A Passing and Reverie

My grandmother died last week, somewhat suddenly, leaving me with a gap in my life and a question, "Did she get the chance to use that purple and white blanket that I made for her?".

It looks like the blanket in question will be handed off to my mother, who has said that she wants it because I made it in the first place. It is nice of her to say so, and it is certainly a nice blanket made with a good pattern.

Wish me well, the funeral is on Saturday.

Memories Also

It was about two weeks ago that I was able to go and visit with my cute little grandmother and bring her the purple and white blanket that I made for her. She loved it, of that I was really sure!

Alas, it seems that she may not have had much time to use it. My grandmother died this morning in Walla Walla, after having a heart attack yesterday. She was 96 years old and she still recognized her grandchildren, grown up as we all have become.

My mother has said that she wants that purple and white blanket, so I imagine that I will be seeing it again.

News, Reviews, and Food

The colder, wetter weather has settled in, and there was even a thunderstorm passing by last night, though occasionally, we actually get sunbreaks. The trees look fantastic, so lovely in their colors.

Still haven't gotten to Walla Walla (yes, the place so nice, they named it twice), to give that purple and white blanket to my grandmother. My mother insisted that I should bring it to her personally instead of just mailing it, but now the weather is looking more like winter, so I don't know what will happen with that.

I have a gallstone, pure and simple. After some strange symptoms, some pain, a ridiculously expensive trip the the ER, and a cold ultrasound, my handsome doctor has informed me that I have a large floating gallstone and it will eventually need some kind of treatment to get rid of it. I would like to knit a net to send into my gallbladder and hook that thing out!

Barbara is soon to have gastric bypass surgery, which she has been preparing for now, perhaps about a year, and in November she will have the surgery done and will be about a month recovering from it at my place. I expect that I will be too busy taking care of a whiny old woman to be able to sit down and knit or crochet very much (did that sound bitchy?), but I will still hopefully be able to finish some projects in time for Christmas.

Knitting, Crocheting - well, I still do them. I crocheted a hat for Jacob, and I knit a hat for Jonas, though I still need to sew up the seams. I will post pictures when they are done, because I think they are noteworthy.
Still a pair of socks to finish, and my mother's tablecloth, but perhaps another little present here and there, including a baby blanket for my cousin's new baby. Pictures will sometime be forthcoming, I guess.

Blanket Done

I finished it, the purple and white blanket that is a gift for my grandmother! The body, the edging, all the little yarn ends sewn in, and I might even launder it before I give it to her!

Blanket, Oh Blanket, Who is Your King

I have nearly finished the purple and white blanket for my grandmother, despite having broken the double-ended crochet hook.

Just the edging to do, and sewing in the yarn ends, then it will be finished, and I can mail it off to Grandma!

Yay me!

Inconceivable!

Ok, I don't my own strength, I mean, absolute brute force. I was working to finish up my grandmother's afghan, the purple and white one (see photo), and I broke the hook!

This afghan is made with a reversible, double-ended hook technique. Because of the size of the afghan, I was using a circular crochet hook (see Annie's Attic website, or similar), and of all things to happen, the plastic cable part pulled right out of the end of one of the hooks! I couldn't believe it. And I also couldn't get it to go back together, so I had to get on a website and order another one, which still hasn't arrived yet.

I wonder if I will be able to finish that afghan this month or not.

Wish me lots of good luck on this!

Planning to Make Things

I picked up a couple of crochet and knitting magazines yesterday, purely on a whim. One was Piecework, which is a beautiful magazine, always a good issue with that one; the other was Crochet! They both have projects that I would like to try, including a men's crocheted scarf pattern.

We'll see if I can get the time!