Knitting progress

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Twilight

This summer is a busy one. Our friend Grant is visiting and we’re working on outdoor projects. I haven’t had much time for knitting but have made some progress.

Here’s my green shrimp socks.

lace and cable socks

This yarn is so awesome. I recently bought another ball of Tofutti in a variegated brown.

Thebes’s Noro sweater is coming along. The squares make a great car project.

Noro Chieftain

I’m making another Che purse.

Che purse

A woman saw me with my Che purse in a restaurant and asked if she could buy one from me. I said sure so now I have Che 2.0 on the needles. This time I’m knitting the purse body in the round which is much better.

Playing in the Rio Grande River

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Twilight

Thebes had a dentist appointment the other day. We took Sieben along and took him down to the river. Here’s Sieben walking down the trail:

Sieben plays in river

We had so much fun!

Sieben plays in river

I’d throw up water and Sieben would catch it in his mouth. So cute.

Sieben plays in river

Lots of flowers are in bloom.

Sieben plays in river

He was so happy on our little adventure.

Sieben plays in river

I took along Tubey for my car knitting:

knitting Tubey in the car

My mother’s hair

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Twilight

The last crochet baby items I frogged were a little outfit.

mother art piece

Pretty cute eh? I’m saving three other pieces as my mementos. These pieces felt like the ones I should frog.

A close up of the jacket:

mother art piece

Here’s the back. My mother’s crochet is so neat and tidy.

mother art piece

The hat was still tied when I took it out of the box. Was my mother the last one to tie it? Maybe.

mother art piece

They booties were tough to frog. It was hard for me to find the ending row.

mother art piece

While frogging I found something completely unexpected-my mother’s hair.

mother art piece

I don’t know why it surprised me. My hair gets into everything I knit. So of course my mother’s hair got into the baby clothes she made me. I found several hairs.

mother art piece

Frogging these pieces made me cry hard. In a way I’m embracing my mother again. She was an emotionally withdrawn mother. Hugs were seldom with her. And yet it felt like I was close to her again, with her hair in my hand like that.

I collected the hairs and needle felted them into the womb.

Here’s the jacket half frogged:

mother art piece