Sighkey asked what “frogging” means. It means pulling out your knitting. You “rip-it, rip-it.” And I did, too. I knitted until it was obvious that the bathmat could not be completed according to the pattern with the specified amount of the specified yarn (do I sound a little bitter toward that book?), and pulled it back to the end of the third pattern repeat. Then I did the edging. Sigh. It is a nice mat, though, even if it is smaller than it should have been. I wouldn’t want a sweater made of this stuff, but I love linen pillowcases and good cotton sheets, and this linen/cotton mix is very nice for home furnishings. Although Dr. Drew questioned whether people could really step on such a wonderful thing comfortably.
We enjoyed the visit with #2 daughter and the guys. Mostly we talked and ate and played games. There was a little music, a little sightseeing, and the kids all went and shot some hoops in the dark last night. #2 daughter sang very beautifully in church, and Orgue joined us for lunch. Then we had dinner with my parents.
The boys and I went to a bead shop and found box after box of wonderful beads (I guess this is what you would expect to find in a bead shop, but I had never been to one before). I have been toying with the idea of making a piano bench cover from the same book that let me down so badly with the bathmat pattern. They have a pattern for a beaded piano cushion. #2 daughter thought it was a bit over the top, but now that I have seen all those little boxes of beads, I am thinking it would be fun.
We have lovely spring weather, too. I hope your weekend was as nice as mine.
‘rip-it, rip-it’ I so like that :-). It would never have occurred to me.
Unless there are very big feet in the family the cut-down size bathmat should manage.
Now that you mention Pirates I do remember the scene. My father was a big G&S fan and passed it on to his 3 kids. We used to have a ball sitting in the lounge with one of the G&S records (vinyls) on, singing all the parts. (We also did that with Joseph’s Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, and Jesus Christ Superstar) Here in the city we have a 12 yr season of G&S – our local opera company puts on at least one of the operettas a year. So far I’ve seen HMS Pinafore about 3 times(actually played in the orchestra for our school’s production of it), Pirates of Penzance -3, Mikado – 3, Sorceror -1, Trial by Jury – 1, The Gondoliers – 2. I have always wanted to see Princess Ida live – Have only seen it on tv done by the Doyly Carte Company. I think this operetta is the one which features a duet by two contraltos – very rare indeed. The version I saw/heard was impressive.
Has anyone ever knit their own bedsheets? The time and energy would be unbelieveable, but I bet they’d feel really nice…then again, you’d probably spend so much on yarn that it would be more economical to just buy a set of extravagant sheets.
If I wasn’t reluctant to be rude, I’d actually *demand* a beaded piano cushion – it sounds too charming to miss!