In my last post I said I'd be back tomorrow. I lied. I was busy. My brother and my Mom came to visit for the weekend. On Saturday we took the train into the city, and from there we took the subway to Coney Island. We ate hot dogs at Nathan's and walked around on the boardwalk for awhile. It was a really nice day, but a little too chilly for the beach. I will say though, I LOVE sitting and listening to the waves. Someday I need to live near the ocean. It's one of my favorite things, listening to the waves break. Why I only do it once or twice a year is a complete mystery to me. Life's too short to not regularly do the things you enjoy doing.
And here's a picture of Devan (and part of my thumb, whoops!) by the gigantic tulips near the boardwalk.
After our long afternoon in the city, we went out to this nice restaurant, Attilio's Kitchen. It was so cute inside, and the food was pretty good. We couldn't stay long, but it wasn't a problem.
After dinner we came back to our house and watched a movie, and then I was pooped so I went to bed. Sunday we went out to breakfast for Mother's Day, and then my family had to leave.
Now everything's normal and boring again. I put another card up at my etsy shop. I'm kind of 'meh' about this one. I've also been working on packaging, to get everything just right before I send out the orders. I planned to use my gocco for a couple small things, and my last 4 bulbs were duds so I'm not sure what to do while I await the arrival of my new bulbs from Japan. Maybe I'll just send them out without the extra embellishments. I don't know.
I bought some yarn. That's always fun. It's Opal Tiger stripes.
I've been working on jaywalker socks. I haven't had batteries to take a picture. No, they're not for my sock pal, they're for me! I'm also working on another pair of socks for me:
I'm still waiting for my yarn to arrive for my sockapalooza socks, but it's coming from England so I thought I'd keep myself busy with socks for myself.
These yellow socks are from Debbie Bliss Living Simple or Simple Living, I can't remember the title. I've used Baby Cashmerino and I'm using PGR short row heeels and toes, and I've made the leg quite a bit longer than the pattern says to.
Labels: letterpress, life, makin' things: knitting, sockapalooza4
