My Mind's Eye

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Tuesday Tale/Tails

Every afternoon at about 3:55, my inner lioness awakens letting me know it is nearly time for din-din.

I have to go on a seek and find mission looking for Mom.

Once I find her, I wait politely in her field of vision hoping she will see me.

If she fails to notice me immediately, I march in place with my tail held high, ~~roaring~~ meowing until she gets her tush in gear!!

That is just how I roll.

Hugs
Madi

Monday, March 26, 2012

SOCKS: THE SAGA

Every two-legger has gazillion pair and twice as many whose mate has been lost in the dark hole of the washing machine. Socks are readily available at 87 million stores, in as many colors.....

BUT

my ~~crazy as a loon~~ Mom has been trying to crochet ~~unsuccessfully~~ socks for more years than I've been alive.

Mom bought this darling little project bag that Nina's Mom made.

She is convinced it will bring her lots of good luck for a successful

200th attempt a crocheting socks.

Mom tells me she has no problem with the socks until she gets

to the heel flap. There are only 3 rows involved in making the heel

flap. She can make a gigantic afghan with 100 times more rows and scarves that are 6' long; however, for some reason

the 3 rows of the heel flap are the 8th Wonder of the World

SO I VOLUNTEERED to help with this time.

She is using a new sock pattern because she is convinced all the other patterns have had major errors in the instructions. MOL

I gave the yarn a good sniff to make sure it had good ju-ju

all around it.

I counted the stitches on each row to confirm she was following the instructions (she wasn't)!!

I told her I would be in charge of reading the very clearly written instructions to her until she could follow them by herself.

I intend to do everything I can to be sure she is successful with the first sock.....and let's hope she has enough fun with it to make the second sock. Otherwise it will end up in the missing mate drawer.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE CONTINUED..........

HUGS

MADI