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Since I complained about the rain in April, and since it is a glorious day, I feel that a shot of my Angelique tulips is in order as a sort of mea culpa.

I planted these tulips around the light post.
I am a gardening god.

And here is a picture of my current project, a baby hat in Koigu, being upstaged by the new GoKnit Pouch that I just purchased from Scout’s Swag.

A GoKnit Pouch and the beginnings of a baby hat.
Also visible: one shoe and one belt loop.

I don’t do a lot of walking and knitting at the same time. (Okay, I don’t do any walking and knitting at the same time.) But I did want one of these pouches for traveling, because every time I have to pack my knitting for a flight, I end up deciding that I can’t take both my knitting bag and a carry-on, and I can’t jettison the carry-on, so my knitting ends up all crammed together in a Ziploc bag, resulting in more chaos than I am comfortable with. It is my fervent hope that next time I fly somewhere, this little pouch will save the day.

I will assume that the fact that I got a mere two comments on the completion of the bathmat, one of them from my mother, is an indication that y’all are on vacation, not that you’re completely lacking in enthusiasm about my stupendous accomplishment. I continue to revel in having finished the project, especially when — and this has happened twice — I am knitting and I think, “I should really put ten minutes in on the bathmat,” only to realize that the bathmat is DONE!

It’s okay. I am good at celebrating quietly.

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5 Responses to “Tulips”

me Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
You crack me up! I admire your tenacity Ruth the bathmat would have made me throw in the towel long ago (ha! unintentional pun!) That’s exactly why I’m afraid to take on a really large project (and why my poor husbands stockinette sweater is languishing in a drawer - it’s so BIG and boring!)
Lindsay Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Thanks for the comment on my Tucker-fka-Sheldon! It was a great pattern and a very fast and enjoyable knit. And everyone has been squeaking loudly about how cute he is.

I just got your comment and popped over to your blog to say hello, and I was thrilled to find a solution to the very thing on my mind today: how to pack knitting for a plane. That little pouch is so cool, and just what I need. It won’t make it for the trip I’m taking tomorrow, but let me know how it weathers — it might be perfect for future trips if it is as sturdy as it looks.
Emilee Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Those tulips are beautiful…
but not as beautiful as your bathmat!

Seriously, that turned out really nicely. I would be ready to make one myself, if not for the struggle you had finishing yours.
Jeffner77 Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 5:33 am
Your bath mat was so inspiring as to make me look critically at my bathmat & pick out yarn. My mom & grandma are both going through cancer surgery before the end of the month so I’m thinking a garter stitch bath mat is the kind of thing I need to knit! BTW, love the tulips.
Helen Says:
May 19th, 2007 at 9:38 am
so, now you have THREE comments on the bathmat.
I’m thinking everyone was in awe. Stunned speechless by the enormity of the accomplishment.
Me… I just babbled.

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