Hoo-fah! It's hot!
Posted by knittymom at 6/9/2008 1:11 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
I'm not a hot weather person. (It's why we always seem to go north for family vacations -- Adirondacks, Ottawa, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and this year Bar Harbor and Kennebunkport, ME.) So I am totally not enjoying the weather here the last few days. Right now it's 92 F but feels like 97 F because, well, it really is the humidity isn't it? We walked to the village for lunch and a trip to the market which is usually an incredibly pleasant walk past 100 year old houses on tree lined streets but today..not so much. I enjoyed the company (thanks, DH!) but it was so hot.... Everyone together now.... "How hot was it?" It was so hot and sticky my finger pits were sweating. I don't know as I've ever been aware of even having finger pits before but there they were.
On a completely different note...
In addition to knitting, I dabble in sewing as well and had fun making bandannas for Megan's 3rd Grade International Day event last Friday.
After several weeks of study, Megan's classroom was demonstrating games, food, and the cultures of Africa. No small task... I helped out with the Mancala station. (Teaching moment: Mancala is a family of strategy games involving distributing pebbles, seeds, shells etc. around a board. It originated in north Africa. )
Here is the latest spinning challenge ... and no, the yarn is not supposed to look like some kind of worm.
An unmonitored 3 year old with interest in an unguarded spindle can cause a lot of work extra work very, very quickly. Luckily 3 year olds are also extremely charming. So the "Sorry, mommy." was earnest and the caterpillar of yarn is untangled and in a usable ball again.
See... very charming! Pirate charming in this case -- yo, ho, ho!
On a completely different note...
In addition to knitting, I dabble in sewing as well and had fun making bandannas for Megan's 3rd Grade International Day event last Friday.
After several weeks of study, Megan's classroom was demonstrating games, food, and the cultures of Africa. No small task... I helped out with the Mancala station. (Teaching moment: Mancala is a family of strategy games involving distributing pebbles, seeds, shells etc. around a board. It originated in north Africa. )
Here is the latest spinning challenge ... and no, the yarn is not supposed to look like some kind of worm.
An unmonitored 3 year old with interest in an unguarded spindle can cause a lot of work extra work very, very quickly. Luckily 3 year olds are also extremely charming. So the "Sorry, mommy." was earnest and the caterpillar of yarn is untangled and in a usable ball again.
See... very charming! Pirate charming in this case -- yo, ho, ho!
Egad! The Aryan dwarf was secretly a particolored gypsy?! I should have known. Probably a highwayman who takes wallets and gold from unsuspecting travelers whilst they reel and gag--helpless prey incapacitated by the overwhelming clash of patterns and colors that comprise his outfit.
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