11.09.09
I’m Still Here
Just popping in to keep the blog up to date. Geocities closed down and with it my Aplastic Anemia site, Marlakins Adventure, has closed down. My son, Matty, downloaded a copy of it onto his computer, so until we can figure out where to re-upload the site, it’s currently off the net. Since I have been contacted personally by some people asking where my website went, and if I’m okay, I thought I better update my blog just to let ya’ll know that I’m still okay, thank God!
So what have I been up to? Well, more of the usual–reading, knitting, household chores, errands, and the like. Last week we went down to Little Tokyo for dinner and snooped around the shops a bit. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, but I did come across something that I just thought was too cute to pass up–a Totoro cell phone holder. . .
I know! That’s called “compulsive shopping.” My bad. I try not to do that, but it happens. Funny thing is, we have been holding off on getting a cell phone for years as we try to avoid as much radiation or electromagnetic energy as possible (but even that goes all to hell in a hand basket in terms of computers in this house, sigh), but recently broke down and got one for Andrew since he’s regularly out at school. It’s a cheapy pay-as-you-go phone, but at least I know I have access to him while he’s away. How’s that for a doting mom? But now that we got it, I found that every time “I” leave the house, Brian wants me to take the phone so he can have a tether to me, ha! So it has become a practice for us to just put the phone down on the table, so that whoever goes out takes it along. But look! Now we don’t have to just chuck it on the table. It has a cute little home now, heheheh.
The other things I’ve been doing have naturally included more knitting. A friend wanted me to knit up a couple pairs of ankle socks for her. She provided the yarn (Mary Maxim’s Gemstones), and I provided the stitches. Here are the two completed pairs.
The next knitted project I worked on was for a request for a baby/toddler’s vest. I hunted for a pattern I liked, but didn’t find one. So I used two different patterns and came up with this. Here it is in progress.
And here it is completed.
I got the stitch pattern from Sirdar’s Cheeky Chinos book. It wasn’t a vest, but a regular full sweater with sleeves and a round neck. However, I liked the pattern on the sweater. So I used that pattern, then worked it into a vest pattern with a V-neck that was from an old Simplicity Knitting magazine. The yarn I used was Zenga Baruffa Aerobic, 100% wool, with US 5 needles for the body and US 3 needles for the ribbings. I found the end result satisfying.
I’m currently working on another pair of socks for a gift. This is my first time using Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn. Ummm luscious. . . Almost wish these socks were for me. . .
Okay, that’s it for now. Need to head out to the market in a few, and maybe later I’ll work on another post dealing with some of the stuff I’ve been reading lately. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get to it.
Marlakins
