Valentine's Day

I usually don't post on Thursdays, but I just had to blog about this. OK. So last night, Émilie is all excited about Valentine's Day, and she's asking me to please wash her red tights and her pink skirt so she can wear it to daycare, and she's talking about everything they'll be doing, and as a grand finale, she blurts out "AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT RIBBONS IN MY HAIR!!!" Woo-Hoo!!!

Um, ribbons? Dude, I don't HAVE any ribbons. Riiiiight. Okaaaay, I've got 2 Masters' degrees, I can handle this. And then it hits me: I'll knit her some i-cord ribbons. I had planned on using some Red Heart Soft Touch that I had leftover from Maxime's hat, when I remembered that with my last Loopy Ewe order, they had sent a kit for a mini sock with some cute pink variegated sock yarn. I had set the pink yarn aside to give to Robyn for her second baby blanket (this was before we knew she was having another boy), so into the stash I went.

I took the yarn and my size 0 dpns and headed off to LavalKnits knit night. We're talking a 3 stitch i-cord, here, so it didn't take very long. And voilà! The finished object:
OK, it's SO not a big deal, but I was pretty gosh darn impressed with myself for coming up with this knitty solution to a last minute request from my daughter, who was tickled pink with her ribbons upon waking this morning. Seriously, are these not the cutest little things you've ever seen in your life? (OK, maybe not your life, but this morning?). I'm SO going to make more of these! I'm even thinking of adding beads to my next pair.

Speaking of LavalKnits, it was just Alison and I last night, but I had a blast and a half just the same. Alison has a very infectious laugh (really no other way to describe it). You just can't help but giggle when she laughs. Anyway, I had loads of fun, and I really hope we keep the LavalKnits meetings up (it's harder for me to attend the Montreal Knits meetings).

I'll leave you with this picture of Émilie, posing quite demurely in all her Valentine's glory. Have a great day everyone! Make sure to kiss your loved ones and eat lots of chocolate (it has no calories today! I checked, it's a rule).