1. I frogged The Kelly Green Hat. It was too small; it took a little digging since The Mama didn't exactly tell me the size of the Kid's head...so I had to guess based on "the average head size of a ... child." 2. As I started to cast on, it all went mostly swimmingly. Till I tried to join into the circle. I forgot how. Seriously, major brain goof... Had to Google it.
3. I've been knitting in the round on a 5-needle set of DPNs for 15 years... How in the world could I forget??
4. I also despise the "improved Facebook interface." Why do software companies fix what ain't broke? I'm talking to YOU, Blogger!!!
5. There's persistence... This is a weed - probably ragweed, with my luck - that's growing up THROUGH a piece of Travertine marble that's a stepping stone in our garden. Not to worry; it wasn't the "good" Travertine; it was advertised as paving stone...Our garden is mostly done. And the upcoming 5-day heat wave is likely to kill the rest of it off. Which is fine.
I'm ripping out the milkweed before it re-seeds. All we have are the red beetles. I had one -- ONE -- caterpillar, and rumor has it that while the beetles don't harm the caterpillars, their poop does. I've grown milkweed for 4 years now; I need to see some results in the form of Monarchs. And I saw the butterflies around. They did light on the milkweed, and I suspect that at least one of them laid eggs. But not a single one survived.
We did, however, have more than a plethora of red beetles. And these nasty hornet-looking things, too. Which I'd never seen before. So it's time to rip it out and start over. I have to do some research to figure out how to get rid of the beetles in a way that's still safe for the caterpillars.
The Knitting...
Well, I have Friday off, so I'm going to whack through The Kelly Green Hat. Then I'm going to make a definitive list of my COVID knitting - just for myself because I'm becoming demoralized about all the folks I see who're on their "87th pair of socks" or "14th Quarentine Shawl."
I'm not setting myself up for competition. It's just that I've knitted a lot of small things and I need to just catalog them for myself.
So far: 1 shawlette; 1 shawl; 4 baby hats (#5 on the way, so to speak); 1 "ear guard" which I have to re-do, larger; 5 washcloths (maybe 6?)...and I started the Long Sands Tee. That's what I want to get back to, so that's why I want to whack out The Kelly Green Hat. I have time to get two of the hats off to a Special Someone. And then I might make another one just to have in stash.
Random Picture(s)...
Tippi says: WEAR the fluffin' mask. WASH your fluffin' paws. STAY the fluff home!!! Our county is under restrictions starting tomorrow because we live with morons who can't wear a mask "because it infringes on my freedom.
Let me tell you something: I've been intubated before. TRUST me when I say that a mask? A piffle. Intubation? It hurts.
So now, everyone's whining and moaning about how "it's the bars and restaurants that are being penalized." Well.... duh!!! It's because y'all can't wait to go out and party. Seriously - there's a bar 3 blocks from me and they set up tents in the parking lot. There is NO WAY that those tables are 6 feet apart. And even if they were? I've driven by plenty of times after teaching a later yoga class -- and I've seen the patrons all "mingling."
Social distancing isn't that hard. Stay at least two-and-a-half elkhounds away...
PS: No elkhounds were harmed in the masking of Tippi. The mask was on for about 5-7 seconds while I took the picture. She's such a good sport!
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