The Giving Flower

I brought the Halloween box up from the basement and the kids have successfully taken everything out of it to decorate the hallway. Once they had covered the floor with bats and bugs they promptly began taking the costumes out to try on and wear today. This made me want to take pictures to show a few of the costumes I’ve made for years past.

These were the costumes Martin and I wore last year. He was Blue from Blue’s Clues and I was a pig (how fitting!). Of course we each wore sweat suits in the appropriate color and our faces were painted.

Here we have a cow and Clifford. As you can see the cow outfit doesn’t fit anymore but that was the only costume I didn’t make so it’s acceptable. I try to make things that will be able to be used for a while; the kids are really beginning to enjoy dressing up. We have several more costumes but at this point the kids are very content playing cow and Clifford, so maybe that’ll be another day. There is plenty of barking going on in the hallway.
Well, I’m off to find some grass for the cow and some dog food for Clifford. Do you think he’ll eat cat food seeing that this is a two-cat household and dog food is hard to come by?

Yes, this is fingerless, or should I say the first one of two. I’m so proud of it. After looking everywhere for a good and easy pattern for a glove without fingers I decided to make one up myself and look at that, it fits and looks good. Miracles do happen. I love it. Did you think I could knit something without a beloved cable? No way. I’ve written everything down and I’m coming along with the left hand, so let me know if you want the pattern and I’ll try to write it up. Does anyone know how to write a good knitting pattern?

We’ve been baking.

Don’t these look scary? Thanks to some fun sprinkles I bought in the States this summer we made some really colorful ghosts, pumpkins and cats. I have two very good little bakers on my hands. Oh my waistline!!

Speaking of my waistline, I have a question before I get back to my party preparations and my second fingerless. George Foreman, your grill is great but…. why can’t you design and sell a portable liposuction machine. A grill is good, George, but a liposuction machine for home use is better. My thighs whould thank you.

On the fitness front I’m up to 23 minutes of non-stop jogging three times a week. I went this morning and had a slight bit of knee pain, but I think it should pass if I keep up with the one-day break in between runs.

One last thing for those of you who live in Berlin. There is a new craft store at the end of the Wilmorsdorfer!! It’s called Idee and Alida and I were the first customers to walk through the doors when they opened for the first time yesterday. I could literally move in to that place. They have everything a crafty dreams about, and I’m afraid I’m going to need some really strong restraining belts to keep me from walking there and drooling over the yarn and goodies everyday on my way home from Alexander’s kindergarten. Oh, the problems we crafties are forced to confront on a daily basis.

I think this is kind of fun. Just plug in your name and needs in Google and see what you need. This is the list I came up with:

Priestess Kimberly Needs Powerful Protection Spell (Oh that sounds good)
“Kim is just confused, she needs some help, we hope she gets it” Me too!(does someone know me? )
Kim needs independent strategic leverage against China and Russia ( well, if you say so)
Kimberly needs to continue sitting in the waiting area (I’ll bring my knitting)
Kimberly needs to eat (this is the one I like best)
Kimberly needs help in dealing with the situation (always)
Silly Kimberly needs all five of her riders around her at all times! (I would rather have 4 maids and a nanny, who needs riders?)
Kimberly, needs expert care and stimulation (we won’t get into that!)
Kimberly needs a career change (I’m good with teacher and mom, I think that’ll stay)
Kimberly needs extensive eye surgery (this one is funny, tonight I have a scratch on my eye and it’s all red and uncomfortable on the one side, strange)

Here’s another geeky thing I just had to try out. Here are my results.

You are Mercerized Cotton.
You are always very crisp and neat. You are very
playful and are happiest while outdoors in the
sunshine. You are sometimes accused of
splitting hairs, but in the end people find you
pretty easy to live with.

What kind of yarn are you?
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This is pretty much me, I guess. Now it’s your turn. Let’s see what you come up with.

One last thing, this is what I’ve been working on the last two nights.

I’ll tell you I’ve signed up for Nona‘s Peaceful Palms Knit Along and this is what I’m making. I’m trying to make it up as I go along, not that it’s too complicated, so we’ll see how it turns out.

Update:
I’m done moving, sorry for the inconvenience but now I’ve gotten rid of those pesky ads. Please change your links/bookmarks to www.thegivingflower.de
The blog at the old address is inactive from this post on, please come here only. The old site will be deactivated by the end of November.