I was trucking right along on all my projects, but was slowed down by slicing off a significant part of the tip of my left index finger on Tuesday, while preparing breakfast (no finger parts were in the meal). However, I came up with a solution for the bear hood and I am more than halfway down the second sleeve on Crossandra. I did kind of a half grafting, half seaming thing on the hood and it is working without adding too much bulk. The sleeve was my fireworks knitting last night.

We have Shawn here briefly, and I had really wanted to be finished with the bear sweater to send down in a package as a baby shower gift. That is not possible, but I think I can get it finished in time to ship it. My finger slows me down a little, but I can still knit. Were I to make this sweater again, I would have picked up the side stitches for the hood from the side neck, because that is where I will have to sew it now, and then used short rows to shape the hood, and eliminate almost all of the sewing that way.

I read quite a bit in Taco USA this week, but then the library took it back. Now I am reading Caramel Pecan Roll Murder while I wait for it to return. Taco USA is especially interesting given the political and social climate of the moment. I am trying to channel my thoughts and feelings about it into something positive. I have organized a non-political (I don't know if Rich knows he is the heavy on this to ask people to remove any political signs, but he's done it for us before) Independence Day Weekend Melting Pot-Luck to highlight ALL of our immigrant backgrounds by having folks bring a dish (or more) from their ethnic heritage. We are bringing traditional Hejazi Saudi Arabian, German, Southern Californian, and Oregonian dishes to reflect our backgrounds both as immigrants and where we were born here in the US. Other families are bringing Mexican and Italian and Icelandic and Russian and Indian and other foods, and I am so excited. I hope to make it an annual event, and move it to dinner time next year.

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// posted by Ranee @ Arabian Knits @ 2:06 PM