MaggieBKnits

It has just occurred to me that one of my sons has to return to college tomorrow afternoon. Since he (#2) is the single-color hat recipient, and I haven't done much in a day or so, I had better get cracking. So this will be short. I want to post pictures of a new book I opened yesterday.  We open our Christmas gifts gradually over time (often into January) but due to son #2 leaving on the first, we did a mass finish-up yesterday.  I got this: Which was on my Christmas list, due to Meg Swansen's  review  of it.  (Scroll down if you follow the link, it is in the Scandinavian section of her blog post). Now, whether or not you want to knit these adorable, creative, charming, entertaining mittens, the book is a delight and the charts are quite excellent.   Check out the owl.  As you see, the palm and the back of the mitten are different, just like an owl itself  😎 And the cow. This is where Meg became overcome by gig...

A very dear friend of mine has begged me to resume my blog. The fact that I have fallen Completely Behind on things like hashtags, twitter, instagram (and so on): this had left me feeling that even if I might have Something Useful To Say, I'm way too clueless on how to say it to a more au courant audience-- these things my dear friend dismissed ("pfft") and said, just write. So. I have had all four children home for Christmas-- which has been a joy. Of course, everything out of their mom's mouth needs pushback. I am not sure this will ever end 🙄. Yesterday we drove, en masse (yes, 6 grown-up sized people, and one dog, in one car) to Long Island to see grandparents. Technically, we live less than an hour and a half's drive from them (70 miles by road, and probably 40 by eagle or crow, if that were actually an option) ...but between standard Long Island/Manhattan congestion and the various choke points we go through (George Washington Bridge I am SO  ...