Only one child to drive about, thank goodness!

I've been lucky in my life.

While I do have two children, they are separated by eight years.

During their busy active years, I've only had to drive one child around at a time.

Props to everyone driving more than one child from activity to activity!  

You are far far better people than I.

This is as busy as I care to be.

Particularly in the winter.

High School Ski Team.

Weekend Ski Development Team.

Weekend Indoor Soccer Games.

All of these activities occur at least 30 miles from our home.

This past weekend the race was at Wild Mountain.

Sunday soccer at the Soccer Blast.

Drive, Drive, Drive.

Luckily, Girl of the House has her driving permit.

She's eligible to take her drivers test in May.

On the knitting front, a fun little baby sweater for a coworkers baby girl.

Cascade Pacific - a washable wool and acrylic blend.

Cottage Creations Babies and Bears sweater.

Quite possibly my most favorite baby sweater to knit.

Quick and no seaming.

LOOK!

Two posts in January!

End of 2011

Better late than never!

We headed out to Grand Targhee, WY for our annual ski trip over the last week of December 2011.

It was one of the few ski areas in the country that actually had snow.

We skied.

We snowshoed. 

(is that a word?)

I had lots of road time for knitting.

Multnomah shawl

Ravelry link

Birthday Cowl  (kindly modeled by Luna Frypan)

Ravelry Link

And I mean we had lots of road time as we drove to Grand Targhee.

And then drove to Denver to see Ben and Bekky!

Through NW Wyoming.

Through South Central Wyoming.

I love these windmills.

Had I mentioned Ben and Bekky were married in July?

No, I didn't think so.

It was marvelous!

They're living in Denver now and we miss them so much!

We spent a few days with them, celebrating the holiday and playing games.

Card games and xbox games.  Yay for fun xbox kinect games!

2800 miles,  8 states, 10 days.

Sounds relaxing, doesn't it?

We enjoyed every minute.

Really!

Now.

Let's see if I can't keep a bit more up to date, eh?

on the four year plan

I had a trip to Boston last week (for work).

This allowed for plenty of airplane knitting time.

I dug out an old UFO.  

Old, I tell you, OLD!

But I finally finished.  

One ounce of silk caps that I dyed in 2007 and finished spinning in 2008.

It's funny how lace looks all scrunchy before blocking.

After blocking.

Finished size 8' x 6"

And worn!

Montego Bay Scarf from Interweave Knits Summer 2007

MEA October 2011

Last weekend was the MEA school break in Minnesota.

We traveled to DeSoto, IL to meet with Harlan and Coleen.  They live in Georgia.  We tried to find a place in the middle to meet for the long weekend.  We rented a cute log cabin in DeSoto, IL.

We fit in plenty of activities in the long weekend.

We visited several wineries on the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail.

We also visited an orchard.

We ate, drank yummy wines, cooked, played games, launched sky lanterns, shot slingshots, fished and geocached.  (note the icky snake that put an end to our geocaching for the day)

I had lots of time to knit on the 650 mile trip.

I knitted and napped and relaxed.

Perhaps I got a bit too relaxed.

I worked on the second sleeve of Paul's sweater.

Can you see how much larger the right sleeve is, compared to the left?

Yeah, the gauge is a full stitch per inch off.

Well, I hadn't knit any part of his sweater twice yet...

I was able to get most of Bekky's sweater finished.

Just needs weaving in and clasps.

Now this sweater, I've knit almost twice in its entirety.

First it was too big.

Once I got the body size right, the sleeves were too small.

So I've knitted the body twice, and one sleeve twice.

It's worth it.

It looks terrific on her.

Once I get it blocked and clasped, I'll get a picture of her modeling it.

This sweater will be just in time.

Ben and Bekky are moving to Denver very soon!

Girl of the House is almost finished with classroom drivers education.

Paul had her out driving in the yard yesterday.

Permit test soon!

Life keeps moving.

Windmill

Carleton College has a new windmill, easily visible from our deck.

Well, OK, it's not quite as close as it appears.

It's slightly less than a mile away.  

I like the look of it.

Simple pleasures...