Kids!

Kids say funny things. Last night my five year old asked me to teach him to knit. I thought I would start him off on a basic garter stitch scarf. His favorite color is green, so I told him he could make a scarf out of some leftover grey/white ragg yarn to send to Mongolia until I could buy him some green yarn to make one for himself. "How far away is she?" he asked! Then I had to explain to him that Mongolia wasn't a girl but a country far away and that I was knitting things to send to homeless children there. I will probably end up making most of the scarf, but he has knit a couple of slooowww rows. At least he's trying! Not sure how long this will hold his interest, but if he wants to do it I will help him out.

Cold, wet rainy day today. Must be the weather that made Simba go nuts this morning. He was tearing around the house like mad, acting like he was a kitten again. I must say none of my cats lost their interest in playing. I got up the other morning and found one of the balls of yarn I am using to make a two-colored hat for the Dulaan Project by my bathroom door. Not sure which one stole it out of my knitting basket. (This just two days after bragging up to someone at the store that the only yarn my cats bother is the Shetland Ragg yarn.)

Tonight I hope to finish the two-colored hat for Dulaan. If I have time I will either start another one or start the Dulaan mitten I need to finish the pair.

Check out Mossy Cottage Knits (see sidebar link) for the latest progress reports on the Dulaan Project and for pictures of some of the homeless children that we are knitting to warm.

Happy knitting!