A tisket, a tasket

Another felted basket! After seeing how nicely my first knitted and felted basket turned out, James asked me if I would make another one as part of his parents' Christmas present. Of course I said yes! James chose the color - Persimmon Heather - and I finished it last week.




It felted very differently from the other two items I have made so far out of this yarn…I suspect that whatever makes it a heather color was the culprit.

We will put some food goodies in it along with a photo ornament of Aidan, and it will be ready for gifting at Christmas.

Buckeyes, Buckeyes everywhere

This morning we had three errands to run: get Aidan's hair cut, pick up ingredients to make dessert for company tomorrow (my friend Stephanie is in town and ocming over for dinner - yay!) and take a load of outgrown clothes to Goodwill. The Great Clips is in the same shopping center as a Kroger, so we decided to maximize our time and minimize the driving by getting our groceries at Kroger rather than our favorite Publix. While in Kroger, I saw a family of four all wearing Ohio State shirts. I, of course, was wearing my game day Ohio State t-shirt, and I immediately said "Go Buckeyes!" They spotted my shirt and a Buckeye lovefest ensued...turns out that the husband is from the Youngstown area and the wife is from the east side of Cleveland.

After a rousing O-H, I-O, we went our separate ways. But how fun to find other Buckeye fans in the midst of Georgia Bulldog land!