...and the first post of 2008!
New Year’s eve was quiet - we stayed home, watched movies and drank a little wine to toast the event :) I knitted, Myria played World of Warcraft and we passed a pleasant evening. There were fireworks in our area, which surprised me as I hadn’t know the city planned to do that. It would probably help if I read the paper once in a while - well, more than the comics and the crossword puzzle anyway :)
Yesterday, dad and I went to lunch at a local place - Owen and Ollie’s. We had planned to go up-country, but it was snowing heavily when dad got to my place and we felt keeping things closer to home might be a good idea. Now, I am an unabashed lover of corned beef and cabbage. Most of the restaurants around here offer it as a special on and around St. Patrick’s day but Owen and Ollie’s offers it all the time. And it’s awesome :) In fact Myria and I had the leftovers for lunch this afternoon and damn if it wasn’t almost as good as it had been yesterday! This is a simple meal and Myria does make it at home from time to time - but again, usually around the middle of March when every market in New England is running specials on corned beef. It is a real treat to be able to go to a restaurant in the middle of winter and have this wonderful meal!
I wore my Sunset Tiles shawl yesterday and am pleased to report that it’s large and warm and cozy - everything I wanted :) It was, however, a little damp when I got home because of the heavy snow. Even just going from the car to the door, you acquired a serious bit of frosting :) So I draped it over the back of a living room chair to dry out before I put it away. And guess what? It acquired another admirer!
When she hugged me, I could tell how cold her hands were - like ice! I know that one too; it’s the reason I have three pairs of fingerless gloves floating around the apartment. I couldn’t get through winter without them. So I decided to make her a pair. This required a little more work than usual because she is absolutely tiny - about the size of a 10 year old - with commensurately small hands. So I did some research on children’s sizes (and why was almost everything I found for babies or toddlers? There was almost nothing for a mid-sized child!). Finally I had my measurements ready to go and I completed the first glove last night. I believe it will fit her perfectly :)
And last but not least, there’s more color at the The Dye Pot. This one had a somewhat different process - well, different ingredients anyway - than the others. Check out Raspberry Fields Forever if you’re interested.
Heheh...life is good!
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Bless you for making handwarmers for another!
I hear you on the no-child size patterns. I, too, have extremely small hands and struggle to find gloves that fit. My solution: make the smallest possible adult size using needles at least two sizes smaller than recommended and/or cut out at least one pattern repeat. Seems to work.
Daisy - Thanks for that tip - staight from someone who knows!
I finished the mitts in the post this morning and I think they’ll work out fine. However, if they don’t, I have your practiced advice to fall back on :)
How sweet of you to make those mitts! That is so incredibly thoughtful. :)
Corned beef and cabbage is one of my favorite dishes too. Yum!
Opal - Really?!?!? Pardon my immeasureable ignorance, but I would never have suspected you could get corned beef and cabbage in Hawaii. I’m delighted for you - this is truly wonderful stuff! And I don’t know which part is better - the corned beef or the cabbage!
