone know of kid friendly blogging services out there? Not like myspace though, something more for the elementary school crowd.

Before they moved, I taught this niece how to knit. But that was before she moved to Florida and now she needs a refresher course. Things were too busy on this trip, but next time I will get some yarn in her hands. She wants to say hi to everyone and is hoping to get lots of comments!

check out the cool trick I taught my niece and nephew during our visit! is it any wonder I love kids?? : )

if you’re a clown, please don’t read this ….

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D#2 is in her junior year of high school. The school hosted a career day this week. It’s a good idea to get these kids thinking about their futures, their options. She spoke with a published author among others. It seems that many of the people who presented something had freebies – pens, magnets etc.

Here I am modeling one of the give aways.

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Yes, it is a clown nose. A clown nose. At career day the high school handed out clown noses. Running off and joining the circus is a career option.

I know, I know — there is an art in being a clown. It is nothing to laugh at – nothing to turn my nose up at. ; ) They probably make shitloads of money. But really, it made me laugh and I am still laughing.

which is what a clown is supposed to do, right?

If she doesn’t run off and join the circus, perhaps she will consider a musical career. I hope you all have a great weekend – see you on Tuesday!

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scene: the locker room at the gym. I have finished swimming/showering/dressing and am waiting for Ricki to do the same. I have decided to use this time to clean out my purse. A gauge swatch which is in my purse falls on the floor and Ricki hands it to me …..

Ricki: Oh this is so nice Ann. It’s such a pretty color. I thought the jacket was moss stitch.

Me: It is.

Ricki: But it said to do the gauge in stockinette?

Me: (with absolutely no confidence whatsoever) yeah.

I make a mental note to verify this the minute I get through the door.

I get the book as soon as I get home and I cannot believe what I am reading! WTF is the matter with me???? I actually looked at the book, knit the damn swatch, looked at the book again to see what gauge I should be getting. Counted my damn swatch. Looked at the book. Recounted the swatch just to make sure. And have looked at the damn pattern countless times in between as I have dithered over sizing.

AND THAT WHOLE F-ING TIME DID NOT NOTICE THAT I HAD KNITTED THE WRONG STITCH IN MY GAUGE SWATCH???!!!

An afternoon on the phone with Cara and Kathleen – thank God they put up with me and this crazy crap of mine – has revealed that my stitch gauge is slightly off – the pattern calls for 4.25 stitches/inch and I am getting 4.5 stitches/inch. That .25 difference means that if I continue knitting for the larger size, I will actually end up with the in between size that I wanted in the first place.

i lucked out and this screw up has in fact been a very good turn of events.

but still – what the hell is wrong with me?

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on band trips, we used to make out
with these guys in the back of the bus

thank you so much for all your input! Cathy sent me a link to an errata page for Knitting Nature. It has all been enormously helpful. Last night’s knitting brought me to the decision making point of should I/shouldn’t I. I managed to make myself so crazy (what the hell is the matter with me?? – Kathleen is right!) that I just went to bed. It was only nine o’clock!!

A full night’s sleep was just what the knitting Dr. ordered and I have decided to do the smaller (three stitch) reduction.

In other news, the Boar and I are traveling to Florida this weekend – a niece’s First Communion. My traveling neurosis have kicked in and I am busy kvetching about it all ……. I wonder why Kathleen ever assumed I was normal in the first place? That’s the real question!