Rowe is a finish!

I had to post early for this.  A finish!  My Rowe, designed by Michele Wang and in the Brooklyn Tweed Fall 2014 Collection.  I knit it in the Flannel colorway using Brooklyn Tweed Shelter.

I'm so pleased with how it came out!  And yes, I even enjoyed knitting all 422 stitches of 8 inches of ribbing around the collar and front!

Week before last, the father type and I had a Google Christmas party to go to!  It was a party for all the tech people working at Google NYC, so it was big.  Before meeting up with the father type, I headed over to Bryant Park, just to get into the holiday spirit.

Then it was time to meet the father type and head to the party!  It was at the Waldorf Astoria.  Very nice!

We left the party when it started getting too crowded for us old fogies.  Such party poopers!  When we picked up our coats from the coat check to leave, there was a long line to check coats in.  The party was just getting started....   but not for us!  :D

Last night we picked up our boy child for Christmas vacation.  Yay!  We have him home for a whole month!!

Maybe Mia will have time to forgive the boy child for leaving her all the time....

(Did you notice that father type got a haircut?  Look closely at those pics above...)

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.  It's almost winter!  Enjoy!

Stuff

I must not be awake.  Couldn't come up with a post title so I just called it stuff.  lol!

I finished the first border on the Heart's Content piece.

Splendor XXVI -- Queen's Court by Heart's Content

And yes, there is another border.  Sigh.  The scissors are my red Bohins -- they're 4 1/2 inches long.

And last night, I finally cast off on the Wearwithall Stole!!

I still have to weave in the loose ends and find a place to block this monster.  It's huge!  If it relaxes as planned, it should be 84" long.  And it's wide too.  I'm hoping Miss Mia won't have a fun time on my stole while I'm blocking it.  Sigh.

The father type is loving his new job at Google.  He's still feeling like a kid on Christmas and is very very happy.  Even with that long commute he has to do!  A couple of pictures.  Apparently, this is what they call new Googlers.

lol!  This is the father type's temporary badge until he gets his real one.  And the Nooglers get swag too.

Please note the beanie on the t-shirt and the real life beanie.  lol!  Love it!

The girl child finally got around to going to the eye doctor for new glasses and contacts.  She sent me this picture of herself trying on glasses.

I think she's adorable, but she said she couldn't do the glasses justice.  I wonder what she finally went with.

She also sent me a picture of her doing what she loves to do most at the moment.

Look at the color in her hair!  (Yes, her hair color is real and natural.  I love it!)  The red lights make for a cool picture.

Mia has been a lazy cat these days.  It's been cooler so she's been snuggling more than usual.  And enjoying the fluffy comforter I pulled out for warmth.

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week!

A new era

I've been stitching and knitting this week.  First up, Splendor XXVI.

I have the feeling I will run out of gas on this one soon.  I like the convenience of one color stitching, but color is what calls to me in a piece so I'm fighting the feeling of wanting to stitch on a piece with more colors.  We shall see what happens.

I've also been knitting haphazardly on my Wearwithall Stole.

Slowly but surely.  Just one more color after this one!

The end of an era and the beginning of a new one is occurring in our family.  The father type retired from IBM Research after 33 years.  He was feted and celebrated last week and had his last day on Friday.

This morning, the father type left bright and early for NYC.  He is starting a new job at a place at which I think he will love working.

Google is full of geeky nerds like him -- hey, any place that has Lego for the employees to play with is a perfect place for my guy.  I am hoping he loves his new job.

Both IBM and Google stocks seem to have noticed my sweet father type's retirement and hiring.

lol!  The father type was having some fun and created these posts on Instagram.  But yes, IBM and Google really did have dramatic falls and rises in their stock prices last week.  Coincidence??  :D

Mia has been enjoying herself around here.

She loves bubble wrap.

And she desperately wanted to play with my yarn.  lol!  Or play with my knitting bag.  Or both.

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week!