St. Brigid Silent Poetry Reading

To Katharine: At Fourteen Monthsby Joelle Biele

All morning, you’ve studied the laws
of spoons, the rules of books, the dynamics
of the occasional plate, observed the principles
governing objects in motion and objects
at rest. To see if it will fall, and if it does,
how far, if it will rage like a lost penny
or ring like a Chinese gong—because
it doesn’t have to—you lean from your chair
and hold your cup over the floor.
It curves in your hand, it weighs in your palm,
it arches like a wave, it is a dipper
full of stars, and you’re the wind timing
the pull of the moon, you’re the water
measuring the distance from which we fall.

Poem copyright ©2007 by Joelle Biele, whose most recent book of poetry is “White Summer,” Southern Illinois University Press, 2002.

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Hey Look at This!

I finished a vest for El. It's the JCasa pattern Neighborly (ravelry link).



It was really fun to knit - simple but effective.

I used stash yarns - Cascade 220 for the main color (1 skein), and Needful Yarns Arte for the stripes (1 1/2 skeins). El just turned 2 and is in the 50th percentile for height (25th for weight) - this looks like it'll fit her for a while. I wanted something that would keep her belly warm, but not be too sweaty (this is Florida, after all).

I think I'm going to try the next one in CottonEase.

Happy New Year!

I can't believe Christmas break is already almost over. The Girl Scout cookie sale started here yesterday. Everyone's excited about being back at school tomorrow. I'm trying to get everything put together for the morning, but first....some FO of late...

1. I finished this quilt that I started in the spring. It's a charm pack and white muslin. I used whatever binding I had leftover and pieced it together. The back is Michael Miller polka dots. I gave it to Project Linus.



2. I made these ornaments after Christmas. They're a charm pack that I think I bought last year. For the first few, La stuffed them, but I couldn't find the stuffing, so I had her use leftover quilt batting. For the rest, I ended up just quilting them. This is about half the batch (front and back). The other half is still in my camera. Amelia won't let me give any away, because she says they are hers. I guess that's good.



3. I finished the poncho for La. She seems pretty happy about it. I need to wash it for her, but she's already worn it a couple of times. Its Cascade Eco +, Raveled here.


There's some other stuff.....an apron that I made for my niece; a batch of pajama pants that I made for La, El, and a set of family friend sibs (3); did I mention the second batch of tuxedo bibs?

And my first FO of 2010 - a Neighborly vest for El. Raveled here. It's blocking and still needs finishing, but it was delightful to knit.

Ketchup!

So, I finished a few quilts (finally). I started these during my maternity leave, approximately 22 months ago. I'm not sure what took so long to quilt it, but it did and it turned out to be not so bad and it's done and given to Project Linus. Hopefully will find a loving home.


The back is a striped flannel, similar color palette.



A little ric-rac in the binding. I do not know why this amuses me so, but it does.


I also finished this quilt - started at the same time. I didn't like the backing flannel I picked out for it, so I had one of my design consultants help decide from stash. We went with the fruit print that I adore. Also, given to Project Linus.





Another recent project - one of my friends approached me and showed me a bib that she had that just fit her 18 month old, but was a little too small for her 3 year old. It was made from flannel, and it velcroed around the neck and waist and was nearly perfect for what she used it for (car rides with drinks, keeping clothes clean). But she only had two and .... So I borrowed one, traced it and this is what I came up with...



Got some feedback and made a few more.....



I have two more quilt tops to show next time.....