Mother’s Day 2008
Originally uploaded by thepugmaven
Yes, my mom isn’t what you would call bland. Chocolates are good, but she has more of a tast for salt, even on that special day where we celebrate mothers putting up with us. (For the mostpart) Naturally I was thrilled when I came upon this pattern!
Oh, olives have been around from practically the beginning of history! And now, they will live on, not in smelly jars of brine, but in fuzzy, felted glory! Yes, that’s my idea of felted olive future, reminds me of some local legislature campaign speeches lately. *snicker* They were rather fun to create, but be careful of the directions, because they don’t exactly fit the number of stiches on your needle at any given time. I don’t recall now how exactly I implemented, but if you have knitted for a while on dpns, you shouldn’t have any problem fitting the pattern to the stiches. The end is a bit tricky though, I made five olives before I realized I forgot the last decrease round! (To keep the pimento in) It made it a whole lot harder when while hand felting in the kitchen sink, you have to juggle acrylic pimentos so they don’t make swan dives into the garbage disposal. Over all, a great last minute gift! (I never have patterns done even a day before deadline.)
Excuse the bits of desk/computer that are showing please. This was definitely a last minute pic!
Well, spring finally is getting a bit warmer, and ‘the camera crew’, as I’ve taken to calling my ever-present (while taking photos) cat is ‘letting her hair out’ literally and figuratively. (Shedded puff-balls of fur have taken to floating lazily through the house.)
PS: If your feeling cynical (or not) check out the Panoptican today.
