What Grew On My Musical Weekend
This past weekend the Cantabile Men and Women’s choirs went on tour to Burlington Vermont and Eastman Quebec, which meant a LOT of time spent singing, and a LOT of time on a bus. Its funny, when packing for this trip the first thing I thought of was what knitting to bring.
I decided that a new knitting project would be needed to keep my fingers and brain busy during the long bus ride.
This is a fiddly project. I made it more fiddly by attempting it with sock yarn (Sisu) and size 2.5mm needles. I was not sure how this would work as bus knitting–it could have been a disaster. I recommend bringing a baggie to put the finished parts in, and using 5 needles rather than 4. I remembered at the last minute to bring a darning needle, and stuffing.
It was great fun watching the parts take shape. The pattern is very well written, and the pictures are extremely helpful to the construction of the many tiny pieces.
Once completed, this little guy started having fun on the trip….he specially liked breakfast time… (this next picture is dedicated to the W.A.F.F.L.E.S. First Lego League Team. I was thinking of you this weekend as you were watching the World Festival!)
LEGO WAFFLES
The original pattern results in a guy that is 10 inches tall. My lego guy, knit in finer yarn, is about 5 inches tall. And, with a significant amount of balancing, he’ll stand up!
with a 1 litre juice box
I arrived back home to notice that some other things had grown in my absence.
My radishes: growing tall, reaching for the sunshine
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My pigeons: now they are getting grey feathers and their eyes are open.
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