{"id":1348,"date":"2007-09-26T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2007-09-26T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T11:48:00","slug":"standard-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"Standard update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haven&#8217;t updated in a few days, so I reckon I oughtta.  Unfortunately, while I do have a new knitted object, I can&#8217;t display pics of it yet because it hasn&#8217;t reached its recipient.  And no, it&#8217;s not the Charlie Brown sweater.  I don&#8217;t knit that fast.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Jaynemisc\/Jayneprocess\/5Jayneflaps.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Jaynemisc\/Jayneprocess\/5Jayneflaps.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" height=\"200\"><\/a><br \/>\nHat orders have plateaued.  I&#8217;m unsurprised.  The wait is currently up to eight weeks.  That seems to be the point at which people decide to either wait to order or look elsewhere.  Can&#8217;t say as I blame anyone; that&#8217;s a long time to wait without receiving something you&#8217;ve paid for.  I predict the wait will probably stay eight weeks until after Christmas.  I&#8217;m being very faithful in my Jayne hat knitting to try to get that wait down.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, I&#8217;m finishing up the second of two charity hats for some Aussie Browncoats, who are using proceeds from their booth at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armageddonexpo.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Armageddon Expo<\/a> to benefit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnd.asn.au\/\" target=\"blank\">the Motor Neurone Disease Foundation of Australia.<\/a>  It&#8217;s an organization focused on support and care.  I&#8217;m glad that I&#8217;m in a position to help.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.girlscouts-macomb.org\/images\/uniforms\/Diagram-BrownieVest.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" height=\"150\">Brownies haven&#8217;t started up yet this year.  We have a bit of a dilemma.  There&#8217;s a new space we can use that&#8217;s much closer to our homes, but we have to be out by 5:45.  This is actually more convenient for all of us moms, but our co-leader, who doesn&#8217;t have a girl in our troop, works uptown in a fairly demanding job.  This would be a longer drive for her and she&#8217;d probably have to take off early.  So, do we move to a place and time that&#8217;s more convenient for the parents and probably lose our co-leader?  Or do we stay where we were last year and keep her?  I&#8217;ve got an e-mail in to the co-leader to see how she feels about this, and then I&#8217;ll check with the other moms.  I don&#8217;t want to throw anyone to the wolves.  I&#8217;m on the fence about what&#8217;s best for the troop.<\/p>\n<p>I got an e-mail from my mother last night mentioning that a little girl I used to babysit when I was a teen is now a knitter (among other things).  She gave me a link to the young woman&#8217;s site.  I left a comment on her blog, and she found me on ravelry.  Looking at her FOs, she&#8217;s quite good!  I wish I could take some credit for that, but I wasn&#8217;t knitting when I was babysitting her.  It reminds me of how <a href=\"http:\/\/merelyasuggestion.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\">The Fabulous Jane Prater<\/a> was my eighth grade English teacher, and now we both go to knitting guild together.  Small, small world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Raleightrip\/LauraandPat.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Raleightrip\/LauraandPat-thumb.jpg\" height=\"150\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Finally, good news!  A dear, dear friend will be moving from Maryland to Charlotte later this year.  That&#8217;s her on the left in the white shirt. I am beyond excited about this.  She was a college roommate and the maid of honor in my wedding.  As an added bonus, her husband is a good friend of my husband, so they&#8217;re also pleased.  I&#8217;m totally psyched to have another friend down here.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, does this mean I have to clean the house?  Yikes, I better start now.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway.  It&#8217;s a good morning, hopefully leading to a good day.  I hope you all have the same!<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haven&#8217;t updated in a few days, so I reckon I oughtta. Unfortunately, while I do have a new knitted object, I can&#8217;t display pics of it yet because it hasn&#8217;t reached its recipient. And no, it&#8217;s not the Charlie Brown sweater. I don&#8217;t knit that fast. Hat orders have plateaued. I&#8217;m unsurprised. 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