Tuesday, October 18, 2005
The Mammy Mystery is Solved..
I just got off the phone with my Mammy.. (She's dad's mom) so that I could ask her about these catalog pictures that my dad gave to me from her.
Apparently the main idea is that she wants me to knit something for Aunt Faye's birthday.. which is the day after Thanksgiving. She is sending me yarn money in the mail and she basically said "Just knit her somethin fun"...
Oh I can do that...
Aunt Faye is a character... she's got red curly hair and she wears "loud" clothing for a woman of her age.. She doesn't really fit in with her sisters in that way.. but she fits in somehow with them and their crazyness... But she's the craziest. And those catalog pictures are just not crazy enough for her. (Well the hat and scarf *could* be if the right yarns were employed.. but eh. Boring.)
Knowing all this makes me think of all the possibilities that I would never get to knit otherwise.. "Somethin fun" Indeed.
Going yarn shopping with her lets me get inside her brain as to what she likes and doesn't like.. we go through the magazines and look for things we like, but most of the time we just find things we laugh at. Her and I nearly fell over laughing at this huge, thick scarf that was made out of multiple colors of yarn and had pom-poms as big as basketballs..Yes.. I said pom-poms.. as in.. many. That was so hillarious.. and it would have made great YKW?! fodder.
But anyhow.. I surfed knitpicks for about five minutes and I already have a project in mind... Whether I will be able to make it or not depends on what amount of money she sends me. I know that knitpicks is the answer though because I can't very well go yarn shopping in person with Aunt Faye to buy yarn for a gift FOR HER. lol.
All of this mysterious knitting is getting really weird for me.. I'm glad I atleast feel comfortable talking about this project... I don't believe that Aunt Faye ever reads this... and if she does she doesn't tell me about it.
So if you see me knitting something *weird* looking... you'll know what it is and who it's for ; )
Oh.. and the MMGP is going well. And that is all I am at liberty to say.
I just got off the phone with my Mammy.. (She's dad's mom) so that I could ask her about these catalog pictures that my dad gave to me from her.
Apparently the main idea is that she wants me to knit something for Aunt Faye's birthday.. which is the day after Thanksgiving. She is sending me yarn money in the mail and she basically said "Just knit her somethin fun"...
Oh I can do that...
Aunt Faye is a character... she's got red curly hair and she wears "loud" clothing for a woman of her age.. She doesn't really fit in with her sisters in that way.. but she fits in somehow with them and their crazyness... But she's the craziest. And those catalog pictures are just not crazy enough for her. (Well the hat and scarf *could* be if the right yarns were employed.. but eh. Boring.)
Knowing all this makes me think of all the possibilities that I would never get to knit otherwise.. "Somethin fun" Indeed.
Going yarn shopping with her lets me get inside her brain as to what she likes and doesn't like.. we go through the magazines and look for things we like, but most of the time we just find things we laugh at. Her and I nearly fell over laughing at this huge, thick scarf that was made out of multiple colors of yarn and had pom-poms as big as basketballs..Yes.. I said pom-poms.. as in.. many. That was so hillarious.. and it would have made great YKW?! fodder.
But anyhow.. I surfed knitpicks for about five minutes and I already have a project in mind... Whether I will be able to make it or not depends on what amount of money she sends me. I know that knitpicks is the answer though because I can't very well go yarn shopping in person with Aunt Faye to buy yarn for a gift FOR HER. lol.
All of this mysterious knitting is getting really weird for me.. I'm glad I atleast feel comfortable talking about this project... I don't believe that Aunt Faye ever reads this... and if she does she doesn't tell me about it.
So if you see me knitting something *weird* looking... you'll know what it is and who it's for ; )
Oh.. and the MMGP is going well. And that is all I am at liberty to say.
-Kim- 5:54 PM
3 Comments:
Your Aunt Faye sounds a little like my DH's late Gammaw, French Cagan little whip of a woman, but she could could kick some booty. Loud clothes, and even the house was crazy colors.
I am not sure if I knew you loved magic loop or not. hmmm.... very interesting. =) It IS wonderful, tho, I am def in love with it too. I wish I had known about it when I was fighting with the sleeves on Ben's sweater! All my problems would have been solved!
I'm glad you like my socks ;)*batting eyes*
I'm glad you like my socks ;)*batting eyes*
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