Ellen Anne Eddy's Thread Magic Studio: The Distraction Faction

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The Distraction Faction

12:52 PM |

Posted by Ellen Anne Eddy |

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I live in dread of distraction. So it is with serious fear that I face the holidays. I have a really low attention span, and I multitask unmercifully, but I know I will leave three out of five of those tasks in the dust. So when the holidays come, I know I really ought to find the floor.

This year we had a particular reason why that was vital.
This is Tom and Sarah.

This is Tom and Sarah with munchkin. It's astonishing how something so small can hold your whole heart that tightly.

Keira is at seven months, a bright sunny soul who likes soft boiled eggs, bee bop music, and is working on toy tossing as an Olympic sport. We had visions of what she'd do when she found the dog bones so we at least had to clean that much up. After that it became the search for more suction in vacuum cleaner land.

The weirdest thing has happened to me. It was bad enough at the baby shower. I actually made a baby quilt. Since it's out of all my apron prints, it includes ghosts, tigers, hawks, spiders, and beetles. We thought we ought to start her early on those things.

But I'm knitting...............................!
I was really worried about having been distracted in this way and then it came to me. I won't really have to have someone pry the knitting needles out of my hands. They come in pairs and I'm bound to lose one sooner or later.

Either way, I've been given the ultimate delight of a tiny hand waving wet spoons and toys at me as I sing her bee bop. Pretty good for a maiden fairy godmother.

Keira lives in Austin with my God kids, Tom and Sarah, They better bring her back soon or, God knows what I'll knit.

Labels: knitting, life as an artist, lifestyle, lunatic fringe, story telling

2 comments:

vandaltcMom said...: Oh Ellen, Kiera is adorable! It's no wonder you are smitten and knitting. :-) Nothing like a little munchkin to steal your heart, mind and everything else. Enjoy her while you can. Merry Christmas. Carol in Boise; November 30, 2011 2:10 PM
Judy said...: How lovely is Keira !!
Have a great holiday season!; November 30, 2011 2:54 PM