Cats, Sheep, & Penguins

I’m on Ravelry (natch!), and I’m a member of 39 groups, one of which is Knitters For Obama, which, at 7:14 pm on Earth Day 2008 has a total of 1234 members. The Knitting With Hillary group, by stark comparison, has only 183 members. Our group has organized a “call to service” effort; we’re knitting baby bonnets and bibs to be donated to NICUs in upcoming primary states in honor of The Gentleman From Illinois. For whatever reason, I cannot for the life of me get the NICU T-Bonnet to print, so I’m making simple bibs. I found the perfect buttons today at Flying Fingers in Tarrytown, NY (my favorite LYS). Posing with the newly sprouted hosta, here are the four I’ve finished, ready to be Priority Mailed out to North Carolina tomorrow. As to the yarnover eyelets on the red one top right; yeah, I thought about that halfway through. Eyelets? On a bib? Not too savvy. But cute. What do you think?

It’s finally gotten nice enough outside to stand in front of the grill for a protracted period of time. Not that we didn’t grill in November, but that was slow-cooking, and burgers? Burgers demand attention. I went down to Cole’s Market to exchange our second tank of propane (we like to keep one on deck), and to Whole Foods for some fresh meat and Zomick’s Bakery Challah rolls. I decided on a ratio of 1:1 beef and lamb. Adding in my special ingredient, I mixed the meats together, shaped them into normal-size patties (I’m wont to make giant burgers, Gary always tells me to scale it back) and brought them out to Gary.

They sizzled as they hit the grill, the fat dripping down onto the “flavorizer panel” below. Soon enough, they were ready for eating.