I seem to have very little patience this week. It’s a good thing it’s almost over.

I really do have amazing friends. If only they lived closer! *sigh* Antenna hoodie, swag from my humble donation to the Kickstarter campaign. (If you have ever loved a punk band they probably played the Antenna in Memphis, check out the documentary currently being made by one of my best friends, Laura Jean and her husband Chris McCoy.) Kitty mask in a box o Halloween awesome from Heather. And the lens mug from Deb who knew I’d LOVE it and would never buy it for myself. (which is actually a late birthday present which are the best kind because it stretches out the birthday fun). I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve such kindness and love. I’d like to think it’s because I’ve been a good friend to them. ♥

My great grandmother, Ingeborg, would spend the entire summer knitting and at Christmas she would send us a huge box full of hats and mittens and slippers and all sorts of wonderful Norwegian knitted things. About a dozen years ago I taught myself how to knit because I wanted to make the same wonderful kinds of things she did. This weekend I realized that not only had Miss W lost one of each of the 2 pairs of mittens I got her in Norway a few years ago, but that she had outgrown them anyway and so I had better figure out how to do this mitten thing. So yesterday, using one of her mittens as a guide, I started writing a pattern for a new pair. The decreasing is giving me fits, but I’ll figure it out. I still miss my Grandma Ingeborg. I wish I had been able to learn this from her. But it’s nice to think that she’s here with me in some small way when I pick the needles and wool.