{"id":1164,"date":"2007-04-06T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-07T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2007-04-06T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-07T03:25:00","slug":"knittin-and-stuff-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1164","title":{"rendered":"Knittin&#8217; and stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/Tofutsies\/tofutsiesfoot2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/Tofutsies\/tofutsiesfoot2-thumb.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" border=\"2\"><\/a>Every five or so Jayne hats I have to knit something non-Jayne or else I go insane.  I&#8217;m sorry, but I defy anyone to make the same hat, no matter how cool, 400 times in a row without getting a little &#8220;All work and no beer makes Homer something something.&#8221;  And so, I turned the heel on my Tofutsies sock.  Unfortunately, it looks like I knit it a little too long.  It&#8217;s doing this weird squared-off thing at the back of my heel that it really shouldn&#8217;t be doing.  Fortunately, I put in a lifeline just before I started the heel, so it&#8217;ll be no trouble to rip it back, un-knit a couple of rows, and do it again.  Then I need to bring it in by about eight stitches.  That&#8217;s because while my feet are 10 inches around, my ankles are more like eight and a half.  Thanks for the wide feet, Mom!<\/p>\n<p>I actually am doing Jayne hats and kits while working on the sock, but all work is going more slowly than usual this week due to Spring break.  My daughter&#8217;s home, and surprisingly, my eight-year-old doesn&#8217;t want me to spend all my time knitting.  Go figure.  Today we went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoveryplace.org\/\">Discovery Place<\/a>, a local science museum, and looked at the fish and watched a puppet show.  Emily <i>loves<\/i> puppet shows.  And live theater.  When the show was over, she immediately said, &#8220;let&#8217;s hear it again!&#8221;  Sorry, sweetie, it was the last show of the day.  I promised her we&#8217;d go again another time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Emily\/Emilyiguana.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Emily\/Emilyiguana-thumb.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" border=\"2\"><\/a>It was insanely crowded.  I had accounted for it being Spring break, but I hadn&#8217;t also thought that since it was Good Friday, a lot of parents would be off work, and want something to do with their child.  Add to that that the &#8220;Candy Unwrapped&#8221; exhibit is visiting Discovery Place, and that the weather was a little cool, and all the factors combined into the perfect storm.  This is why we usually go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoveryplace.org\/home\/nature_museum-exhibits.php\">the Charlotte Nature Museum<\/a> instead.  Much less crowded, and they do have puppet shows.  Well, we still had fun.  Any day that you get to pet an iguana is a good day.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I go with <lj user=illiane> on a road trip to Odd Broads, which is getting out of the yarn business and so has everything on sale for 40% off.  I doubt I&#8217;ll pick anything up, what with the 50% off sale this coming Tuesday, but you never know.  40% off reasonably priced yarn may be a better deal than 50% off of Stitch&#8217;s generally overpriced stock.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m up too late again.  Signing off and going to bed.  G&#8217;night!<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every five or so Jayne hats I have to knit something non-Jayne or else I go insane. 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