pokingmyeyesout

for a girl :) (Ravelry link)

.... a few nights ago, I was working on body of bear ... DH and I play this guessing game, to see if he can guess what it is that I am working on. I am always amazed that he can so easily identify what it is.
[...]
DH: it is a jumpsuit .. or an outfit
[looks at the pattern...]
DH: See, I was right. He is ...
me: He is a boy?
DH: Yes.
me: Why is 'it' a boy?
DH: Cause of the color
me: [picks up the pattern]
are they all boys?
DH: no, the white one is a girl

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... is my way of living in the moment, think positively, and not dwell on what I can not control. It is my strategy on coping, along with more crafting (more gardening, more baking, more cooking, more walkies, more reading, more family, etc!) Translation: more everything to prevent the broken record that would otherwise play in my head and drives me insane. Well, enough of that ...

I finished a cute little lacy scarf (Ravelry link)

After a glance of my posts, I realized I forgot to post Chanson Capelet. whoops. (Ravelry link)

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... also used as window decorations.

G: How many of these are you going to make?
me: I dunno.
[pause, G looking at the window]
G: You will need 33 to [fill up the window].

So G picked the next one, the Penguin ... and immediately picked another one (without me asking!) alligator.

I did finish the sweater Dad ordered :)... mmm. a lot of stst. (ravelry link)

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After this bit of success with crochet. I went head first into tawashi-land with J ... The fun yarn is an anti-bacterial bulky acrylic Japanese yarn, mmm acrylic. Ravelry link

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On the brighter side of unemployment, there is time for road trip and knitting. In mid-April, I went to Vancouver BC (Vancouver set on flickr) with my Mom and Aunt. I worked on Inspired by Ruffles ( Ravelry link ).

In beg-May, I went to Kalispell (Kalispell set on flickr) with DH, in-laws, to visit his brother & family. On the drive, I finished a pair of booties (pic on flickr), soap cozy for G (pic on flickr) . The next morning I started a string bag (pic on flickr) (Ravelry link) with yarn from GD ... The chair where I spent most of the week is very comfortable and has a gorgeous view to The Swan. At that pace, I would run out of projects. So, I dragged everyone to Camas Creek Yarn - I selected a simple Araucania Ranco Solid for the Lace Ribbon Yarn. I managed to finish it before we were on the road again. On the drive back, I finished the string bag and took a nap... a. lot. of. knitting. time.

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