having a great life in spite of everything

Okay, it was my daughter’s idea. At the end of last summer, she asked if I could knit a particular lacy tank top pattern that she could use as a swim suit cover. Only she wanted the pattern adjusted so that it’d be fitted, and longer, and change the straps, and parts of it in a different stitch pattern—can you do all that? Duh, I responded. And I knit it up just like she wanted.

She asked me to crop her face out, so I gave her a Hello Kitty face (ha ha!). Anyway, this year apparently the lacy knit and crochet tank cover-ups are all the rage. I’m sure the clothing companies have been watching us because they know how awesome we are. They should pay close attention to this shirt, I just got one and I think it’s the Next Big Thing.