Yep, it’s Halloween. This is our first year really doing Halloween. We’ve given out candy before, but never did the pumpkin thing or had any little people to take out. We figured at almost three, it was a good time for C to start. Of course, having no other kids on our street makes it a lot less fun, although one of our neighbours just called to see if he was coming, which I thought was pretty sweet.
So, pumpkins. We bought two of them, and we each had one to carve. Mine was done in about fifteen minutes. This included the planning, predrawing and carving. I think she turned out pretty good!
I like cats, and I didn’t want to make the pumpkin too scary. I think it’s pretty respectable for someone who hasn’t done pumpkins in a long, long time, and was never really trusted to carve one herself.
Here is pumpkin number two:
What you don’t see is the halogen lightbulb that has to illuminate the thing. Husband used a template, and carefully spent several hours carving this out, but when I tested it with a candle, it was not carved deep enough, so he had to take out some power tools and spend several more hours on it. It is far superior to mine, but I do think mine has a certain rustic charm. And, I will admit the whole GMC thing kind of freaks me out. It reminds me of high school, where the boys would argue about Chevy vs. GMC. Apparently truck loyalty starts young. I feel like we’re picking a side here, and I don’t necessarily want to irritate the Chevy crowd. Ah well. It was fun. Soon I can put them both in the oven and harvest their innards for my nefarious baking purposes.
Knitting! I done some!
Can I tell you how convenient it is to have small people around. I knit two small people sweaters in a week! And seriously, I don’t have that much time. So yay for that. Here’s number one:
A Little Hoodlum in probably the ugliest variegate in my stash. I must have been compelled by price, or perhaps it was one of those yarns that looks nice unwound but knits up baaaaad. No worries, though, he seems to like it, and overall it doesn’t look too bad.
Here’s number two:
It’s the same sock yarn tee I did a few months ago, but this time bigger, and with fish. Cute!
I finished a pair of birthday socks for the husband, too.
Anyway, one handed post, and getting tired of the balancing. Baby says hi!