The Holiday
The holidays were very, very busy. No snow in Toronto, which made the kids sad. They got new sleds two years ago, and we've never been able to use them because of the missing snow. This year may be a bust too, but I hope not. If we get snow next year, the kids will have outgrown their sleds!
On Christmas Eve, we had dinner at the in-laws' home. Christmas dinner was at my place, for 10 people, although it ended up being 9 because my mom bowed out. On Boxing Day, we went to my parents' house and visited my mom there.
The next day, my older son's best friend, who moved to Portland last year, came to stay with us for a couple of nights, along with his little brother. Once they arrived, we didn't stop moving. On the first night, we went to a Japanese restaurant, saw a movie (Night at the Museum), and the kids stayed up until three in the morning playing video games.
The next day, we went to the Science Centre, then out for lunch, before visiting the old neighbourhood. Sadly, none of their friends were around, and the two who were, were stuck at home babysitting. In the evening, we went to yet another movie (The Pursuit of Happyness for the kids and spouse, Casino Royale for me), then had a long, unexpected adventure trying to get to our parking spot from the mall-from-hell with the mislabelled signs and byzantine layout ("Dude, where's my car??"). I regret to say that I was really tired by then, and did not react with good humour to the dead end corridors and multiple locked parking exits. Anyway, the kids survived my cursing like a sailor, and stayed up again playing video games. The next morning, our guests left, but we caught up with them the next day at their family party, and everyone had a great time there.
The next day, Sunday, we had dinner again with the in-laws (almost a whole week had passed since we last saw them at Christmas!), and then on Monday we visited with my parents.
Now the fibre content of this knitting blog...
Right before Christmas, I finally finished that crocheted blanket. It's 4 x 6 blocks, so some squares are missing from this photo.
The squares look wonky because when I took this picture, the blanket hadn't been blocked yet. You can find the pattern for this Tricolor Square (and others) here.
Here it is being blocked.
The spouse gave me a bookstore gift certificate for Christmas, so I picked up a knitting magazine that I don't usually buy, Vogue Publishing's Knit.1 (Winter 06-07 "Love issue"), because it had an utterly frivolous heart pattern in it.
The WIP photo shows the actual colours better.
The blood vessels in the pattern diagrams aren't really in the right positions. This model gives a better idea of the actual arrangement.
I'm giving this to my older sister, who works in a hospital. I figure that if she doesn't want it, she'll know someone who will.
Ack, back to work on Tuesday.
On Christmas Eve, we had dinner at the in-laws' home. Christmas dinner was at my place, for 10 people, although it ended up being 9 because my mom bowed out. On Boxing Day, we went to my parents' house and visited my mom there.
The next day, my older son's best friend, who moved to Portland last year, came to stay with us for a couple of nights, along with his little brother. Once they arrived, we didn't stop moving. On the first night, we went to a Japanese restaurant, saw a movie (Night at the Museum), and the kids stayed up until three in the morning playing video games.
The next day, we went to the Science Centre, then out for lunch, before visiting the old neighbourhood. Sadly, none of their friends were around, and the two who were, were stuck at home babysitting. In the evening, we went to yet another movie (The Pursuit of Happyness for the kids and spouse, Casino Royale for me), then had a long, unexpected adventure trying to get to our parking spot from the mall-from-hell with the mislabelled signs and byzantine layout ("Dude, where's my car??"). I regret to say that I was really tired by then, and did not react with good humour to the dead end corridors and multiple locked parking exits. Anyway, the kids survived my cursing like a sailor, and stayed up again playing video games. The next morning, our guests left, but we caught up with them the next day at their family party, and everyone had a great time there.
The next day, Sunday, we had dinner again with the in-laws (almost a whole week had passed since we last saw them at Christmas!), and then on Monday we visited with my parents.
Now the fibre content of this knitting blog...
Right before Christmas, I finally finished that crocheted blanket. It's 4 x 6 blocks, so some squares are missing from this photo.
The squares look wonky because when I took this picture, the blanket hadn't been blocked yet. You can find the pattern for this Tricolor Square (and others) here.
Here it is being blocked.
The spouse gave me a bookstore gift certificate for Christmas, so I picked up a knitting magazine that I don't usually buy, Vogue Publishing's Knit.1 (Winter 06-07 "Love issue"), because it had an utterly frivolous heart pattern in it.
The WIP photo shows the actual colours better.
The blood vessels in the pattern diagrams aren't really in the right positions. This model gives a better idea of the actual arrangement.
I'm giving this to my older sister, who works in a hospital. I figure that if she doesn't want it, she'll know someone who will.
Ack, back to work on Tuesday.
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