A friend of mine took a picture of the gnome I sent him for Christmas and it looked so good, I had to share. I think the other gnomes will be a wee bit jealous.

Happy Epiphany, Ya’ll!

So, I’m not super fashiony. I’m pretty sure the reason I couldn’t get a date to save my life in high school is that I dressed like I might need to be ready to climb a tree at a moment’s notice (this would have been handy if the zombie apocalypse had happened – just sayin’). Now that I’m older and wiser, I really appreciate the people in my life that can help me be in the loop on all things fashion.

Turtle is one of these folks and now Alicia has joined the ranks…and they say that boot cuffs are “in”. Now, you know me, I’ll knit a cowl for a horse if I can stick some cables on it, but Alicia sweetly requested plain, so plain they are….plus, plain = classic, right?

You’ll note that I’m only taking pictures of one boot cuff. That’s ’cause I took these myself. You’ll have to take my word for the fact that there is a pair….and that they look exactly the same.


…and that taking a picture of a boot cuff on your own foot is even more interesting than taking pictures of socks on your own feet. I could have asked The Husband to take the pics, but where’s the fun in that?

Mine raveled here

Ps. Check out what others have finished at Tami’s Amis and Wisdom begins in Wonder and Natural Suburbia

Updated to add the pattern (term used loosely):
CO 64 sts with worsted weight yarn on size 9 needles.
Join to work in the round
Knit 2 purl 2 ribbing for 5 and a half inches.
Super-stretchy bind off.

I talked The Husband into taking me to see This is 40 at the new Moviehouse in town. I loved the big seats (room for my knitting bag in the recliner with me) and that they kept the lights on low during the previews so I could knit through them with ease. But, I’d stay away from the pizza with basil; it was STRONG!



I thought this film was going to be a cute quirky comedy about how life with kids is stressful, but how they are so amusing and wonderful that it is totally worth it….or maybe it would be about how the dad had a little bit of a midlife crisis, but with laughs, the family would all get through it together. Wrong. This is a film with several funny scenes (kudos to Jason Segel and Melissa McCarthy), but overall, the movie made me kind of sad for the parents who had made some poor financial choices and were totally broke. Not really the laughs I was hoping for OR the happy ending that I require. I think that the actors carried their weight, but I was disappointed.

Ps. I do not believe there were any notable knits in this movie.