With a little extra time at the beginning of the week we went camping in Woodbine (near Nye, Montana):
The drive there is just gorgeous. Here are the mighty Beartooths:
We stopped at the great Mickey D's for lunch. This looks like a regular truck, but look closely:
For those of you who have not known me pre-1993, my maiden name is Robinson. This trucking company was KSR Trucking. My full name is Kimberly Sue Robinson. How outrightly cool is that? I didn't even know I owned a trucking company. Just my color. Dave, are you jealous it wasn't DPR trucking? I knew it.
Back to Woodbine. Our friends let us borrow their camper and truck. The only way to camp, as far as I am concerned.
We really like the truck. I can't believe how nice trucks are now. I just remember my grandpa's truck on the farm. Not this truck. The kids filled up the back seat and Dan and I had ample room in the front. We almost kept the truck and gave them our mini van. Not quite the same, however, and we are back to the mini van. They even washed it for us because that's what he does on the weekend. Can you believe that? The van didn't know what hit it. It almost couldn't run it was so clean.
Here's the view from our site:
There was even a river:
To hear the water the whole time was heavenly.
Here is the cutest kid ever, found also at the river:
I enjoyed knitting by the river while the kids and Dan went on a small hike to see a waterfall:
My action shot from the camp site:
That is the beginning of Full Circle , trying to kick my butt, which it did successfully for quite some time. More on that later.
Have you ever played Quiddler? So fun! Like Scrabble, but with cards.
So, so fun. I heartily recommend it. How appropriate for the occasion I had "gear", don't you think? Once when we all played (you would be amazed at the words Kate can come up with on her own), Dan rigged the deck so I got the letters for "yarn" and "knit" and all I made with it was "train" until everyone started laughing. I will never live that down, as you can well imagine.
My knitting still smells like smoke, but it was a small price to pay for s'mores.
Since we chatted last, I also finished the last (for now) Skye Tweed Vest:
Back to Full Circle. So, you start with the back with a provisional cast on:
In what seems like the same breath, you continually add more stitches for the armholes and knit the straps with more stitches put on waste yarn:
That is the right and left front just prior to casting on more stitches for the center and armholes. I love the design, though I had to concentrate so hard I had smoke coming out my ears. Of course I twisted one of the straps once so I had to rip a couple rounds and tried again.
All is going well now and I will show an updated picture hopefully tomorrow if it stops raining. Eventually you cast on enough stitches to complete the armholes and then join in the round to the bitter end of 9,456 rounds, or something close to that since this seems like a long sweater to me. Or maybe it is because my brain hurts. It takes so little to hurt it now since the knee mishap that I don't trust myself quite totally yet. The Sublime Soya DK is most lovely to work with.
As if that is not enough, today was the last day of school. Here is the greatest kindergarten teacher in the world:
She has loved on all three of my kids and you couldn't ask for a finer teacher. I was almost sad for a brief (oh, so very brief) moment I didn't have another wee one waiting in the wings for her next year.
Here is a powerful trio:
This is one to bring out when they graduate from high school and college and are mortified I even took it. I will then remind Kate she had her new High School Musical tennies on. I will love it more than I should admit.
I leave you with a pic of the Stillwater River (different than the other river):
Knit on.
Kim,
I have a similar pic from my first day of kindergarten with two of my good friends. It even came out at my wedding so hold on!
Posted by: Joan | 06/07/2010 at 11:55 AM
Thanks for saying hello, Sarah. Okay, I may have been a little off, MANY rounds. But with the Soya DK, I don't mind, that is true.
Posted by: Kim Haesemeyer | 06/06/2010 at 12:03 PM
LOL @ 9,456 rounds! Gosh, I don't remember mine taking so long, hahaha! I do agree with you about the Soya DK, though, that stuff is truly Sublime. :)
Posted by: The Sexy Knitter | 06/05/2010 at 10:37 PM