What can I say, I must have an addictive personality.
The kids and I have been geocaching basically all summer. However, it was last weekend that we actually ran into a geocachers foe: the evil poison ivy.
That said, it was not me who was attacked by this monstrous weed. It was my poor eldest, Brianna. While the smart geocacher wears pants while trekking through the woods, Brianna insists that dresses are made to wear everywhere. Unfortunately, we did not realize the weed or the rash that she developed until yesterday.
I took her into the doctors office today, and low and behold this beautiful rash on the back of my daughters legs is poison ivy. On top of which, this rash has become infected, so Bri is now on antibiotics and steroids to get rid of it. And yet, she will go geocaching again.
I have also decided that next year, I will send all this wool out to be processed. I will save up my money to have this done. I really want to spin this beautiful fiber, but the washing, picking, and carding takes way too much time. I much rather spin and knit.
Tomorrow Brianna is meeting with the BEST team at her school. This is a team of people who are supposed to evaluate children who may have some sort of disability. They have never asked to see Brianna, but Ron and I have been concerned over the past 4 years about her reading and writing. To put it bluntly, Bri still writes like a 1st grader. However, she is amazingly bright, so it will be interesting to see if this year will be the year we find out how to help her with her reading and writing. Heres hoping.
I loved the yarn I used, but not the price. The yarn was Footprints by Blue Ridge Yarns. They coordinate the colors for the heal/toe and it seems to be a slightly thicker yarn. Anyway, lots of fun was had knitting these.
