Weebug Knits

I seem to be caught in all things twilight. The first was my scarf for ISE6.

The second was the book. Then I had to read the other two books that are available in that series.

And now I am back to knitting twilight again:

I apologize for the crappy photo. Cell phones aren't great, but they work in a pinch. This particular yarn is Fleece Artist Sea Wool, needle size 5. It is for a dear friend's birthday sometime this month. I have many friends with birthdays in the the merry month of May. Could it be for you?

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In which what was lost is found.

Right before Christmas, Shannon lost the first of two retainers. We had absolutely no idea where it could have gone off to, she swore up and down that she hadn't thrown it out, but we couldn't find it. So we got a new retainer, which she promptly lost in about two weeks. We are now on the third retainer. Come to think of it, I haven't actually seen her wear it for a few days so even that might be in question.

Midgeling has two daughters younger than Shannon and a lot of the clothes that my girl has out grown go that direction. Yesterday at lunch, Midgeling asked me if we were missing a retainer, a blue and white one with a hippo sticker encased in the resin. Kassie, her six year old, had put on a pair of pants that Shannon had just given her and found the retainer in the pocket in apparently perfect condition.

Now I am not at all sure that the pants were actually washed before we gave them away.

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Here is the Saturday sky, Washougal edition.

Complemented by Carolina Silverbells, the tree that replaced the raggedy Dog Wood in my parent's front yard.

I also restarted my ISE6 scarf because I wasn't liking the fabric. Here is the new version:

The pattern is from A Fine Fleece, Knitting with Handpun Yarns. the pattern is an adapatation twilight.

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It is Black Dog Friday, and it has been a very long week. It has been one of those weeks that there wasn't just one thing that made it arduous, but a bunch of little annoying things. In an effort to ignore my inner struggles, I have been attempting to focus outward with my camera.

Wednesday Fiona and I took a little walk:

The Seattle Peace Park. Every time we have driven past this statue, I have yearned to photograph it. So Wednesday I finally did. I can't say that I photographed it well, but at least I made the effort to follow a dream. Art is a work in progress and perhaps another day will yield different results.

Then I turned around and snapped a picture of Fee, sitting on a bench. I don't think that she was too happy with me on that one, but I think that the result captures the essense of 13 at our house. On the way back to the car I was captivated by the shadows on the University Bridge:

On the knitting front, I started a pair of socks in my own pattern:

They are headed toward the frog pond. There was a knot in the skein and after the knot the pattern was coming out totally different. I am not sure what I am going to try with it next, but for right now it is on a time out.

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How did it get to be the first of May already? After the strange weather that we had this spring, I am still not sure that spring has arrived for real. Part of me is still stuck on winter:

It is another button tab hat! The yarn is my own handspun from Crown Mountain Farms roving.

It's the first of May, and that means flowers. The above rhodies were a gift from my father. I love the richness of the blooms.

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I have been waiting all spring for these flowers to make an appearance:

My apple trees bloomed three weeks later this year than last. Most likely due to it being a colder than usual spring. Yesterday I noticed that the bleeding heart had finally bloomed:

Now I am waiting for my daughter to arrive home so that I can take her to an appointment. It never ends does it?

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Today is Haiku Monday over at the CMP group.

Sunny spring light
Casts a smile across bright blooms
White pink in the sun.

State gymnasts flipping
Bars, Vault, Beam, Floor while waylaid
Gymnast watches. Weeps.

eta: I wasn't sure if benched qualified as a two syllable word or one. So I changed it.

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