I got some unexpected help with my sock yarn baby hat today while I was waiting for my daughter to finish her karate class.  A little girl who I'm guessing couldn't have been much more than three came over to see what I was doing, told me how she helped her mom knit things for her little brother,  then asked to help me. So she wrapped the yarn for about half a dozen stitches. Between the two of us, we didn't manage to drop a single one off of the dpns, which I think was quite an accomplishment.  She was such a little cutie, and she's going to help me again the next time I see her. :-) 

 

I'm almost ready to start decreasing the second layer of the hat, and starting to have silly fantasies that I may get it finished tonight.

  

 

I keep wondering about these mythical people who don't knit during the summer.  The owner of the LYS down the street talks about them every year, promising she'll get new inventory as soon as the weather cools down and people start knitting again.

Do these people really exist? How could anyone stop knitting for an entire season? I just realized how much guilt free knitting time I can gain while the weather's nice.  The kids need to get outside to play, and they have to be supervised while they're out there. The park has lots of good stuff to play on -- and benches where I can sit and knit -- if it's not too hot to move.  Running around with the kids would be better for all of us, but since that's not an option for me this summer, I'll use the time to knit.

Of course the house isn't spotless -- I was at the park all day, making sure the kids got plenty of exercise! :-)