Thursday is skating day. I meet Daughter at a rink far, far away and I spend a couple of hours trying not to hurt myself. A few Thursdays ago I made the aquaitance of a new to me beginner lady skater. We exchanged nicities and that was it...until yesterday. Yesterday she showed up covered in her handknit Lopi. Hat, scarf, inner sweater, outer sweater and mittens. Wowza. I was impressed. She said she took up skating so she could use all her knitwear. Makes sense to me.
When I was supposed to be working on my latest dance pattern, I was looking at the knitting she had in her skate bag. More Lopi. A laceweight Lopi that I had never seen before.
The pattern is from the
Istex website. Now I have the itch to make another lopapeysa even though it never gets cold enough around here to wear them anymore.
After skating I always make the drive out to see Daddio. I knit while he does whatever he does these days. Yesterday he was in bed. He has a terrible cough. Terrible. He is just getting over pneumonia and I sure didn't like what I heard.
Don't let the paper fool you. He's not really reading. He calls out the bigger words and makes up crazy stories about them. He can't really put much of a thought together anymore. We ended the visit making paper balls out the the news and throwing them at each other. I got him to laugh. Good times.
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It's GOOD when you can have a good moment with your sweet Daddio. The newspaper ball fight sounds like good fun.
ReplyDeleteA new knitter friend! Now that's just lovely. I'll be praying for your Dad. It looks like you had a good visit.
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Love the newspaper ball fight - I'll bet that was fun! And wow! That woman's knitting is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that if you can make him laugh, that's a gift for both of you.
ReplyDeleteGood to see that your dad hasn't lost his sense of humor! Nothing like a good old paper ball fight to lighten the mood. LOL Your new friend is quite the accomplished knitter. I just love those mittens and the laceweight Lopi is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was those mittens are amazing! Then I thought, wow daddio can read still? Im glad you had a paper ball fight. You just have to find a way to keep laughing. It aint easy
ReplyDeleteShe is seriously into her knitwear!
ReplyDeleteHope Daddio's cough gets better! Glad you can still make him laugh.
Oh, knit envy is right! I'm glad the visit went well with your Dad.
ReplyDeleteLoving the mittens, so much loveliness in one place xx
ReplyDeleteIf you got him to laugh it was a good visit. Your new skating friend is very talented. I see some knitting get togethers in your future.
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