It is no secret that Teva Durham is one of my favourite knitting designers. I love her creative bent on design! And so when I saw one of her patterns in Knitty I HAD to knit it! And so I did. Now I have only done the cardigan, I . . . → Read More: Finished Friday: Two Trips to the Finish Line!]]> First up: Lady Lovelace

It is no secret that Teva Durham is one of my favourite knitting designers. I love her creative bent on design! And so when I saw one of her patterns in Knitty I HAD to knit it! And so I did. Now I have only done the cardigan, I do have the yarn for the Shawl portion as well and plan to knit that up before winter.

The yarn is Teva’s as well, it is  Which is so soft that it is even good for against the skin wear. I am not sure if it is produced any more. it was a bit difficult to find a retailer selling it so  could get more to knit up the shawl. Here is a little detail of the sleeve:

Today also marks the end of our official school year. This is the first time I have not gotten everyone done with their progress, but working full time for most of the school year sort of puts a dent in your productivity.

Jaxom will finish his first year of high school today, Azia has a bit of work to finish Caleb is doing fine and Julian will be sliding solidly into the 3rd grade level of all classes. So the little guys will be at the same level next year.  I plan to spend some time this summer seeing what is holding my little Julian back in reading and seeing what we can do about it. 

I was working on reading with Julian my 8 year old and this was in the lesson.

It is interactive and you can click on the words so they are read to you. Guess which one he kept hitting twice.

I don’t know who came up with the combination of . . . → Read More: Things that make you go hmm. then laugh!]]>  

I was working on reading with Julian my 8 year old and this was in the lesson.

It is interactive and you can click on the words so they are read to you. Guess which one he kept hitting twice.

I don’t know who came up with the combination of sight words for this lesson, but hey, it gave my 8 year old unwilling reader a little motivation. And gave us all a little laugh!

(Let’s just say Caleb would not survive the Rijksmuseum!)

We ended the trip with a stop at the museum shop where they each got . . . → Read More: A trip to the Art Museum]]> I took Caleb and Julian to the Akron art museum yesterday for a field trip! We all survived.. so did all the artworks, despite a distinct lack of those velvet ropes..

(Let’s just say Caleb would not survive the Rijksmuseum!)

We ended the trip with a stop at the museum shop where they each got one of these guys:

Julian has been doing alot of this since then:

Not bad! Oh.. and for those of you in the know.. look at his hand and tell me what that is on there!