When I first heard of child leashes, I said no way. Why can’t they just hold hands? Then several years later, I saw them used at a Day Care Center and said what a bright idea. I have my first solo outing with the Grands on Thursday. We’ll go out to breakfast at Wendy’s then to a nearby library for a Reading program. Not telling the grands wherebb we’re going because the program is re dinosaurs that they truly love. We’ll be out for 3 hours tops and both places have a parking lot with designated spaces for handicap parking. I’m tempted to use the iCord and make some sort of leash real quick. What are your thoughts?

The grands are eager to help, but when Hampton and Sullivan come in from school, we really only have about 30 minutes to work together. Yesterday, while Campbell was still napping, I decided Hampton could wind yarn and Sullivan could help me with my tubes. Hampton was cracking up saying he was making a marshmallow. Sullivan was becoming frustrated while I was helping Hampton. My head started spinning, saying to Sullivan I will get to you as soon as I finish helping Hampton. When I started working with Sullivan I said I needed 10 rows of waste yarn, do you understand. He said he was tall enough and didn’t need to stand on the block. I asked are you sure, can you see? He said yes, so I said when you see the number 9 stop. Now Campbell is up from her nap and asks what is she going to work on. I say your first stop is the bathroom. When we come out I ask Sullivan how many rows do you have (I can tell it’s more than 10). He replies I see a 51. I say Sullivan that means you did 15 rows I told you I only needed 10. He looks so pitiful and says aw Grandma, I’m sorry! I say that’s alright because you were working with the yarn I really didn’t need. I let him start with another color, but I say we’ll work on something else. They ask what? I say reading the Stick Man book that Campbell and I picked up from the library. However, it’s too late, Daddy is finished working and ready to go home. We’re having a sleepover tomorrow, so just maybe we’ll have time for knitting. Campbell got in her one on one time today.

Like I said in previous post it was partially because I got that great Mother’s Day Discount. I wasn’t really ready to delve into what was being offered, until during a Social Craft Hour and everyone was talking about their current projects and I said my tube panels for a baby blanket, someone mentioned @Kim Thompson-Pinder had done a pattern that was in the VIP Pattern Library, believe it was called gingham checkers! So here I was reinventing the wheel and stressing out how to do things. I probably still would have had to figure out how I wanted the colors to flow, but had I watched the video, making the tubes would have been easier. After I finish this blanket, searching through the patterns that have already been created is a top priority. Time to take advantage of why I joined. Better late than never!

She loved picking up the scrap yarn! With rolling the tubes up on the Addi 22, I would lose track of the last color used. So I have all of the balls in order and would leave the long ends hanging out of the box. She started pulling at those long ends and I had to remind her ONLY little pieces that you see on the floor.

This summer shawl pattern using Silk City Fibers Bamboo 7 will be released Thursday or Friday.