On the sideline

This blog is supposed to be about me being creative and productive and I usually omit anything unpleasant, because I want to focus on the positive. But after blogging so rarely lately I feel I owe you an explanation.

A few years ago I was being told, that I probably had mild Asthma and it was no big deal until it suddenly got worse last year. This winter I have really been struggling with it and I find myself often exhausted and short of breath. As far as I know Asthma is very treatable and manageable, but you have to know the rules of the game and lately I find myself pretty much in the dark.

The good thing about being a couch potato are the treasures I have found. While browsing Youtube I entered the search term “knitting” and found several interesting films by Cat Bordhi. I was so inspired that I cast on for my first Moebius scarf with my handspun yarn. I think part of the magic is that I have no idea if it is going to be wearable or not. It is too scrunched up on the needle to tell…

And since humor is supposed to be the best medicine, I am very happy that my son found out that this little guy can be seen every day on TV at 2:30. Three cheers for Shaun ( and Tivo for recording it)!!!

I hope, you have a wonderful weekend and thank you for your patience!

I don’t know

A few days ago my god-daughter turned 4 and since I have the slight suspicion her Mom picked me, because she likes handmade things, I felt the urge to deliver. I went out and bought 3 skeins of Mission Falls Cotton and cast on for the Jane Austen Shrug from Mason-Dixon knitting. Now I do not have a picture of the finished piece and the reason is, that it looks like nothing you would recognize lying flat. It also does not look like it would fit a four year old. I held it up and tested the stretch and worried some more. Finally I made up my mind to take out the last row and replace it with a sewn bind-off, which is more elastic.

Then slightly nervous I decided to crochet a matching hat, hoping that if I make two things at least one of them would fit. I wanted something light for summer and because my god-daughter is very stylish I added a small brim. This is what I came up with:

After handing over my gifts I still do not know if the shrug fits. She refused to try it on. However for the one second she wore the hat I could tell it fit and looked cute on her. Mission accomplished!