In non-autism news, Emily informed me last night that when a horse doesn’t have its mane, it’s called “roaching.” And she’s right!<\/a> I didn’t know this. Where the heck is she learning this stuff? I have 14 balls of Plymouth Turino 100% silk in color 04<\/a> that I picked up at a half-off sale a couple of years ago, thinking that it would make a beautiful sweater. It would, too, it’s gorgeous and tweedy and has a great nubbly texture. I started to swatch some last night with an eye toward making Eris<\/a>, the cabled sweater pattern that the lovely Stayed up far too late to watch the Academy Awards because I was actually interested in the outcome, what with Peter O’Toole being nominated. I saw very few of these movies, but we’ll be Netflixing them as they become available. I didn’t see the Last King of Scotland, but I am nonetheless shocked – shocked! – that Peter O’Toole didn’t win. Peter! You’ll always be my favorite! Keep working, you’ll get ’em next year!<\/p>\n Knits up for: MI, WI, TX.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[87,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/www.smartbalance.com\/images\/omega-3\/PeanutButter.jpg\")
<\/a>I remember trying something – DMG? magnesium? I can’t even remember the name – when Emily was first diagnosed, but it was mainly based on anecdotal reports and didn’t do anything that I can see. However, interestingly, I did start adding Omega-3 acids to her diet by coincidence about a week and a half ago. Remember the peanut butter salmonella scare? Well, we had FOUR jars of the stuff (there was a buy one, get one sale) when it was recalled. I had to buy another brand, so I went with Smart Balance Omega<\/a> brand peanut butter, which has Omega 3 and 6 oils added. If we couldn’t have our usual “vitamins and minerals added” peanut butter, I figured we’d try something else with a little “oomph.”<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.udoerasmus.com\/images\/products\/pro_oil.jpg\")
<\/a>It may be a total coincidence, just one of her regular peaks in the “peaks and valleys” cycle she goes through sometime, but she has been making noticeably more eye contact and speaking better for the last few days. I’ve bought some Udo’s 3-6-9 oil and have been mixing about a quarter teaspoon with her peanut butter over the weekend, and she hasn’t noticed any difference in taste that I can see. Like I say, this may be a complete coincidence, and just wishful thinking, but if it’s not hurting anything, I say keep it up for a while and see what happens. I’m not mentioning this to her school so that I can have some unbiased observers.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>In knitting news, I want to post about the finished socks, but have decided that I want to include pictures of them after they’ve been washed and worn a couple of times. Burned by Koigu, I now think it’s important to show how the yarn holds up, for others who may be thinking of using it. I’ve worn and washed them twice, and they’re hanging over the shower rod drying now. The weather’s a little too dicey to hang them out on the line, but hopefully it won’t be too much longer before I can post them.<\/p>\nbotched<\/strike> started my dad’s sweater. However, having swatched it, there’s no way I’m going to get an appropriate fabric for this sweater with this yarn, no matter what needle size I use. I may eBay it or otherwise try to sell it fairly cheap. It’s really pretty stuff. I’m not sure why it was discontinued. The 1470 yards I’ve got would make a good larger garment for a man or woman, but it’s a little tough on my hands and I have no idea when I might actually use it.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/4\/48\/Partridgedvd1.jpeg\")
<\/a>Speaking of Netflix, we’ve been going through British sitcoms, like I’m Alan Partridge<\/a> and The Peep Show<\/a>. Love you Brits and your comedies, but you are strange, strange people. Currently in the house from Netflix are Seven Samurai<\/a> and The Producers<\/a> – the original, not the musical. Thanks to my dad, I’ve got good ‘grazing’ TV to watch while I knit Jayne hats, too. I knitted up three this weekend, including one during first aid training. It was mostly just a video, I swear I’m qualified. I didn’t knit during CPR! I think they frown on it when you puncture the mannequins with knitting needles.
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\nOff to the bank, the post office, and various other ports of call. Have a great day!<\/p>\n