Clear Converse! These would rock my handknit socks. The uppers are made of clear plastic and also transparent awesomeness!
I take size 8 1/2. Thank you very much.
Emily asked us to write down the names of the other eight reindeer. Results at left.
As you can see, she continues to revel in her karaoke triumph. On Monday she told me, “I want to do karaoke every day!” The closest we’ve been able to come is to go to The Sims Onstage, formerly Singshot, which is a site where you can do karaoke and upload it to their site. It’s got the music without words and flashes the lyrics up on the screen, karaoke style. She doesn’t want to actually record and upload them, though, more’s the pity. I tried my hand recording and it was fun, but we will politely say that I am not ready to quit my day job.
No school today. Since I didn’t get a chance to go to the grocery store last night (my energy level went down FAST) that means she and I are going to brave the huge Harris Teeter near us on the day before Thankgiving. And may God have mercy on our souls.
Mailed out eight kits and two hats today, trying to get stuff done before the holidays close the post office. Then I gave someone a ride, which took up another hour, and now I’m back at the Jayne mines again. At the moment I’m working out gauge on some Berroco Ultra Alpaca doubled. I’m knitting a Jayne in it on size 9’s, but I think it’s a little dense. How is it possible that I have no size 10 Addi Turbos, 16 inch length? I’ll try it on 10 1/2s and we’ll see how it goes. I’m a fairly loose knitter, though.
I’m using Ultra Alpaca because this client was concerned that Lamb’s Pride might be itchy on her giftees’ sensitive scalps. She’s also getting several different colors, so I’m delighted to work with something besides orange. The denim blue I’ve got is absolutely gorgeous. It would work up great in a sweater for pretty much anyone.
I’m enjoying the Fall leaves. I always do. Obviously my Yankee mother’s influence. Thanks, Mom.
…or kit, your choice.
To the first Aussie/Kiwi/Brit/other foreigner to offer to send me some cash in an envelope in time for my kid’s Dec 1st school unit on foreign money. It doesn’t have to be much, just a bill or a few coins. If you’re an Aussie/Kiwi/Brit, that’s a $40 value (or $20 for the kit) for the price of whatever you toss in an envelope and send to me. It takes about a week to ten days for stuff to get here from overseas, so you’re gonna want to jump on this.
Drop me a line at heather at jaynehat dot com.
My daughter just karaoked “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in front of 200 people at her school’s family fun day and she did GREAT. On key, nice and clear, in rhythm. She always tells me she wants to be a rock star when she grows up. Oh, me of little faith.
I am KICKING myself for not being able to get a video. Just trust me. She was good. Rock on, Emily!
Sweet Baby Jayne!
Yarns: Karabella Aurora Bulky in orange (28), yellow (27), and red (19)
Needles: 10 1/2
Gauge: 13 sts=4″
Eeee! The cuteness! Hard to get scale from the pic, but it’s modeled on a grapefruit wrapped in tissue paper. The orange is a little melony, but it was that or eye-searing traffic cone orange.
This is a 40 stitch cast on, earflaps are 10 stitches wide. Ties are braided to be less tangly.
Karabella Aurora is a great choice for baby stuff, price aside, because it’s super soft and machine washable. This is the first of several baby Jaynes in the Jayne hat queue and I’m glad, as I really enjoy working with this yarn.
I really hope the parents send pics of the little nipper in this hat. A baby scoots down the hall in that hat, people know he’s not afraid of anything!
The other mom couldn’t do it (for a very good reason) and I am just not up to running a meeting, so I cancelled Brownies for today. We’ll meet again in December.
“I want to share my Halloween candy with the tooth fairy!”
So last night I took some Sudafed. As it turned out, some Sudafed which had expired by a fair amount. It was not kind to my stomach, and I’m still feeling a little fallout today.
Today, Emily’s school is having their Thanksgiving lunch. Parents are invited to come up and sit with their kids during lunch, and they’ll have a special lunch available for a couple of bucks. I was really hoping she wouldn’t care about this, but this morning:
Me: I think today’s your Thanksgiving lunch, and some parents may come up to the school. But my stomach’s really not feeling good, so I don’t think I’ll be able to come. Is that okay?
Her: No.
Me: Wait. So you want me to come up for lunch?
Her: Yes.
Okay, then, I’ll be there! As is so often the case, I love that she’s being more engaged, but… why today? Well, parenting isn’t about convenience, I suppose.
Tonight is Brownies. We’re moving next week’s meeting up to this week due to the holidays. Another mom has volunteered to run the meeting. Yesterday Emily said she didn’t want to go to Brownies, but last night she asked if we were going to be doing a specific craft that she saw a picture of last week. Nope, tonight we’re working on the Careers badge. “We’re not making anything?”
I’ll make a crafter of her yet.
Speaking of craft, the first Vinnland is done. One foot down, one to go.
I’ve dug out a fair number of superhero graphic novels – Superman stuff, some of Joss Whedon’s X-Men stuff but I know I’ve got more floating arond. I have more Vertigo titles than I thought. I didn’t remember that. Go figure. I’ll post them up when I get a chance. I’m not sure what to do with the individual comics. I’ve got a complete run of Sandman, and also of the original Star Wars comics from Marvel, plus assorted stuff from the 80’s – Elfquest, Wonder Woman, Swamp Thing under Alan Moore… they didn’t do compilations back then, but I’m sure it’s been put out in a single format since. I also need to decide whether I want to get rid of my Concrete stuff. Paul Chadwick’s work is just so pretty. I’m torn.
Okay, gonna go try to eat something.
I think a family of tribbles has moved into my head. I feel fuzzy and stuffy, with a lot of pressure behind my eyes. I slept until after noon today, and I feel like I could go back to sleep anytime and not wake up until tomorrow. Thankfully Emily is wanting to play by herself a lot today, and Steve is, as always, a super dad so he’s being sure she gets some quality time with him.
The next hat in the queue is for a baby. I know that my germs wouldn’t travel with the hat, but I’m a mom, so I’m paranoid. That hat can wait for a day or so. The baby isn’t here yet, so there’s time.
When I’m doing baby hats, I like to use a different yarn than Lamb’s Pride. Baby heads can be delicate. I had thought Karabella Aurora 8, but the only orange I could find in person or on the Karabella color card was traffic-cone orange, and I don’t want the parents’ retinas to burn out while they’re looking at their child. So here’s Karabella Aurora Bulky. The orange is a little more melon than my usual orange, but still within the realm of acceptable. And like all the Aurora yarns, this 100% wool is incredibly soft and machine washable. Both very desirable features in baby clothing!
I’m looking forward to getting started on it. In the meantime, since Emily took over my spot on the couch, I’m back in bed with a Chloraseptic “relief strip” on the back of my tongue. Those things work great. I may knit some on my socks, but usually when I work on them tired, I tend to screw up somewhere. So we’ll see.
I did manage to get a few things photographed yesterday to go up on eBay (unless someone’s interested) so maybe I’ll try to get some of that listed too.
Actually, the longer I lie here, the more I think I may just go to sleep.