Author Archives: Raeyn

While at Mum’s house the other day, I figured I’d get a picture of Smaller being herself, ’cause yanno, cute and stuff. Instead, I got this colourful blur against a more sedate background, which well… that’s Smaller too. We had to chide her to be careful and explain the history of the glass door she was flying towards… maybe it’ll… Read more »

Now, Batman is more than a little bit skittish about being picked up. I don’t help the situation because I love to pick him up for a cuddle which… bad me, I know. Still, sometimes he lets me snatch him up for a minute or two, and when he’s well down with it, he’ll bury his head in the crook… Read more »

I can’t remember if I mentioned it, but Z picked up the newest Animal Crossing game recently. Everyone else has had a go, but I’ve not yet. Instead, I busted out my 3DS and played a wee bit of New Leaf. I should probably nab the Switch and get into the new one and get friended up with all the people who… Read more »

I have got to say — this sock pattern is a nice mental cleanser after the pair I made for Littler. It’s not like it was super tricky or anything, but this is a simple knit 3 purl one rib, and it requires less thought, and less thought is ideal right now. Simplicity aside, we indeed have the children at… Read more »

The girls are, as of this moment, are due to be back in school tomorrow. Whether or not that is actually going to be the case, we’ll probably not find out until we’re playing Boris Bingo at 8pm (or whatever). So that meant conquering the piles of clean laundry baskets that were perched in random locations around the house. Z… Read more »

We have grandparent-y company for dinner tonight, so Nanny is helping Smaller sort through all her old clothing. I’ll give Smaller credit — she is a lot better than I am at saying ‘nah, we can get rid of that’. Nanny is also a lot more ruthless and unsentimental than I am; I keep looking away so I don’t see… Read more »

Nothing to report. I’ve done diddly today, and that’s glorious. So hi, bye, hope y’all are okay. <3

It’s a day later than I had hoped I could eke out, but I finished the pair of socks for Smaller this afternoon. We were over at Mum’s house, and I always do my best work when hanging out with other people. So that was nice. I got prepped for this pair of socks before we went over, and I… Read more »

Batman was standing on the couch looking at me, so I risked getting out my phone-camera to see if he’d submit to me recording his magnificence. He did, and I was an hilarious ass and told him that he could go when I was done. He did the cat equivalent of rolling his eyes, then scarpered off. Me? Feelin’ hilarious,… Read more »

By my reckoning, I’ve got 38 rows to go until this sock is complete. Can I do it before the end of the year? Maybe. Probably not. Depends if I’m chatting with anyone. I do my best work when socialising, which means that not going out to the pub means my knitting production has been way down this year (amongst… Read more »