It is such a relief to finally be done with these little pants. I finished Julie’s pair Monday night.
That’s a heck of a lot of mindless stockinette stitch! If you look closely at the top of the bigger pair, you can see the wider, brighter blue stripes that I used to stretch out the remaining self-striping yarn I’d dyed. And it worked out pretty well.
Tuesday morning it was plenty cool weather for wool leggings, and the girls were excited to put them on. Too bad Julie had an “accident” about two minutes after she got dressed. It was freaky – she hasn’t done that in months. Still, there was one very cute, very willing model all dressed up with no place to go…
This particular moment just about burst my heart. She was taking my picture while I took hers! It worked out well to keep her standing across the room far enough away for me to get a full-length picture.
In non-knitting news, Julie decided it was time for a major image change.
So far it’s been much easier to comb out in the mornings, and that was pretty much the whole point of the exercise.
Back to the knitting for a moment. Almost as soon as I finished Julie’s pants, I hurried up and cast on two more little legs for that shop sample pair.
I’m still trying to decide whether I like the magic loop enough to keep doing it. Luckily, I’m making the newborn size, so they’re knitting up fast. I’ve already whipped up several more inches since the picture was taken this morning.
I also cast on for a new little pair of mittens. This pair is not for Julie or Sophie. It’s for some child in St. Paul that I’ll never meet. The Yarnery is sponsoring “The Mitten Fairy” by collecting mittens through November 16. Then they will donate the mittens to St. Paul public schools to be distributed to kids who come to school without mittens.
When I heard about this effort, it appealed to me enough to actually follow through. Dropping off and picking up Julie at pre-school last year, I saw a lot of little kids with naked hands even on the coldest of days. Every time I saw that, I thought about how I’d like to make those kids some mittens like Julie’s, but of course you can’t do that mom-to-mom. This way, I get to fulfill that fantasy, but in a much better way. So I’m knitting up a pair of mittens, and I’ll drop ‘em off at the store when I’m there next week. You can look for them on the display next time you’re at the store, and feel free to knit a pair of any size to donate too.
And back to the kids…here’s what Sophie wore today.
I put this little sweater, a hand-me-down from Julie, on her for the first time, and it just happened to perfectly match some jeans I bought last year at a garage sale. I’m so lucky to have two girls so I can get more use out of the super-cute hand knits.
And finally, the girls had their first appointment with the dentist this morning. They have the most awesome waiting room I’ve ever seen…
The girls loved this little play house, and on top of that, they had halfway decent books for us to read too. The ladies in the back room were really nice, too. Sophie had a great time sitting in the big chair, checking out the equipment, and having her teeth counted. Julie – well, Julie had a more difficult time. But we were all patient, and eventually, she agreed to open her mouth for a peek when I sat her down in my lap. Maybe we’ll get to the x-rays and the cleaning next time.
Love the leggings. It is funny that you mention your kids’ first dentist appointment. I have been taking my kids to a pediatric dentist for years. My son recently ‘graduated’ since he’s 18 and signed a release to transfer his records to an ‘adult’ dentist. Last week a got a lovely letter from his former dentist thanking me for letting her treat him all these years and included a polaroid of my son that she took at HIS first dentist appointment. He was 2 1/2 years old. What a trip down memory lane. And I thought the letter was going to tell me I still owed her money !
The leggings are adorable.
I love the feeling of helping keep a child warm in the winter – with mittens or a scarf. Good for you for helping in this way!
That dentist office is outstanding! I thought ours was nice, because all the magazines were current! Hopefully Julie will allow a little teeth counting next time.
BTW, the leggings are too cute!
Good luck with the dentist. My son is 14, and has never co-operated enough to have x-rays done. The dentist finally gave up on him.
The leggings are awesome! Maybe Julie was conducting an experiment – testing the liquid-absorbing properties of the wool.
She certainly looks sweet with the new do!
The leggings are so cute. Your daughter looks quite cute having her haircut too, and sits so still too. I love the playhouse in the dentist too, it would keep them nice and happy for hours.
Cute leggings! Love the colors. Yep, that’s a whole lotta stockinette!!
I wonder about Magic Loop too. I recently learned M-L for two socks at the same time. While I like that my socks will be exactly identical, I feel like it is so fiddly. While the DNPs have such a fun rhythm to them. I *really* like DPNs, but dislike counting my rows… what a dilemma eh? LOL eh, the more I know the better I figure.
No fair! A picture of Julie getting a haircut and no “after” picture? Her fans are dying to see the new Julie!