An Eventful Week

Last week, Ms. Packratty went to STITCHES South, the big knitting expo.  She bought some yummy yarn to make some socks for Miss Adorable, her niece.  And learned a new knitting technique.  Entrelac.  Well, new to her, anyway.

Despite having to rip back when she overthought something and went astray, she's finding it addictive and interesting. Not sure exactly what sort of project it would be good for other than scarves or a pillow, but it does produce interesting fabric.  I wonder what felted entrelac would look like?







Work has been challenging and Ms. Packratty has been very tired when the end of the week arrives, but she got up bright and early and went to the Inman Park Festival and met up with her third cousin Stephanie.  Ran into Mark M. en route to the booth where Stephanie was volunteering and chatted a bit.

Finally got home around 6 p.m., tired and a wee bit sunburnt, but picked up a cute birdhouse at the request of Miss Jane, to be delivered next week.

Along with a couple of huge projects at work, Ms. Packratty is being headhunted by a company in the DC burbs.  She is quite ambivalent about moving - if she was going to move, DC would not be one of her first choices, even though it would put her closer to family members.  It is a ton of money more than she is making now, but living in DC is horribly expensive, so it really would not be more, plus which Ms. Packratty would have to still pay the mortgage on Chez Packratty as she does not contemplate leaving Atlanta permanently unless it is to decamp for Edisto Island or Italy.

In gardening news, Ms. P finally found some of those yummy yellow pear tomato plants and bought some for the community garden plot as well as one for the new planter box she bought to go by the front door.  Some of her herb pots need retirement have cracked and broken in the winter.  So she will put the planter box in their place. It is very clever, with a watering well and casters.  Time to plant basil.  I am always amused by people who buy basil plants already sprouted - the damned stuff sprouts like a weed, people! If you can't grow basil, you probably can't even grow  mildew on your shower grout!