well-crafted

It’s time I made myself a shawl

I am now in posession of two hanks of Pashmina. So luxurious!
Now I need to decide which pattern to use. These are my top three:

1. Sugar is Sweet
2. Sugared Violets
3. Unique Melody

What do you think?

Merchandise

Poet

The Sky
By William Anderson

 In the dark sky
The bright moon
Is King.
The grey clouds
Guard him
As if they are soldiers.
His arms are jagged
Like lightning
And he laughs
Like thunder
The sky is his mansion
He owns the night
The night is his.

Will has won first place in the Oregon State Poetry Association’s Student Poetry Contest (K–2 division)! I took him to get ice cream yesterday after school to celebrate. He is most excited about his cash prize and least excited about reading it aloud at the awards ceremony in May. I, on the other hand, cannot wait!

Small hands, Big needles

I know I promised to share my Mexico souvenirs with you this week, but I can’t photograph them because my camera battery has died—really died, like it won’t even take a charge anymore and I have to go buy a new one. So for today you get photos of Lauren knitting! She has been asking to learn for a while now and I was sort of putting off teaching her because I thought it would be too difficult and frustrating. But, oh boy, was I wrong. We sat down for a little lesson last Sunday and it blew my mind how quickly she got it. What a natural!