Here is a shawl I made for my mom.  I like the colors but I was hoping to pooling would be different.  I also realized that this pattern, wile pretty, was too pointy (for lack of a better term) for me.

Yesterday was a podcast day.  I listened to Wolf Farms, Highland Handmades, Kintabulls, Dramatic Knits and a couple of old episodes of Knitting Pipeline.  There is a guild around here that would hold a fiber event about an hour away.  I liked going to it, it wasn't to far away or expensive.  They would rent space from a college but then the college decided that since they were not a student group they would not guarantee the space if a student wanted it instead (or so I was told).  So they moved the event an extra half hour further away and I stopped going because it was farther than I wanted to drive alone. When I received the reminder/prepay notice I just threw it away.  Shortly after that I found out that Steve, from Dramatic Knits, was going to vend there with his new dyeing business.  I threw a fit.  Now I am an adult so I was not rolling on the floor kicking but I was upset and disappointed that I was going not only miss the event but not get to see him and his new business.  I still secretly hope I will get to go but probably not.  I was getting frustrated because the internet was not working well so listing to Kitting Pipeline was difficult (it was taking a long time to load).  I know it's a first world problem but when you pay for something you expect it to work.   Today is Kdrama day and I think I will have the same internet issues.  I'm going try watching something on Netflix or Hulu instead of Gooddrama.  Not that it isn't still the internet but I think it won't randomly stop as much.

I got the spiders done! I have them in a lingerie bag ready to go in the next load.  This weekend's project will probably be putting puff paint eyes on them.  When they are all the way complete I will post a picture.  I'm working a bit on another granny baby blanket as a pallet cleanser. I would work on the sweater but that requires concentration and I can't read subtitles and concentrate on my knitting at the same time.  I figured out what project I need to do next.  I need to make little monsters for my daughter to give out at Halloween. I'll start setting that up when I finish the ball of yarn I'm on for this baby blanket.  I think we are going to use dice to decide what color, how many eyes, what kind of mouth etc.  Next time I have a podcast day I'll work on my sweater.  I'm still worried that it will be to small.

We had another bus stop incident today.  The other mother who usually comes and I were standing back form the kids, looking in their general direction and talking.  The kids were all in a knot, which is typical, and we were far enough back we couldn't hear them talking if they used regular voices but if they used loud voices we would have. I didn't see any big movements or I would have paid more attention.   Suddenly one of the girls comes out of the knot crying.  We went closer and tried to figure out what was going on.   As far as I can tell they were having some sort of pushing/hitting "game,"  she hit a little boy and he shoved or hit her back harder that she thought the game should have been.  She said it really hurt and I couldn't tell if was because of the crying or the hit she seemed like she couldn't breath well.  Of course this is the day when neither mom had our phone on us and the bus was right there so a decision had to be made.  We sent all of the other kids to the bus and the other mom took the little girl home to her mom.  It was a sad situation so I just posted on Facebook, "What do you do when the kids at the bus stop hurt each other :( ." I wasn't looking for an answer just sympathy but someone answered.  She said that according to the police you can get in trouble for touching kids to break up a fight and should call the police.  This is even sadder but I think it's a little different when I'm a mom of other kids at the bus stop not just a stranger wandering by.  It makes it sound like our bus stop is bad but it's usually ok.  On a side note it's 50 degrees out don't send your kids to school in shorts, capris, or short sleeves.  I know it will be warm when they get off school and not all kids get cold easily but really it's called layers people.  Ok I'll get off my judgy pants soap box.