Monthly Archives: December 2008

Sling sale!

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Oh man! My favorite sling maker, Kangaroo Korner, is having a sale. From an e-mail:

For the first time ever, all Kangaroo Korner Adjustable Pouches and Children’s Slings are on sale, 25-50% off! All fabrics including Fleece, All-Season, Mesh and Solarveil are on sale for a limited time.

I recommend the Fleece or Cotton Twill pouch. Mackie, at almost 18 months, won’t stand for it any more but I got a lot of use out of mine the first 6 months or so:

napped

An A-plus way to knock ‘em out and keep ‘em quiet. Muy bien.

Knitting: the Toasty handwarmer

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Last month I was poking around the internet for easy armwarmer patterns and hit upon a good one: Toast/Toasty.

'Toasty' handwarmer

I found the pattern for these fingerless mitts on a blog called A Friend To Knit With; I printed it immediately and even went so far as to order a copy of the Toast catalog, which arrived a before Thanksgiving and was utterly swoony.

I made a pair of these out of Cascade 220 for my sister and these ones, in green Patons wool, for myself. I have one more inch to knit on the second one for me and then I’ll be done, and both my hands will be warm.

I was not made to model

Like holidays of yore, but with more beer

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It’s weird getting together with adult siblings. You know you’ve all come from the same household, the same parents … but there’s really no telling what mental spin they’ve put on the experience. I wonder what their personal narratives are, how they explain my family to other people. I assume that my interpretation is the superior one, being the oldest and the smartest and the most mature, but I grant that maybe their perspective has some merit, too.

Some nice things I like

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  • Knitting handwarmers
  • watching Lord of the Rings
  • making gingerbread house
  • eating peanut butter cookies
  • Pollyeye’s breadsticks and beer
  • Children’s Wonderland at the Lucas County Rec Center
  • buying Christmas decorations
  • having my husband’s Christmas present chosen, bought, paid for and delivered
  • knowing that his new dual-bevel sliding compound miter saw is going to cut me my quarter-round molding
  • planning a pirate-themed birthday party for my soon-to-be four-year-old