Six weeks or so seems to be my cadence for updating this blog. Here's what's happened since the last time.
The biggest event of the past month and a half was someone's 1st birthday.
About a week before his birthday, Trisha made a smash cake for him to enjoy. She did this because Kristin was here and was not going to be able to be at his birthday party the following weekend. At first he didn't know what to do, but once he figured out how sweet and fun the cake was, he tore into it. Fortunately the weather was nice enough to have this fun in the backyard.
The next weekend was his birthday party.
I can't believe how big he's gotten!
We were all there except for Kristin.
Uncle Blake got some snuggle time the next day before heading back to Cincinnati.
I finished the test knit for Knitty McPurly's Digory Tee. I used her Freetown Fingering in colorway Thistle. The yarn is a non-superwash single ply organic merino. It is very soft and drapey. The pattern is very easy to follow and was fun to knit, even with the plain stockinette body. I like how it turned out, but I'm disappointed I didn't knit a smaller size. The neck opening is too wide for my liking. When I get motivated, I'll rip out the neck ribbing and make it a little tighter and longer.
Ed and I headed off to Orlando for Labor Day weekend. We again stayed at the Sheraton resort east of the Disney area. Getting there was a bit of a hassle, but the rest of the trip was calm and relaxing. One the day we left, I got stung by a bee in the armpit while waiting for the shuttle bus at the Columbus airport. Our flight out of Columbus was delayed for nearly 45 minutes because someone forgot to update the maintenance log after the inbound flight. That delay caused us to have to sprint through O'Hare to catch our connection to Orlando. The flight to Orlando was calm, but lasted an hour longer than scheduled because of bad weather in the Orlando area. We circled for an hour before landing. Because of the weather, all of the inbound flights were backed up and that made the rental car lines tremendously long. We should have gotten to the resort by 7pm, but instead got there at 930. We hadn't eaten since breakfast so we quickly found a place to grab a bite to eat and then a grocery store to buy some Benadryl for my sting, which was swollen and itchy at this point.
While we were in Florida, Trisha took Jameson to get his first haircut. He wasn't too happy about the deal, but she said he did well for the stylist.
I took only one knitting project on the trip, the Marlow poncho by Berroco. My friend Vera bought the pattern and yarn for this back in 2020 at my prompting. I thought I could teach her to knit using this pattern. As it turns out, she always pulled the yarn so tight around the needles that she couldn't make a new stitch. After a couple hours of trying, and some wine to relax her, she gave up. I felt bad that she spent all that money just to toss it aside so I told her to give me the project and I'll make it for her. She is heading to Europe at the end of September, so I made it my goal to finish it before she leaves. I have it all done except for a few ends to weave in.
Last Friday when I was babysitting Jameson, I decided to make blueberry pancakes for breakfast. He loved them!! This will be a regular meal when he's at Omi's!
I have a few knitting projects on the needles, but no pictures of them at the moment. I'm also trying to get my craft stuff organized in the basement. I'm on the hunt for some autumn leaves I knit last year. The pattern is from Blue Sky and uses their mini set. I found the bundles I used for the oak and maple leaves, but can't find the poplar leaves I knit. They have to be somewhere downstairs, but I'm not sure where. I have this Saturday completely to myself so I'm going to spend some of that time sorting/hunting in more of the boxes. Wish me luck.
