Not an extra room on the house and certainly not a new baby, but a hedgehog! My talented knitting friend, Geri, made me this adorable knitted hedgehog, which arrived via Saturday's post; also in the package with the hedgehog was a pair of nifty socks for A. He immediately put on the socks and took possession of the hedgehog:
I finally convinced A that the hedgehog was made for me, but that the entire family could share it. Then we set about finding a name for our hedgehog. Being unfamiliar with hedgehog anatomy, we did not know whether we had a boy hedgehog or a girl hedgehog. I sent a quick email message to Geri, who stated that the hedgehog did not come with instructions for reproductive organs so we could assume that its gender can be assigned by the owners. I decided that since I am the lone female in the house, the hedgehog should be a female so I won't be too terribly outnumbered. We chose the not-so-original name of Spike for her.
Geri's enthusiasm and talent for knitting led me to decide that 2008 would be my year to learn to knit. I have looked at instructions online and could make no sense of them, so I knew that I needed hands on instruction. Several other women in the Mommy group also wanted to learn, and one woman has a friend who is a knitter. Her friend agreed to teach us, so on Sunday afternoon I sat down with four other students to learn to knit. I had a great time, although my initial efforts have been shaky at best.
I like the look of a knit 2, purl 2 stitch, so that is what I chose to make. After at least six or seven failed attempts, I finally determined that I was trying to run before learning to walk, and scaled back my goal to just making a simple knitted scarf. If I can manage that basic project, then I slowly attempt more complicated items.
So here is what I have so far. Hooray!
The recent snow reminded me of a time that it snowed in Raleigh when our friends Barb and Lou still lived there. We had been to dinner at the Irregardless Cafe (awesome restaurant - go there if you ever visit the Triangle NC area) and as we left, the snow started to fall. Back at Barb and Lou's house, I remember that we watched the snow accumulate on a toilet that they had on their back dick.
I sent an email to Barb, asking if my memory was correct and, if so, why was there a toilet on the dick? She answered that yes, I remembered correctly: "Our brand new house's brand new toilet leaked and ruined our brand new vinyl bathroom floor. That was Lou's very first home project. As he replaced the vinyl, the bowl was banished to the dick. It looked cute with the snow on it. I should look for those pictures. I made a tiny snowman with a carrot sliver for a nose and sent the picture home (to Florida). Everyone assumed it was full size. When I told them if was 5" tall they couldn't believe it!"And, no, "dick" is not a typo...that is always what we called the deck on Barb and Lou's house. The builder of the house had a very thick southern accent and when he said deck, it sounded like "dick". We had great fun talking about their big dick, what a lovely dick it was, yada yada yada.
I finally convinced A that the hedgehog was made for me, but that the entire family could share it. Then we set about finding a name for our hedgehog. Being unfamiliar with hedgehog anatomy, we did not know whether we had a boy hedgehog or a girl hedgehog. I sent a quick email message to Geri, who stated that the hedgehog did not come with instructions for reproductive organs so we could assume that its gender can be assigned by the owners. I decided that since I am the lone female in the house, the hedgehog should be a female so I won't be too terribly outnumbered. We chose the not-so-original name of Spike for her.
Geri's enthusiasm and talent for knitting led me to decide that 2008 would be my year to learn to knit. I have looked at instructions online and could make no sense of them, so I knew that I needed hands on instruction. Several other women in the Mommy group also wanted to learn, and one woman has a friend who is a knitter. Her friend agreed to teach us, so on Sunday afternoon I sat down with four other students to learn to knit. I had a great time, although my initial efforts have been shaky at best.
