Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

Sometimes I hear something that cracks me up, a literal LOL moment. One of my coworkers was going to spend her birthday weekend with her daughter, a 90-something aunt, and her cousin. Using the quote above, she described their Italian family tradition of occasional women only weekends. While the males were off doing manly things, the women would feast on chicken and a jug of wine hauled up from the cellar. I’ll bet there was yarn involved.

Knitting SIL Ellen and I had some womanly bonding time during her visit. We didn’t kill a chicken, but she knit a sheep:

Sheepy

Gracee will miss her, too, especially her comfy yarn:

Grace_with_yarn

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9 responses to ““The men are out, let’s kill a chicken””

  1. Natalie Avatar

    Gracie, you are just the best!! 🙂

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  2. Natalie Avatar

    Sorry. I meant Gracee :0

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  3. alison Avatar

    The scarf is oddly cute considering it’s an alligator. It looks very effective.

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  4. Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) Avatar

    I laughed out loud at the sheep! What’s with its…is that a chin?!

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  5. Dorothy Avatar

    Glad to hear the human society won’t be showing up on your doorstep!

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  6. toni in florida Avatar

    Such a cute sheep! There’s a pattern somewhere for this, I hope?

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  7. Daisy Avatar
    Daisy

    The eyes are just perfect for your alligator scarf. Too funny. The sheep is super cute. It looks like an Alan Dart. Is it?

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  8. Ellen Avatar
    Ellen

    When I showed Morgan the sheep, she said, “But Grandma, I wanted a horse.” (She hadn’t even seen the patterns yet.) I guess I know what my next animal will be.

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  9. Lorette Avatar

    The chicken and jug of wine tradition sounds like a good one. Especially if you don’t have to butcher the chicken yourself. I got to witness enough of that as a child that I prefer my chicken shrink-wrapped from the grocery store.

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