Butternut Woolens

I started my Kauni on June 17th and am really having a lot of fun with it. I was inspired by the 37,000+ Kauni projects on Ravelry and the Kaunis/Kaunii I saw a couple of years ago at the Madrona Fiber Arts Festival in Tacoma.

This photo show one repeat of the pattern and the corrugated rib. I'm not liking how the ribbing is curling. Hopefully, it will block out. I went down a needle size, but it's still curling. I'm using a size 3 for the ribbing, a 4 for the straight knitting and a 5 for the stranded bits. Knitting this is kind of addicting. Like a good book, it's hard to put down.

Boy A excitedly: We learned about St. Patrick today! He was a slave and when he got out of jail they made him a saint! And that's really, really hard. You could go back and forth, back and forth 50 times to Pluto and still not be made a saint.

(He sticks his fork into the peanut butter jar and then thoughtfully starts sticking dried cranberries on it).

But if you found ALIENS on Pluto, that'd probably do it.

Boy A: Mom, what is Buddha?

Me: There was a wise man who lived a long time ago. He was called the Buddha and he said we all had Buddha nature, which is goodness, inside of us.

Boy A: Mom, is God inside of me, too?

Me: (Feeling rather proud of this teaching moment, they are so few). Yes.

Boy A: God comes out of me when I poop.

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Me: Goodness comes out of you when you smile, it comes out of your eyes.

Boy A: Then I'll take the goodness out of me and put it in a cage.

Me: Remember what Jesus said?

Boy A: What?

Me: Jesus said not to hide your goodness under a basket.

Boy A: This Frito is Jesus and this one is God. (Begins bashing them together.)

Boy A: God can't see me through the ceiling.

Me: God made outerspace. I think a ceiling is no big deal for him.

Boy A: God is in everything.

I know it's bad blogging form to mention Wensleydale and not show a picture. My sister-in-law gave me a bit of duct tape to fix the camera when we were over for the Superbowl and voila! Wensleydale picts. Anyone have a favorite plain mitten pattern?

Progress continues on the woolen United States project. Boy A is thrilled. He especially likes the way the slightly variegated blue "makes it look like waves in the ocean."

Boy B can't wait to get started on Africa, he brought this home last week. He's been working on it since the second week of school. Click to embiggen.

In other news, we are moving this week. I have a job serving the people of the Great State of Montana as a scientist. I can't tell you what a relief this is and I am so happy! Yes, I'm so happy I even used an exclamation point, that is how happy I am. Also, as another example of my great happiness and optimism, not to mention practicality, I BOUGHT a wool sweater. Hahahaha, I BOUGHT a wool sweater! Tee heee. Change is coming, just hang in there.