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Category Archives: Life
Crazy Monkeys
I am knitting socks for my friend Nitzan, she is going to be 13 in a few weeks, I don’t believe it, time goes by so fast! It seems to me she was born just yesterday,,,
And the other side:
I am knitting the Monkeys. After trying the picot edge so many people seem to like for this pattern and quite a few rounds of knitting and ripping (it was my first encounter with the picot edge), I decided I don’t really like the thickness it creates and settled on knitting the pattern as is. I really like the effect the twisted knit stitch gives to the rib band.
The yarn is Black Bunny Fibers and the color serves a purpose (oh how appropriate, I just found the yarn band and the colorway is: Fembot’s Revenge! Should I know what it means?!?). OK, back to my story:
Nitzan’s mother, my good friend Iris, is a very opinionated lady. After Nitzan was born she kept talking to her all the time and dressed her in very coordinated clothes. Whenever she chose clothes for the baby she kept explaining to Nitzan (like she was talking to an adult but with a special intonation in her voice, but this is another story,,,) why she is choosing the items she choose and how important it is that the colors will fit together.
I kept making fun of her and threatening her that Nitzan will develop a horrible taste just to rebel against this brain washing,,,
Every time she left me alone with the baby, I dressed her in some combination that didn’t meet Iris’s strict color code but seemed lovely to me.
It became a kind of a game between us.
I think these socks are a good commemoration of this game, don’t you agree?
Oh and a practical question: how do I block these socks without a sock blocker? Any trick or idea will be greatly appreciated.
Arizona Wonders
Sunday morning we climbed into the car and headed to the mountains in search of some cooler, fresher air.
We had a lovely time. Roosevelt Lake looks fuller this year, the roadside was surprisingly green and we saw lovely flowers.
Young famous for the Pleasant Valley War was were we stopped for a drink. The bar was unusually busy. Upon entering we were happily notified that we arrived just in time to join their weekly Cornhole game, although we politely declined the offer it gave me an opportunity to learn yet another thing about local social activities.
Another beauty we had the good fortune to spot:
Although the Western Blue Flag Irises were on their last leg the Western Tiger Swallowtail butterflies gave us a good reason to stop and take some photos.
On our way back home on highway 260 we suddenly saw road signs telling us we are approaching an Elk Passing Testing Area. Before we had time to wonder what does that mean we passed this:
And it made me wonder, how did they let the elks know they have to come to this spot if they want to pass the road?
Before we had time to finish discussing the wonders of how Arizona educates its elk population we passed this sign:
And this one made me wonder, is the cow hinting to the entertainment or the menu they offer in this establishment or is it just a leftover from a previous business, like Joe suspects?
The wonders of our Arizona!
Oh and yes, I did knit, quite a lot actually, but it is just a second sock, nothing to speakabout.