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Remember to thank your favorite veteran today. Why, you ask? Because freedom isn't free. Thank goodness there are young men and women in our country who believe in this great nation of ours and are willing to stand up and fight for all of us.
Here's to my two favorite devil dogs out there - my nephews Javi and BJ.
Semper fidelis!
Hmmm. Something doesn't look quite right with this pair of Christine's Stay-On Baby Booties.
My unlabeled yarn from Italy has a very subtle variegation to it. I thought it was always the same ply of orange with salmon. It wasn't until I put the booties side-by-side that I realized they were very, very different. One is orange and one is salmon. Drat. Fortunately, there's enough yarn to make a third bootie and figure out which one it matches.
Back to the drawing board!
This Memorial Day weekend is a great opportunity to take the family to the air show/car show at the Igor Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, CT for the Corsairs Over Connecticut/Wings & Wheels show.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Igor Sikorsky Memorial Airport
Stratford, CT
All proceeds go to support The Discover Museum and Planetarium in Bridgeport - one of our local amazing resources for families of all ages.
Please go take your family and help out a wonderful museum. You'll be glad you did!
These little Christine's Stay-On Booties are so quick to knit, but even I get caught with just one bootie done in a day. Life sometimes gets in the way.
It's also not that attractive when it's a work in progress. See how it's limp and lists to one side? Hmmmm. Not my best work in the staging department. But I show it for a reason. Before I photograph or wrap baby booties as a gift, I take some paper and roll it up into a tube and stuff it inside the bootie to make it a bit stiffer and allow it to stand up straight. The next time you see this bootie, it will definitely be standing at attention!
Carry on.
I had some friends over for knitting yesterday and I found myself unable to work on a single WIP or UFO in my pile. I picked up several projects, looked at them, futzed around, put them down, picked up another one and repeated the whole scenario. Finally, nothing came to me so I decided to find a quick new project.
Christine's Stay-On Baby Booties
Rowan Purelife Organic Cotton 4-ply in yellowwood
US Size 2 dpns
There's nothing like a pair of baby booties to pick up your spirits and help you find your knitting mojo. Christine's Stay-On Baby Booties are my favorite baby booties because they really do stay on. They're also fun and easy to knit. I like to have a lot of baby booties on hand for gifts and realized I had run out. So voila - here you have the first of (hopefully) several new baby booties. Fun. Fast. And big on the Awwww effect.
Have you made a pair of these baby booties yet?
Every spring, I have a fun ritual that I now come to think of as one of the highlights of May. I put on a dress (not a very common experience for this stay-at-home-Mom), wear some cute shoes, put in my contacts (another rare occurrence), bring my checkbook and cash, and head to the Mad Hatter Tea Party. When I arrive at the spot of the generous hostess, I open the oversized hat box from the back of my car and put on the piece de resistance: a large brimmed hat with a fun ribbon. Then I'm off to an afternoon of raising my pinky, sipping tea, eating finger sandwiches and hors d'oeuvres, and shopping for wonderful items while chatting with friends.
Here we are: Julie, Kerry and Jennifer
Here I am with Joanne (of the sampler afghan fame). Joanne is the chair of this event and has been organizing this wonderful day nearly single-handedly for 8 years! Joanne - we love you!
I brought Michelle along to her very first Mad Hatter. She had so much fun, she said next year she'll definitely be sporting a hat.
Lest you think I spend all my days lazing around wearing fun hats and sipping tea, this event was to raise money for Bethel Recovery Center. It was the perfect day for doing a good deed while hanging out with the girls. Would you like to join us next year?
This past month, BF and I have made a huge change in our lives. We're eating a mostly vegetarian diet or as my friend calls it, a pescatarian diet. OK, you caught me. We are eating some fish.
At the recommendation of friends, I bought these two cookbooks: Veganomicon and The Complete Italian Vegetarian. Both have some great recipes. Unfortunately, BF is following a vegan diet with fish (I'm not) and we're both off sugar, but many of these recipes have sugar or dairy, so we still have to adapt. The best news of all is that I feel better. I am optimistic that BF will start to feel better soon.
So what is your favorite vegetarian blog? I could definitely use some more suggestions in the kitchen.
Oh, and there's even more good news. My CSA starts next week and I'll have more vegetables than I can shake a stick at. Can you say kale chips anyone?
While you were sleeping and relaxing this weekend, I was on the Deerfield River Gap rafting down the river with 19 of my closest friends. It was a great event and everyone had a blast.
Here's the beautiful scenery that surrounded us in the Mohawk Trail State Forest.
Here's a view of the Class III rapids
I didn't get much knitting accomplished, but I think you'll understand that there really wasn't much opportunity for it.
It was a great outdoor adventure this weekend. May has been filled with campouts and fun. It's one of my favorite months of the year. So much excitement for everyone.
My blogless friend Kerry stopped by the other day and dropped off two books she thought I might like. I quickly devoured the first book she loaned me - Little Bee by Chris Cleave.
I read this book in no time flat, as it was hard to put down. This intriguing tale of two women who meet happenstance on a beach in Nigeria will change the course of both their lives forever.
I highly recommend this book for your next read. You'll be glad you did.
I'm moving right along with the bright orange Wonderful Wallaby. It's a youth large (size 12) and it definitely takes more time than a size 2 (finished in days!), but I am making steady progress.
I had optimistically thought I would be done with this sweater this weekend, but life got in the way. That and two really good books. So I'll still be working on this during the upcoming week and hope to have it finished for this week's Finishing Friday.
Remember I unearthed some UFOs in my Knit Nook? I want to revisit some of them and give them new life. Wouldn't that be nice?
Change is Good
