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My old college roommate, Roma, just had a little girl, so I made her a hat and booties. Luckily, they are big enough so that she can wear them in the fall since it will be too hot in the summer. The baby socks were from Knitty's sock tutorial. Now I am knitting socks for Harold.
I made John Polito a hat and scarf for his birthday, a little late. I used Karabella's Margrite bulky yarn in checked basket stitch from Barbara Walker's A Treasury of Knitting Patterns. The problem with the pattern was that it kept curling, so I sewed the two halves together and left a loop in the middle to thread the scarf through. The hat is actually the second in a series of birthday hats... he originally wanted a bucket hat, so I made a bucket hat, but it looked funny, so I made a beanie hat, which also looks funny. Oh well.
In the background, see Gus with a white bandana on. He is still scratching his back into a bloody mess, so I tied this around his neck and he seems to not mind it so much. Hopefully it will last the night.
We made Boston Cream Pie from the Joy of Cooking. It was pretty good, except the sponge cake was a little eggy and bouncey. You'd have to eat it to know what I mean. The custard cream and chocolate glaze made up for it though.... See the rest of the photos!
Here is my latest Dayton trip. Anne's wedding was great- the ceremony was beautiful, everyone looked good, and there was very fun nostalgic dancing to old new wave tunes. Nothing went wrong. hurrah!
