thank you, thank you very much

Helloooooo kids!  How was your memorial day?

I spent it with the King.  Well, at least with some of his friends and relatives, who were tour guides at his birthplace.  You can see all the excitement here:

The rest of the weekend was spent eating, eating some more, going to see Star Trek, eating, giving Sadie her summer haircut, eating, squirt gun fights, and oh yes, EATING!  Good god, I’ve been waking up in cold sweats at night with the terrifying echo of “do ya’ll want any more banana pudding?” in my ears.

Sadie had fun playing water ballons.

step 1. fill water balloon

step 2. throw water balloon

step 3. fetch water balloon

step 4. put balloon in bucket

Do not question the logic of Sadie.  She knows what she is doing.

She also has a spiffy new haircut.

In other news, I FINISHED SHIPWRECK!  I blocked it tonight

big shawl!  that’s our full sized guest bed

I didn’t block it harshly – I couldn’t figure out how to do that without weirdly warping the center circle, which is the only thing you’re supposed to block.  the “faggoting” lace on the outside (shut up, that’s what it’s called) with the beads is just supposed to dry naturally, for a more organic feel.  Speaking of beads…

That’s a lot of beads.  And it’s only around 3500 of them…not the 5000 beads the pattern called for.  WHAT KIND OF SADISTIC BITCH WRITES A PATTERN USING 5000 PRESTRUNG BEADS???  OK, OK, it’s an awesome pattern, so I forgive her.  And she gave me good advice – string 1000 at a time.  Then when you run out, break the yarn, string 1000 more, and join.

The only alteration to the pattern was to the 3rd chart.  I was told the pattern was wrong, and some friends of mine came up with a corrected chart.  I didn’t knit the 3rd chart, so I don’t know if it was true, or if it was and the pattern has since been fixed.  But it turned out looking just like the picture, so I’m satisfied with the fix!

I can’t wait for it to finish drying.  I am going to wear this sucker EVERYWHERE!  ESPECIALLY in september when we’re at the beach.  I am SO going to imitate the pic on the pattern page – wind sweeping through my hair and the shawl, waves in the distance…oh yeah, it’s goig to be a AWESOME!!!