6.01.2012

Still Carless, But I Needed Needles.

Oh my goddess, I've done it. I took public transportation for the first time since I lived in LA. many many moons ago. I went on 2 separate bus trips (but blogger deleted almost this whole post, so this time, it'll just be about the first trip), all for the love of wool. It's true. I wouldn't take a bus to the post office, I'll wait for my car, even though I promised some hand spun to Taryn. I wouldn't take the bus to the book store or Trader Joe's or the Children's meuseaum, but tell me I don't have the right size needles for the Ugly Misunderstood Hat, and I'll take 3 busses across town just to see if the first yarn store I could google, Gail Knits, had them. without calling ahead. 3 busses. for needles, not even yarn. 3 busses for needles that were too expensive after my $5 bus fare. I was a little miffed, but I knew I'd need 6 1/2 inch US 3 DPNs for Kiely's thigh high socks. They had those in my price range, so it wasn't a totally wasted trip.
On the way there, I missed my first transfer stop and had to walk 87 2 blocks back to the street I needed to be on. On the way back, I compensated for missing that transfer stop, so I got off 1 stop too early and had to walk even further to get to a stop that had the right line coming to it. It was 91 degrees that day, but I was alright, I brought water... that eventually turned into iced coffee...

I knit on the bus(ses).

I can't decide if this is the Ugliest Hat Ever, or just misunderstood. If it turns out to be horrible, I can only blame the yarn for being so amazing and demanding to be knit wether I had found the right pattern or not. It's the yarn's fault.

I took pictures of distant mountains and empty fields lots.

Apparently it is considered sideways-glance worthy to knit, take pictures, take pictures of knitting, while on a bus. Who knew?
I came home to this:

That would be my amazing 4 (almost 5, not really, but she insists) year old learning to write. Her 3 favorite letters are 't' 'O' and 'H'... they used to be 'K' 'A' and 'y'... 

Look! I am 100% certain that she wrote 'HOt' intentionally, with no help at all. because she is totally brilliant.




















2 comments:

Hinterland Mama said...

This wall looks like so many places around our own home! My 4 year old (not even nearly 5 :) has taken to writing in a BIG way.
His brother, aged 6, has always enjoyed it too.

Thanks so much for dropping by to see me via the Blog Train. I love the diversity of blogs I have discovered through it. ღ

Ballerina Baller said...

:) it's a crazy, fun age!
thanks for stopping by!