Yesterday was my scheduled day with the
grandchildren—Miss J was a bit under the weather. Miss C had ended
the weekend with a stomach virus. Miss J, as always, had to have
what ever Miss C had—and started feeling ill very late (11:30PM)
Tuesday night. The worst was over by Wednesday morning—because
she was sick to her stomach most of the night.
In three days the girls generated 6
loads of wash by throwing up on themselves, their crib sheets, and
their parents. They were both a bit cranky—Miss J still had a bit
of fever, (but had stopped throwing up) Miss C was better, but
cranky from lack of sleep. Miss J largely sleep through Miss C's being sick, but Miss J kept Miss C from sleeping. I kept them entertained
for a while as DD finished up the last 3 loads of laundry.
Miss C loved the bubbles—Miss J still
wasn't at her best, and only wanted to snuggle with momma, (NOT
Nana—she had had enough of me for the day.) But she cheered up when
a few birds came into the play area—And while she didn't want me,
she did want to play with my knitting--I let her of course. I spent
this AM undoing the knots she managed to make in the yarn. It's is
amazing how good both girls are as knotting the yarn!
In spite of the knots, I made some
progress, not much, but some—the ribbing is clearly longer. I like
these socks better than the last pair I knit—even though pink is
not a favorite color. I generally like socks with a fancy cuff and plain (or ribbed) knitting for the rest of the sock. I have some pink clothes, too, though not
many.
I have one major set—from back in the
early 1990's I bought a slightly damaged bold of cloth—60 inches
wide, (down to 56 inches for most of the bolt)about 10 yards in
all.(for $10 or so- I remember I didn't have enough cash, and paid in $0.50
tokens) I made: a skirt, a jacket, a vest, a pair of pants, and a
pair of long shorts... I still have the all but the pants, for no
other reason than they have hardly been worn—see statement
above—Pink isn't a favorite color!
I also have 2 lengths of cloth (soon to
be shirt dresses) that have some pink accents so these socks will
have some “go with's”. The 20 year old pink jacket will match the
shirt dresses, too.
Some time in the future, I will knit a
pink (a very bright Bubble Gum pink) shell (from Lion Brand Sock-easeyarn, in Lollypop) . With a co-coordinating cardigan—in a hand
painted pink--Araucania Atacama. (you can see this in my stash on Ravelry)
Together these will make an almost, but not quite, matching sweater
set. The socks are not a perfect match either, (color wise) but will
be close enough.
In the past (the recent past, even!) I hardly ever got cold--but time is catching up to me, and now I like the idea of owning a very warm alpaca sweater,
