A Day in the Life

I had such a plan for the Forecast "unveiling."  As I knit this number almost exclusively while watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2," I had visions of graveyards, vamp teeth, and stakes.  Black boots, miniskirt, mausoleums...the whole shebang.  It was going to be great, I tell you.  After all, this is a high-drama knit, even if I did reduce the bobbles from 5 stitches to 3.  And it was designed by the Glampyre!  Pointy teeth de rigeur! 

But everyday suburban life intervened, and so you get this- Forecast for the working mom.  Our day starts in traffic, naturally.

(Not pictured: Forecast squirts juice box all over self in vain attempt to get Biscuit to chill out in the backseat.)  We now progress to the grocery store, where Forecast attempts a second toddler-calming-through-food manuever:

(Not pictured: Forecast dings own car with shopping cart.) It's a beautiful day.  Other people's landscaping companies have arrived to rake and trim other people's lawns.  Time for Forecast to keep up with the Joneses!

(Not pictured: Forecast rescues neighbor's escaped bunny AGAIN.  Attempts to remember bunny's given name, but in the end, agrees with Mr. Frick to just call it "Horatio" and be done with it.) Next up: Forecast heads to the library to pick up some new reads.

(Not pictured: Forecast weeps as she places Knitting without Tears into the return bin.  Damn you, putting-it-on-hold person!  This means library war!)  Naptime!  Forecast, a generous soul, helps cast on Mr. Frick's seamless hybrid.  One good Cascade 220 deserves another, I guess:

(Not pictured: giant piles of leaves still waiting to be bagged, just outside window where knitting is taking place.)  Biscuit's up!  Let's head out to the local street fair and the Chalk for Peace project:

Forecast gets political:

But wouldn't you?  Warning, Virginia: There's an ignorant bigot on the loose!  What?  You mean that's par for the course? 

Yes, it was your average day in suburbia.  Not the glamorous, stake-through-the-demon-heart slayfest I'd hoped to present.  Sorry if I bored you.  Too bad I can't tell you about my night job...

'Cause then I'd have to kill you.

Comments

[Cathi]

Seriously great. But what are those other two books?

[Liz K.]

I am curious to know what you think of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I read a lot of "meh" reviews, but I thought it was beautiful.

Oh, and love this post. Thanks for taking Forecast out and about. It has just made it to my Must Knit list, thanks to you.

[Heather]

It's fantastic!

Keep an eye on your inbox, okay? :)

[jess]

Woooo! it looks great -- color, buttons, everything!

[and yea, allen is such a jerk! grr.]

[kmkat]

Thanks for the tour of your day! I recognize one of the books as "Disobedience" by Jane Hamilton. Not enough evidence to identify the third one. (I've tried to read Extremely Loud a couple times and tried to listen to the audiobook; I lost interest every time by about p. 50. If you give a good review I may try again.)

Funny, I never pictured you as a pink hair kinda gal ;-)

[jacqueline]

ok, so it wasn't quite the post you had planned...but it is still one of the best project unveilings i have ever read! how cool are you and how gorgeous is forecast! well done!

[Lisa]

A very fun FO post. Thanks for the trip through your "typical" day. Love the pink hair.

[Ava]

Forcast looks absolutely lovely and I think vampires would run away for fear of getting it mussed up. Loved the tour too and agree totally with the political statements. Ah, the library . . . I once had a book overdue by 362 days (fell behind a shelf, found it when moving). Luckily they cap the fines at our library at $10. Betty loved "Extremely Loud" but couldn't get into his first book. I think Lola liked it as well. Keep on rockin' the pink hair - it is the same color as my new Christmas tree.

[Laura]

great pictures, great post, great sweater! :)

[Leslie]

What a fun post! And the sweater is absolutely fabulous.

[Jenna]

Oh Forecast, what will you get yourself into next?

[jess]

forecast even generously gives her time to other knits that are just starting out! admirable, considering everything else she has to do.

seriously, it turned out fantastically. i can only hope mine looks half as good (if i ever finish it). i was considering cutting back on the number of buttons, but i like the look of yours...

[NORA]

Aaahhh, Glampyre bobbles strike again! Great post, beautiful FO but, do tell us more about Forecast's night life...

[Lola]

Love the sweater. Especially the color! I think I'm on the verge of a purple phase. Yep, I loved "Extremely Loud". Broke my heart about 7 different times. There really is nothing like sobbing in public.

[Dorothy B]

Forecast looks great. I do the food for good mood thing too. Colouring in a special book with special crayons works well when visiting friends or shopping in the LYS too.
That Senator sounds like an opponent's dream. He'll shoot himself in the foot and lose all by himself.

[diana]

Forecast had quite a day. It looks lovely!

[kris]

what a beauty! green with envy i run along to finish up mine.

[lorinda]

Super hot! And Jonathan Safron Foer rocks it!

[Kirsten]

Fabu! Not boring at all! I especially like the exahusted-gardener-with-rake shot. Your Forcast looks fantastic! I love the color, the buttons, the smaller bobbles, everything!

[brenda in toronto]

great post J! your creativity is inspiring - your students must have a blast with you!

[Aija]

This is one of my favorite FO posts ever. Forecast is wonderful.

[turtlegirl76]

Great post! Forecaset looks great! I love the color you chose. It sets off your hair just right. ;)

[Carol]

Great Forecast! Great post!
Yeah, I see the Buffy episodes too & only my big biscuit gets to live the visions. ahhh

[Jen]

Love the color you chose and loved the post!

[margaux]

of course rheinback was not as wonderful without you there.. but i deifnitley considered kidnapping a few sheep/alpacas/lamas to give you the first hand experience... you're so much cooler than Buffy...