Tree Baby

I know that people occasionally lose things when they're at Green Lake, and kids and babies are the most likely to drop stuff, and it makes sense to prop found objects in trees to keep them kind of clean in case the owner comes looking for them, but I still found this doll a bit jarring. Thank goodness it wasn't a carrot jockey.

Knitting
The knitting continues, though a bit more slowly these days because of music stuff. I'm nearing the ankle of the German Stocking, and I decided to start knitting the pattern I bought at Madrona. It's for a cabled sweater, and the gauge is puzzling me...I've already dropped two needle sizes and I think the sweater is still a bit wide! Argh. I do love the yarn, though.

Music stuff
The music stuff is starting to freak me out a bit...there's Holy Week and all that implies for the church choir, and a performance of St. John's Passion by one of my other choirs, and a workshop and concert on the same weekend later in April. So much to learn!

More stream of consciousness

It's just because I'm too lazy to post photos right now.

1) Remember that baby sweater I made for my younger niece? The one that I frogged and re-knit because I thought it was too small? Well, it ended up being too big for her, so her older sister is wearing it for now. It may be time for me to invest in life-size dolls corresponding to various baby/toddler ages...

2) The Embossed Leaves socks are finished! I started Anastasia socks about a week ago. The pattern is simple, but I keep forgetting yarnovers and not noticing until about 6, or 10, or 20 rows later. So far I've knitted about 0.75 sock's worth of sock but only have half a sock to show for it.

3) (Shameless plug alert!) For any of you living in or around Seattle, Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers (with whom I sing) are performing Benjamin Britten's War Requiem on Sunday, Feb 10, at 3 pm in Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus. Details are available here.

4) I did a Discworld quiz and apparently I need to add bananas to the shopping list.


Which Discworld Character are you like (with pics)
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You scored as The Librarian

You're the Librarian! Once a wizard, now an Orang-utan (due to an unfortunate magical accident), you refuse to be turned back for a few reasons: In this form, it's easier to reach the shelves and hold more books; having the strength of five men makes people return their books on time; life's great philosophical questions boil down to "when do I get my next banana?" You say "ook" but are usually understood well enough.