A Political Note From the Kitchen Table of Emily Ivey

I got out the big camera for you!

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So far so good! I got all the legs joined together like I thought they would and I’ve only had to back up twice on the body shaping. Which is pretty good for me. I think I’ve made a mistake and have too many leg stitches to deal with for his bottom and his legs might be too long in general, but that’s why you make a prototype! Easy fixes for octopus v.2.

Great Gran is MUCH better! She slept for about 36 hours straight and woke up more like herself (I got a lot of knitting done while watching her sleep). Not on the octopus though, I need all my brain for him since he’s new. Cross your fingers that Great Gran will go home at the end of the week! I’m headed back over there to spend the night in a few hours (Mom and I are taking turns) with half a bear to finish and an elephant to start.

I also managed to make chocolate chip cookies this morning and I’m not sharing a single one with Congress. You hear that? NO COOKIES FOR YOU.

Eight

The WordPress iPhone ap is still unmanageable. Why is my only option after selecting a size for my image ‘publish’? I just end up with a blank post because it won’t put in the pictures but STILL.

So. Still no picture for you. I’m just too tired to get the big camera out.

All eight tentacles are finished! And joined together! Now is the time to wish me luck.

Physically Great Gran is improving. But if any of you have ever known or had an extended hospital stay…yeah.

*There should be a picture of seven objects RIGHT HERE. But there seems to be something wrong with the latest WordPress for iPhone update: no matter what I do it won’t put in the pictures! It’s possible I just don’t know how to work it, but it looks like you do all the same things…*

Great Gran has been moved to Mobile, but they think they’ve sorted out everything that’s wrong. If she’s as much better today as she was yesterday on the new stuff, I think they are right. But the diagnosis can’t be confirmed for another week. So y’all just keep your fingers crossed, please?

By the Way, Becky L. knows exactly what I’m working on – she said so in the comments. One more leg and things should get exciting.

Or disastrous.

I am going to be really mad if I can’t get this to go together like I think it will.

Four

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Back in the hospital with Great Gran. I’m getting lots of knitting done and its MUCH quieter than the neural care unit but Great Gran feels much worse. This is the end of Antibiotics Day One. I’m hoping for a better and less fevered tomorrow.

Detour

Ellie has chili con queso in her thermos today with corn chips for dipping (extra points for whole grain). Yesterday she had a chocolate chip muffin leftover from a weekend breakfast, a picknicker veggie sausage (she is crazy for them) mixed up with Organic Valley cheese cubes, snap peas (another consistent winner go figure) and a fruit roll that is actually made of fruit. The little orange box has about six pieces of candy corn inside.

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I love this box! I only have one but I use it once a week.

I wasn’t sure if they’d let her eat the candy corn, but she says nobody had a problem with it and they were YUMMY. Her lunch box came back as empty as it did the other day:

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I think that one had heart-shaped almond butter sandwiches.

I had a little bit of a Lunch Epiphany over the last week. I realized that I am going to be packing lunches for a long long long time and that she’s not going to be a picky eater forever. Or if she IS a picky eater, she’s going to be picky in different ways. I’m not sure what to do with this new knowledge, but it is oddly comforting.

In other news…
The other two texture-related patterns are on hold. I’ve had a Christmas request from a delightful customer and since it was on my pattern list anyway I’ve moved it up in the queue. Since my darling baby dear also wants one in pink and has drawn pictures of what she thinks it should look like…well, you see where I’m going. I’m actually a little anxious and excited about it since it’s a bit of a departure from my normal alphabet critters! Still the same scale and still the same feeling I think. If it turns out like the sketches.

Fingers crossed!