First things first–it’s my parents’ 45th wedding anniversary today, and Mom wrote out the story of their wedding day, with all its crises and madcap adventures over at her blog. Dad sneaking off to catch the World Series’ scores. His tuxedo being tailored for a man about 5″ shorter. The wedding ring almost being sent down a sewer grate by a city bus. The guests having to lift a Volkswagen out of the way so my parents could leave the reception… Go take a look! (Maybe if enough of you ask, she’ll write up the sequel about the honeymoon, scheduled around sporting events telecasts … and don’t forget to ask about their tour of the White House.)

Then–I haven’t shown you any knitting pictures in a while. I’m working on the Monteagle bag from Mason-Dixon knitting.

And also the Cardi Cozy from Mason-Dixon Knitting. (Both patterns from the new book, of course.)

I will say that I’m getting frustrated by the Cardi Cozy–it’s well nigh impossible to figure out exactly where the raglan increases go. It’s not that I can’t “read” my knitting, either, but the numbers just don’t seem to match up, and I’m coming up to a point where the instructions say, “Increase until sleeves are ___ stitches, then only increase on fronts and back.” But, um, since I’ve had to completely guess as to where the raglan increases ARE, how can I really know how many stitches are in the sleeve sections? If it was just a matter of stopping the increases when I hit a certain number of stitches, no problem, but the increases stop at different times … So, I’m getting frustrated. And it’s not like I want to try frogging the Kid Silk Haze, you know?

Chappy, of course, has been very helpful–he heard me getting frustrated and immediately came over to be consoling, and then sat down to protect me from whatever might be coming through the door to further upset me. Isn’t he a GOOD boy!

It’s been a nice day, all in all. I spent an inordinate amount of time in the kitchen. (Pancakes for breakfast. Baked and frosted the cake. Ate lunch. Made tea. Cooked pot roast for supper.) My sister dropped by unexpectedly with cookies and an anniversary gift. (Two hours in the car, and about 15 minutes here in the house. She gets good daughter points, too!)  We all went out for a walk at about 4:00. According to my sister, it was sunny elsewhere this morning, but not HERE. She was surprised when it got cloudy when she was about 5 miles away. WE were surprised to hear that there was sunshine to be had so close to home. But then, that’s the way the weather’s been this weekend. (You saw yesterday’s pictures, right? With Kim and Jessica all bundled up? Not to mention wearing my braid of roving as a scarf because her neck was so cold?)

Anyway, don’t forget to go visit Mom’s blog!

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