I cast on this little Sunday Sweater for wren because her birthday sweater that I knitted for her in March was way too big and will need to be tucked away for another year. She has outgrown most of her other hand knit sweaters, and though we don’t have many chilly days ahead, I still wanted her to have an option for when we do. She loves when I make her anything because she happily tries it on anytime I ask her to and says “ooo, pwetty.” She loves dress up and clothes, which I’m grateful for because Phoebe did also, but then Philippa has really never been into anything too girly. I’ve missed having a dressing-up kind of little girl around. Anyway, it has been so nice to work with Wisconsin Woolen Spun and makes me want to work on a larger project with it.
The kids and I watched the documentary on Tasha Tudor last week (thank you Ginny for the recommendation!) and they were absolutely enamored and transfixed. Phoebe said that is exactly how she wants to live when she is grown up. Noah asked if he could send her a letter telling her that he loves her and her drawings are so good. This week Phoebe has read and re-read all of her chapter books and though I’ve had books on hold from the library, things are moving so slowly. So, I ordered a few new books to delight these little bored scallywags and I thought they’d love to have a couple more Tasha Tudor books. Pumpkin Moonshine I bought for Wren, and Around the Year I bought for Philippa. Wren sat down to read hers with me right away, she is becoming quite the book lover already. Philippa however declared that she didn’t like her book, in fact she “hates it” (though she hasn’t even cracked it open yet) and she wonders why didn’t I buy her something about dragons or a sticker book? 🙂 I love that she feels free to be honest and her “hate” for certain things is still cute at this point. I suspect she’s just a bit grumpy and will come around, but next time I’ll bear in mind her suggestions.
I finished Adorning the Dark last night and really enjoyed it. It was a bit of a lighter read than I expected, and focused more on songwriting than creative work in general, but I still recommend it and found it helpful and thought provoking. I am missing the library so much right now… any one else?! I’m not sure what I will read next.
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