I think I left my camera at the allergist when I got my shot today, so all my great shots of the last few days are held hostage until Monday now. Bummer. You’ll have to just believe me that yesterday I got shots of kids climbing the huge snowbank at the edge of our large parking lot (at Foster Center), and I think the photos probably turned out great. It was sort of warm yesterday, and it was positively springlike today for the first time. I’m getting hopeful that the piles of snow will not last forever.

At Foster Center today I had ten kids at knitting, at least three of them boys. I just LOVE it when I have all those kids, and especially I love my boys. One boy hadn’t knit in at least 6 months, came in yesterday, knit a wristband (5 stitches in garter stitch) in 45 minutes on size 10 needles, and was pleased with the speed but wanted fabric with smaller stitches. So today he came and brought another boy with him. I don’t remember the boy but he swears I knit him a scarf once… That’s impossible, but I like it that he thinks I did.

CityKidz Knit! had a few more finished objects today. Next week we plan to do Kool-Aid dyeing in a crockpot or my turkey roaster pan… with yarn that Cyndy sent them not long ago. We all are very excited for next week to arrive!

I’m tired, tired, tired… today I knit a little on a new Dressy Wrap/Capelet in purples and turquoise, for Little Red Schoolhouse. I’m so tired of knitting on fat needles!!! My wrists get tired really fast on the big stuff. I love the wraps and stoles, but I miss my little, compact sock projects.

But just the same, if I can sell classes on fat needles and I can’t sell classes on size 0 needles, I’m really fine with making an honest living. The big-needle products are lovely, it’s just that I miss knitting my socks these days. I’m sad that so many people think socks are hard. Not!!! I had never done a purl in a real project before (I literally knit garter-stitch scarves for 20 years because I didn’t know how to do anything else), and I had put down my knitting needles for at least a decade, before I decided I wanted to knit socks. And in 10 days I had a pair of standard handknit socks! Nobody told me they would be hard to knit, so I just sat down and finished a pair.

But for now, I can not convert the world. At least it’s a great time in history for fun yarns that make the big needles very useful to make attractive items!

Friday I get to have lunch with my Goddaughter, Sara. She’s in college now, so I don’t see her nearly enough. She’s home for the weekend so we’ll be going to Altu’s for lunch. I had lunch with another friend at Altu’s on Thursday, and on Saturday Brian and I are performing there. So I’ll have Altu’s food three days in a row. Good thing I adore her food… I could eat it every day for 5 weeks (I nearly did on our trip) and never get tired of it!!!

Off to snuggle myself in a cotton blanket I got in Ethiopia, on top of the heat vent on the floor, and read Debbie New’s Unexpected Knitting book. I can’t think of a nicer luxury. Tonight I get a few minutes just for me.

Photos today… 1)Sara at about age 15, wearing my 5th pair of socks I ever knit, out of Koigu she picked out herself. 2)Sara at age 15 (about 2 weeks before the Twin Towers went down) when we took a trip to Montreal together. This photo was at a French Restaurant in the old downtown area. It was a very good meal! 3)Sara and I at her graduation open house last spring.