What does a cow say?

According to Becky, that would be "boo." Yes, with a "b." It's not a speech impediment, because she says "Maow" for a kitty noise, and it's not her unintentionally mispronouncing it (which is what I originally thought), because she has a toy that says "moo" and she yells "No!" at it. Because it's wrong. Just so you should not think my child is less smart than she is, she is very close to saying "alphabet" -- her version is "alpadet" which I think is pretty darn good for a 15 month old -- and also she can count to two. Well, not so much count to two as indicate when someone has two of something. If I hold up one of something and ask her how many, she just looks at me quizzically. But if I hold up a pair of something, or ask her how many feet (hands, eyes, etc.) she has, she thinks for a second and then says, "Two!" I got her going on "two shoes" this morning -- that was very cute and fun. More cute and fun:



Spartacus continues to batter my innards, but I love him anyhow. And I'm hoping it means he'll have a great personality like his sister, because she was a big kicker, too. Not the same personality, but another good, fun, happy one.

Things not Becky or Spartacus:

My new bag:



The French is: C'est jour férié aujourd'hui
which according to babelfish means "Today is a public holiday." If anyone has a better translation, please let me know. I'm okay with walking around with a holiday pronouncement on my bag, though.

I am seriously in love with this bag. It is exactly what I wanted -- something small that would fit easily inside my ginormous commuter bag, but could easily be carried around town for knitting while walking, or set on a table at The Point without discouraging others to share the table, but still big enough to fit a sock in progress or three. In the picture above, there are four WIPs: two socks, the beginnings of a lacey sweater (pattern and yarn from The Point, as a matter of fact) (Dude, I'm an idiot. I just figured out where The Point got their name from. I'm just going to be over in this corner, quivering and moaning while I do some garter stitch.), and a square for the Harlequin blanket I've started for Spartacus, plus my little Coach bag with my knitting kit (scissors, ruler, calculator, stitch markers, crochet hook, extra US 1&2 DPNs, etc.). Also I wanted it to have no zipper or velcro, as I have had Issues with those things eating my yarn. To be fair to previous bags, that may be at least in part to my tendency to overstuff them (see above re: four projects in my new little bag). And it has a little sheep on it. See?



I am in bag heaven right now.

In sadder news, today was a Very Bad Day for Laura and lace. First, I got up a little early and thought I'd do a row on my Mystery Stole. An hour later, I still had not figured out where I went wrong and I had to go up and fetch my sweet darling baby who sleeps until 8am for her mommy. Love her. But I have to tink back the row (for not the first time -- I stopped counting after 3) and see what I can figure out when I get home. I will tell you know that I will not be frogging the whole thing. There may be a super wonky row right there at row 53, but no one will know but me (and the other 6,000 MS3 knitters, but let's not talk about that).

Then on the train and ferry this morning (and also on the couch last night), I concentrated on Infloresence. I finished a whole pattern repeat. It was only when I began the next pattern repeat that I realized that pattern repeat I had just finished was off by one stitch (scootched over by one, not missing one). This may actually be a design flaw, which I do have a solution to if that's the case, but either way I'm probably going to have to rip back about three hours worth of knitting.

And now a potential happy: I got my yarn for the Campanula KAL yesterday and it's completely luscious.



The pink doesn't show up super great in this pic, but pretty much anywhere it's lavender in the pic, it's dusky pink in real life. I'm going to wind it off in the morning and swatch it up. Cross your fingers for me.

Oh! Almost forgot! I've decided that possibly my slowness issue with the sock knitting has to do with the DPNs, so I will be obtaining the proper needles to try both socks on two circs and magic loop. I'm going to cast on a pair of plain st st socks for me (maybe my Froebes) so there's no pressure and give it a whirl. Can't hurt, might help.

Finally, Rhinebeck. It's going to be in late October, and I'll be 8 months pregnant. I will not yet be on travel restriction, but Kit does not want to come (he came last year and just had a truly lousy time, which is unusual for him -- I wouldn't make him do it again) and he thinks I shouldn't be driving an hour and a half by myself at that point in my pregnancy. I think I'll be fine. Any thoughts from the intarwubs?

posted by Laura Y. @ 2:30 PM