Archive for February, 2010
We’ve been enjoying the fireplace a lot lately even though it’s not particularly cold. Miss Monroe loves the fire (Oskar doesn’t). I’m drying some yarn I spun near it though I think I’m not supposed to heat wooley things (I thought it better than staying wet for days in humidity!).
…So I’m trying to figure out how to knit socks. This is one item that really doesn’t crochet well (Crochet socks are ugly! And probably uncomfortable to wear as well).
After reading some books at the store, poking around Ravelry and the web, I decided that I want to make the socks from toe up so that I can make them as long as I can with yarn on hand (…since I believe that socks are longer the better!).
The socks I’m trying to make has “short-row” toe and heel (…whatever that means…) so that’s what I’m figuring out. Seriously, it took quite a bit of determination learning this from written instruction supplemented with a few photos). But I did eventually figure it out. Here’s the practice toe made with big needle and thick yarn (I use this little ball of yarn for practicing and unraveling over and over again). The yellow yarn is temporary stitchings (it’s crochet actually) for a technique called “provisional cast on”, it gets unraveled, discarded, and the stitches that are left behind are put on a needle at later point.
I made some knitting stitch markers with antiqued brass wire and pink glass beads.
We wanted to do something special for Immi’s birthday, and we had an idea to go to the beach. We just weren’t sure if we should go this weekend or the next weekend. Suddenly in the afternoon, we decided that today was the day…so we packed up and headed out.
After 1.5 hour drive from home, we got to the beach. The almost-birthday-princess splashed about along the water, Ashland hung out in the stroller, Todd photographed the sky and the ocean.
It’s a glorious day at the beach — hard to believe it’s still February!
…And then, the sun set.
We are having Saturday Coffee at Bakery Bar. It’s a really cute place and coffee is really cute too and I really want to like this place…but the coffee is completely mediocre. What can I say, we’ve probably gotten too spoiled coffee-wise living here.
I came across the term “photo taking moms” and honestly I was a bit offended, admittedly because I’m one of them. But then, I decided I might as well wear the badge proudly 
My favorite moments to capture on camera is when Immi (a rare moment these days!) or Ashland is sleeping in day light. They always look so peaceful and there’s lots of light and they aren’t moving, so it’s an easy photographic opportunity.
Another favorite moment is kids & cats. Oskar who is in real life a really chubby cat, I think is quite photogenic And I just think that cross-specie friendship between Ashland and Oskar is so sweet. Needless to say, this is more difficult to capture on camera since there are TWO moving subjects, and there isn’t always good lighting.
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