Posted on 06/30/2008 by Barb
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I’ve always struggled a little with knitting in the summer but I have projects stacked up:
I’m at about the 2/3 finished point with the baby blanket. That coincides with the “doneness” of the baby it’s being knitted for. So that project has precedence over the Leo sweater for my son, the due date of which may be moved from birthday in September to Christmas.
In addition to those two works in progress, I have committed to participate in the 2008 Knitting Olympics Group … find complete rules here.
The Knitting Olympic Trials are open to any knitter on Ravelry who wants to push themselves to complete a project within 17 days … basically, the challenge is to cast on a project during the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Olympics (Aug. 8) and finish before the Olympic flame goes out (Aug. 24).
My project for that needs to be a second knitting to confirm the accuracy of a pattern I adapted from a vintage Christmas hearth stocking. I hope to post this up as a free pattern in time for people to actually knit it for Christmas. Stay tuned ….
And last but not least … we have Brad and Andrea’s baby, due in January. I haven’t decided on a project yet. This will be the first grandchild, so it has to be something pretty special! I’m open to suggestions ….
Posted on 06/22/2008 by Barb
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Making an angel food cake from a box mix is about as easy as it gets:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Pour mix into large bowl.
Add 1¼ c. cold water.
Mix on low for 30 seconds, then on high for 1 minute.
Pour in angel food cake pan.
Bake for 43-47 minutes. (Do not underbake.)
Rest on neck of a bottle to cool.
OMG! It’s amazing what gravity can do.
(The second cake was perfect.)
Posted on 06/18/2008 by Barb
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Babies!, Random Thoughts
Monday I was at a job location with some coworkers, all women. We’re all about the same age. We four were the advance crew, setting up for a project prior to the client’s arrival the next morning.
CR says something like, "I thought MG might come over and help set up … but I guess she’s just planning on showing up for lunch tomorrow, when the hard work is all done." (Now understand that this was all in good fun and we'd have carried on the same babble if she were standing right there ... and she'd be dishing it right back at us. She’s a stitch.)
“Oh, did you hear one of her girls is expecting, again?” asked SW.
CR said, “How many grandchildren does that make for her?”
“I don’t know but it's a bunch,” said ML.
"About a hundred and twelve, I think," chortled SW. She asked ML, “You have grandkids, don’t you?”
ML said, “Ya, from my husband’s side, not mine … but I still consider them mine. We have two.”
I’m saying nothing, nothing at all, just keeping quiet, staying on-task, doing what needs to get done through all of this idle chatter.
SW says, “You know, the three of us (referring to herself, CR and me) should have a contest to see which of us gets to be a grandma first.”
I stopped in mid-motion, turned around and looked from SW to CR to ML and back again. I could feel myself slowly turning color, on fire, exploding ... and I blurted out, in spite of clamping my hands tightly over my mouth … “I WIN!!! I WIN!!!”
Andrea, your turn ….
Posted on 06/10/2008 by Barb
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Knitting, Random Thoughts, Show-Off Ruffle Skirt
I wish I had more knitting progress to report, but I’ve only put a few more inches on the baby blanket. It’s very pretty, though. And soft.
I love Andrea’s flirty red skirt. She wore it today and it looks just as great as you’d think it would. Nice job, Andrea!
I have some pictures of hail that fell a couple of weeks ago. That was a little interesting. Storms are such a love-hate thing. Love the energy of them, but hate it when they punch holes in the hostas and cut the throats of the irises.
We’re getting along fine with Steph’s cats. Elliot likes to hide under things and Bo insists on being as high up as he can get. So it’s unusual to get them in the same photo.
Also, last weekend a very special niece, Ali (right), came to visit. And Steph (left) is home on vacation this week.
So things are busy and good. The knitting will be there next week!
