Which universe did I wake up in?

Hey everyone.

Sorry for not posting yet this week. I have been battling a sinus thing since the winds came up at the end of last week, and it finally got the better of me. On the bright side, I've have a fair bit of time to knit since I'm not allowed to do anything else, lest I contaminate my family members with the toxic sludge.

I can't share everything that I've completed since last Friday because my mother does in fact read this blog (at this point she's also the only one brave enough to openly follow the blog, thanks Mama!), and some of the things I worked on (and finished!) are for her. I have a hard enough time keeping secrets I'm excited about I don't need the blog outing my cunning plans.

However I can share these things:

There are at least two other things that I finished that I can't show you just yet. I promise they will be revealed in good time though! You'll just have to keep coming back. ;o) Also, I made progress on Laurie's cardi, but that sucker is going to need better lighting before I can show you the splendid texture the pattern makes. I PROMISE it will be worth it. Just hang in there a little longer.

Also, I would like to thank the cosmos for this morning's pre-coffee/post-plague Monday joke. It was exquisitely executed and you really had me going there for a while. I was so stunned that you even managed to collude with my step-daughter to get one over on me today that I actually handed over a a pair of circular knitting needles to Youngling when she came in this morning asking for them....

So she could knit...

Because she was ready for school extra early this morning....

Because she wanted to knit a few more rows on the project she started on Sunday at the yarn shop....

She was so committed to this yarn you two had going (you see what I did there?) that she even moved her project OFF the waste yarn and ONTO the circular needles WITHOUT asking me for help...

And when I asked if she needed a rescue when I heard a little grumbling? She said 'nope! All good! I'm just trying to knit and the yarn is being yarn."

o_o

Which universe did I wake up in and what child is this?

If this keeps up I'm going to have to negotiate Liebling for more yarn space. Wait, why am I complaining about this?!? There are now TWO people who love playing with string in this house! Liebling is now outnumbered. HA!

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