Saturday sky
– a blissful 26C (79F) – now this weather I could live with. It did max out at 31.7C (89F) – but only for about 15 min.
Well, potty training is still at the “she’ll never get it, EVER” stage, but we’ll give it another day. If she hasn’t shown any signs of understanding by tomorrow evening we’ll give up until September.
And I picked 1.6kg of those wild plums:
They’re tiny, but there are lots of them, so we’ve stewed them down to make HFW’s jampote and hot & sour sauce. (Without giving away too many details – stew the plums for a while, then decant some of the syrup to make the sauce, stone the plums, then boil with the remaining syrup to make the jam/compote.) Yum!!!
And there has been knitting:
From L to R:
The black I do is finished… well, no, it’s not finished, but the knitting portion is done (this is where I need Donni’s superpower).
My first Trekking XXL sock. Sigh. I’m not loving it. I really was all set for this to be a major romance – when it first arrived, I smuggled it into bed with me, and we swatched, and everything looked set for a beautiful relationship, but somehow it’s just not working out. It took me ages to find a stitch that didn’t interfere too much with the stripes, and then when I settled on a 2×2 rib I didn’t really think it through so that the ribs would meet the stocking stitch part of the feet sensibly. I tried a new “no-wrap” short-row method for the heel and toe, and it’s OKish, but I’ve still got holes… and the stripes, well, I was hoping for something a little more subtle and gradual. I will do the second sock (it makes great mindless knitting) and I will wear them – I think we just need a little distance – absence will make the heart grow fonder. (And look at that gorgeous extra Saturday Sky in the background 
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And thirdly, I was so chuffed with the success of the tomato beanie I sent off to Massachusetts to support breastfeeding. that I bought 100g DK 100% cotton for £1.50 to make a beanie for friends who are having a baby in September.
eight comments:
Some day Ruth will use the potty. You can be sure she won’t be starting school in diapers. Small comfort, perhaps, but we must look on the bright side. I was thinking of your superpower this morning as I looked at the dirty pots, but I just couldn’t master it. Must try harder… And if you find those extra days, let us in on the secret!Mary de B () (link) - 29 July '06 - 23:35
Hi! Loveing the Saturday night skies.Mmmm, potty training, been there once or twice in the past. Having two of each, I must confess to having found the girls easier, but I found it was more straight forward if the toddler in question decided for themselves it was time to ditch the nappies. Might sound a bit odd I supppose, but the girls were both roughly two and a half and the boys were quite precise. The day after their third birthday, both times. Soon, the nappy days fade into the dim and distant past…
Louise - 30 July '06 - 09:40
I’m impressed with all of your knitting! It’s so hot where we are that I can’t bear to even look at the needles right now.I think the socks are very cool. You will grow to love them, I bet.
jessie () (link) - 30 July '06 - 11:52
Ooh yummy plums. Please could you email some to me?Daisy () (link) - 30 July '06 - 16:58
Plums… mmm… Which Trekking color is that? I bet you’ll like them by the time sock wearing time comes around again!Chris () (link) - 31 July '06 - 04:01
Ha! Me? Super Powers? Super powers of procrastination more like! I’m lovin the trekking but that’s cause I haven’t got any!Donni () (link) - 31 July '06 - 06:36
I’m potty training too. Ah the horrors. We’re on week… I’ve lost count (3 or 4 I think). She definetly “gets it” and we discovered her achilles heel – ‘cars’ choc sponge made with milk and yogurt treats. They’re not TOO bad for her and when she goes wee wee, she gets excited and knows one is coming. And she’s got it so well that after she goes wee or otherwise and gets one… (get this) she sits back down and forces another one out so she can have another treat. A real mercenary, I tell you.Sorry, this was supposed to also be a comment on your knitting. Yeay socks, boo hiss on Second sock syndrome (okay mine if you don’t get it like I have it) yeay I do and can’t wait to see the tomato beanie. the last one was very sweet. And yum wild plums:)
They SAY you can potty train in one week. UH HUH because even Gina Ford’s book says how much groundwork you must do beforehand. It’s just a whole world I didn’t want to deal with but Maddie was consistently taking off her nappy and weeing on the floor. Nice, huh? Something, clearly, needed to be done.
Good Luck!
Kate (link) - 01 August '06 - 20:46
hi,when you knit the i do shrug …when you inc on the circular pattern for the right sleeve when u come across them do you just purl as you are purling the row or how u accomodate the sts to make that into 12 sts pattern ??
thanks
jasmine () - 14 September '06 - 17:12
