Author: Mylene Lacroix

My Memère died yesterday.   She was 87.  Now she’s with my Pepère.

I like this picture of her.  She was so cute. 

I spent a few hours with her on Saturday morning.  She had much altered in the past few weeks.  She still had the most beautiful and soft grey hair though. 

I think she knew we were there.  She would open her eyes and look like she was smiling when we announced ourselves. 

She was with my sister when she passed.  She loved my little sister and I’m glad they were together.

We’re all going to miss her but she’s not suffering anymore.

I love books.  I love the way they look, the way they smell… I’m a little strange.  I also love office supplies.  It’s a thing from when I was a little girl I think and my father used to take us to this office supply place that looked like it had shelves that could reach the sky.  When you’re 6, 10-foot shelves are gigantic.

So, this would explain why I lovegoing to the library.  I can walk out with as many books as I want and I know I won’t go home, look at my bank balance and feel guilty.  (And, it smells good in there.) I buy books too – the ones I really love.  I’ve also started getting books on CD.  I live a little ways out of town so, it passes the time.  I’ve read/listened to some really good ones like Life of Pi, some of the Harry Potter books, My Sister’s Keeper, Just Breathe, The Broker, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns,  The Sunflower, and a lot more that I can’t remember off the top of my head.  These were all really really good.

I dyed my hair really dark brown.  I love, love, love it.  I don’t have a picture to post though.

I made another pair of Bella’s Mitten’s for my sister’s friend Edyth.  I don’t know if she has them yet but, I’m finished with mittens for now.  My hairdresser ordered a pair so, I’m not totally finished.  Plus, I have to make a pair for ME right? 

My Korella’s coming along nicely.  I’m hoping to have the front finished this week sometime so that I can get the back finished next week, knit the neck and sleeves and be done with it.  I want to start my February Lady something awful.  Then, I ordered yarn for another project.  Shhh. Don’t tell anyone – they’ll give me shit for buying more yarn when I have 6 big bins in my “yarn closet”.  (I just didn’t have enough for this project – plus it called for alpaca and I don’t have any.)

Check it out – this is my next-next project:  it’s called OLIVE.

Then I want to make this:  it’s called PUCKER (I think).

It’s going to be a busy summer. 

Best start getting ready for work now.  What a bummer.  I bet if I didn’t have to go to work today, I could finish Korella’s front.

First: I finished another pair of Bella’s Mittens.    It doesn’t matter how many times I make these mittens, I’m still in love with the cable.

Second: I used my swift and ball winder.  I love both of them equally.  The resulting “galette” was perfect and balanced.  I can’t wait to use it again.

Third:  Jacob joined MMA (mixed martial arts).  He asked me to watch last weekend.  I giggled (the nervous kind) the whole time.  It goes against everything motherly to stand by and let your son get punched in the head (even with head gear) and not rip the arms off of the one delivering the blows.  I knit.  They didn’t make fun of me.

The conclusion I came to today:  People don’t think us knitters are losers when we whip out our WIP in public.  Even Jacob doesn’t chastise me for taking it out (even in front of his new MMA friends).  In general, people are curious.  I’ve always noticed people staring, or asking me what I’m making.  Today, I went to the hair salon.  Jacob was getting his hair cut.  The girls were curious.  Steph even said she wished she could knit like me.  She doesn’t think she has the patience to learn – you know the part where you suck and then get better with patience and commitment.  But, she kept looking.  She even told me that I should make *things* for sale at their salon.  How funny was that. 

I can imagine what kind of hits I’ll get on this post’s title but, what the hell.

I’ve been wanting one of these for a long time…

I haven’t used it to its full potential yet.  I haven’t had time.

I took it out of the box and was surprised at how “homemade” it looks.  It’s all wood and looks like someone carved it by hand.  Check out the pieces:

(I have an antique table… in case you’re wondering about the place mat.)

Isn’t it beautiful?

That’s the wool for my February Lady – when I pull some time out of my arse!

I also got some sock forms.  Claire’s socks are drying on them right now.  I had to wash the socks a few times to make sure they didn’t make her feet blue when she wore them.  That would be bad right?

The socks are finished.  My third pair of mittens are finished.  I started my Korella last night.  It’s going along ok I guess – if I have the right stitch pattern that is.

I’m going to knit a bit before work.  It’s going to be a busy weekend and I might not have a chance to work on it much.