The Bookish Girl

114610365401521983 ~ 2006-04-26

Posted in General by Bookish Wendy at 9:47 pm.
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You all are giving the Husband a complex.

I came into the bathroom this morning and he said,

Robby: “Honey, is it okay if husbands comment on the blogs?”

Wendy: “I don’t think there is a rule against it if that’s what you mean. Why do you ask?”

R: “Because you usually get lots of comments on your posts and no one has commented since I left mine. Maybe I scared them off or something.”

W: “Honey, you didn’t scare them off. Sometimes people don’t have anything to say. That’s okay. And I love it when you comment. So, do as you please.”

He’s a keeper huh?

Have you ever had one of those moments when you realize to absurdity of your life and/or circumstances? Well, maybe absurdity is not an appropriate term. Maybe the strange parallel universeishness. I was talking to a friend on the phone tonight and I said that if I wasn’t already married that I would marry my Tivo. Which is a true statement, I love my Tivo. However, at that moment it struck me. Hey, I’m married. Weird. Or, I’m grown up, weird.

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I caught up with the knit parade. This item was a particularly bad one. I found it trying to seduce some knitted cargo pants to join it in an ensemble.


I’ll let you know tomorrow if it was successful in its pursuit.

Check out the cute buttons. I am totally a sucker for buttons. My grandfather used to work in a button factory. Growing up we always had a box of misc buttons to play in. Something must have imprinted somewhere.


The Hammer helped me pick these out – her color advice was dead on.

Pattern: Daisy from Knitty by the Rock Star.

Yarn: Butterfly Super 10 (When I say this in my head it turns into Superfly 10, which is way more fun.) (ps- have you seen this company’s sock yarn? the colors! oy!)

Color: No idea…maybe Tiger Lily

I did not modify the pattern. Except of course for the misplaced bottom button hole. But we’re ignoring that. Oh yes, we are.

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23 Comments

  1. CynCyn says:

    And ah, who may I ask is that adorable little baby girl sweater FOR? anything you and DH need to tell the rest of us? ;) just kidding!
    tell DH that we like when he comments! I hope he wasn’t losing any sleep over it.

    Comment - April 26, 2006 : 11:06 pm

  2. Lorette says:

    I love that Butterfly 10! And that is so NOT a misplaced buttonhole. It is a design feature, I’m telling you. Mine came out the same way.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 2:02 am

  3. maryse says:

    ha! i love that you call it superfly.

    and i’m always surprised when it occurs to me that i’m not the same age as my 18 year old niece. what you mean we can’t hang out?

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 6:53 am

  4. Lucia says:

    Oooh, that Rob is so scary. (Just kidding. Sorry, Rob.)

    Up until about 10 years ago while driving through the next town over, where I grew up, I would see a teenager walking and think “she looks familiar, I wonder if I know her?” and then realize, dope, maybe you know her mom. This was even after I had kids. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 7:07 am

  5. Lucia says:

    Oh, and totally cute sweater. But you knew that.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 7:08 am

  6. wenders says:

    Love the color you chose for that sweater! And a button factory? Cool – did you guys ever sing the button factory song?

    And, sometimes I still wonder why my brother is taller than me. Uhm, he has been for almost 15 years!

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 7:13 am

  7. Pumpkinsun says:

    I too have had thoughts, discussions, and even posts about what or whom I would marry if I could (iTunes is my number 1 non-person who I would wed) – see http://pumpkinsun.blogspot.com/2005/04/marriage-continued.html for more info! Glad to know the same strangeness exists in the universe!

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 7:43 am

  8. caro says:

    I love the Daisy sweater pattern. So cute, so easy, so fast. And I’m glad I’m not the only one that calls it Superfly 10. It’s a much better name.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 9:04 am

  9. Steph says:

    What? Misplaced buttonhole?

    Daisy was the first sweater I ever made as a new knitter. I thought that buttonhole was a design feature, but I wondered about it.

    OMG! I gave the sweater to the child of a knitter!!!!

    I’m never going to sleep now.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 10:13 am

  10. Monica says:

    Cute! The buttons are perfect.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 10:40 am

  11. --Deb says:

    Aw, sweet hubby!!

    And that sweater is adorable, and the buttons are PERFECT. They even match the NAME of the sweater, for heaven’s sake….

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 11:00 am

  12. KnitNana says:

    What a darling sweater and I love your buttons, too! (yup, I’m just a button-hog) And that DH sounds like a keeper for sure.
    (((hugs)))

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 11:00 am

  13. Danielle says:

    So cute! I’ll have to keep this in mind for when I need a baby gift!!

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 12:59 pm

  14. Earin Marybird says:

    A (supposedly) slightly off button shows that it was made by a human with love. Not a factory, not as a job. It’s perfect. You have a great sense of color along with legible handwriting. : – )

    I married for the first time at 52 four years ago today (where does the time go?) and for the first year I crossed out all spousal information on forms. Nope, doesn’t apply to me. I still walk around saying with glee “Husband!”. It’s wonderful.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 1:43 pm

  15. Carole says:

    Love the sweater and the color, too! And tell Rob, I always have something to say!

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 3:19 pm

  16. Chris says:

    Oh, that sweater is great – and the buttons totally make it.

    You could tell Rob that your blog has been having some bloglines issues this week, which is true. :)

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 3:26 pm

  17. claudia says:

    He is definitely a keeper.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 4:10 pm

  18. Vicki Knitorious says:

    Super, super cute.

    Your grandma must have had one heck of a button box!! I was in absolute heaven when I discovered the drawers to my great grandma’s treadle machine were filled with buttons! Lots of misc shirt buttons and whatnot (those were the days when you saved EVERYthing), but also some really great ones.

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 4:45 pm

  19. Lisa says:

    We ALL want to marry TiVo….it’s that wonderful.
    The wee sweater is darling, who’s the lucky girl?

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 6:41 pm

  20. Peevish says:

    Meh. Misplaced buttonholes are more like an artistic signature, in my opinion…

    Comment - April 27, 2006 : 7:19 pm

  21. Dani says:

    I don’t think, “Oh, I’m married!” Instead I think, “I’ve been married for almost 17 years!” I used think that people who stayed married for longer than 10 years were gluttons for punishment; I don’t know how the time slipped by.

    Comment - April 30, 2006 : 5:07 pm

  22. Sultry PainterWoman says:

    I only just saw the Superfly Greek Cottons when I was in Cal-i-forn-i-a at BB’s Knit Shop. It was yummy…. and not horrifyingly expensive… though yone would definitely need a yarn winder! (Separates the sheep from the goats, right?) I’m glad you remember “happy together” It was one of my favorites as a gurl. The cargo pants are cute.
    Get Wenders to send you the button-factory song. She’s got a real talent.

    Comment - May 1, 2006 : 3:50 am

  23. jessie says:

    I had to block my husband from commenting on my blog! He was a troublemaker! Knitting-only commenting doesn’t interest him, i guess. I have to figure that one knitter per household is enough, but I still wish he was into it.

    Comment - May 2, 2006 : 10:07 am

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