Lunta ikkunassa / Snow in the window

Lunta ei ole maassa. Sunnuntaina tullut muutama sentti suli jo pois. Ja taas paastelin sujuvasti lenkilla arrapaita teiden suolauksesta (aikamoista kuultavaa, silla minahan en oikeastaan kiroile ollenkaan). Koska lunta ei siis ole niin sitahan pitaa saada keinolla milla hyvansa. Isompi neiti tehtaili lumihiutaleita paperista ja teippaili niita ikkunaan. Kuvien ottaminen niista olikin paljon haasteellisempaa kuin kuvittelin (valon tullessa ulkootapain)....tai sitten mina en vaan osaa.
Aamu meni aika ihanasti. Teehetki ystavan seurassa, pikkuneidin leikkiessa soposti itsekseen. Isomman neidin haku koulusta ja lounas. Harmitti vain kovasti etta jouduin herattamaan pikkuisen paivaunilta balettitunnille lahdon takia. Mutta tunti unta riitti kuitenkin. Toinen oli kuin enkeli kun odotettiin isosiskoa. Lueskeli kirjojaan, piirteli magneettipiirtoalustalla ja mutusti kultakaloja.
Huomenna illalla paasen parin viikon tauon jalkeen marttakerhoilemaan eli kasitoita tekemaan. Ikuisuus projekti mukaan. Ja siita tulikin mieleeni:
Joulukuisessa Molly Makes lehdessa - nro 21 (kannessa pollokynsikkaat) oli ohje kannessa olleille kynsikkaille. Yritin niita viikonloppuna varkata. Mutta kun ohje on neljalle puikolle (brittisysteemin mukaan) eika viidelle. Ei tunnu kolme puikkoa taipuvan minulla mitenkaan kasissa neljannen ollessa tyopuikko. Mietin silmukoiden jakamista neljalle puikolle mutta se tuottaa sitten vaikeuksia itse pollokuvion tekemisessa. Olisko kellaan mitaan ajatuksia miten ratkaista ongelma? Mulla ei aivot nyt kierry taman ympari mutta haluaisin kovasti nuo tehda.

No snow on the ground. The few centimeters we got on Sunday have already melted. And again I did use quite strong language when taking the dog out for his walks (quite something to hear as I DO NOT swear). Guess the subject? Salting the roads. And as we don't have snow we had to get some one way or another. The older one the misses made a snow flake factory by cutting them out of paper and taping them on the window. Taking pictures of them was more challenging than I thought (with the light behind the window)... or then I just don't know how to.
My morning was quite lovely. A cup of tea with a friend while the little miss played nicely by herself. Picking the older one from school and lunch. I only felt bad for waking the sleeping beauty from her nap to go for a ballet lesson. Luckily 1h nap was enough for her as she was like a little angel waiting for her big sister to finish dancing. Reading her books, drawing on her drawing magnetic drawing board and munching on gold fish.
Tomorrow it's time for my craft club meeting after two week break. And that reminds me: In the December issue of Molly Makes issue 21 (with owl wrist warmers on the front) the actual pattern for the wrist warmers is giving me head ache. As I've brought up to do round knitting with five needles and not four as the British or American do I just don't seem to get my hands get around only three double pointed needles of stitches with one working needle. I tried but cannot make it look neat. I thought about dividing the stitches on four needles but that will mess up making the owl bit of the pattern. Anyone have any ideas how I could solve my problem? My brains just don't seem to want to wrap around this one but I'd love to make them.