Sunday, January 23, 2005

Interim Sundays

One of my good friends wished for two feet of snow, and I think we’re nearly there.  Piles and piles of snow!  Enough to postpone the famous Calvin-Hope basketball game, so even the natives must be impressed.  I always forget to expect tons of snow.  And I’m seriously considering building a snowman to stand guard on our balcony.  There’s enough snow for one obese man, or two well-built ones.  The snow doesn’t pack well, though.  Maybe I’ll just pile it into a mound, pour water over the whole thing, and create a snow blob that we can keep till May.

I love weekends during Interim.  You can finish your homework quickly and then relax until Monday.  Today I spent two hours crocheting a scarf at a pal’s “knitting circle.”  (I was the lone crochet-er amid a sea of knitters.  I really should learn how to knit, but I haven’t gotten around to it.)  I haven’t really crocheted in ages, and then suddenly had a domestic fit and made a potholder after Thanksgiving.  Well, I guess it’s a potholder.  More like a small rug.  It’s absolutely huge, khaki and blue, and I’m so proud of it.  I felt ambitious after that, so a week ago, I tried to make mittens.  I created a long, triangular tube with a hole in it before tearing it out and deciding to go for a scarf instead.  And so, after watching Pride and Prejudice yesterday, a Humphrey Bogart detective movie today, and joining the Knitting Circle, I have about half of it done.  Light blue, and some of the stitches are wobbly, but I’m starting to feel a bit maternal about it.  I think it will turn out all right. –jl

Posted by Jenn Langefeld on 01/23 at 03:07 PM
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