Going to the Source

When I was with my family of origin I checked in on the fast food I'd made for my grand-nieces. There was now a third one with Brenna born on November 14. Let me introduce you to the three of them:

The owners and operators of the knitted fast food - Callie, Ellie and Brenna

Aren't they just adorable. Don't let the dark hair on the baby fool you, she like her sisters will quickly replace it with the drop-dead gorgeous blonde that runs in that family. This picture turned out pretty good considering I'm holding the baby with my left hand, directing the pose and shooting the photo with my right. But the absolute best picture of the entire trip is this one.

Grandpa and baby girl

I have to say I captured my brother with his newest grand baby girl at just the perfect moment. And since I don't use a flash, he may not even know I took it. What a touching kiss. My brother is a big guy who works hard with his hands, but the tenderness here is almost palpable. (Back to talking about knitting. Thanks for staying tuned as I made this short plug for family beautiful.)

I asked the girls what they'd like to have with regard to knitted food and this is the list I got:

Mashed potatoes (this should be interesting)
Pork chop
Cherry pie
Banana (goodie, this one's done)
And two different dogs from the Knit Your Own Dog book

So you can expect to see my attempts at these things in the not so distant future.

The best part of the visit with the girls was getting to see how they play with the knitted food. They run a restaurant and you are served knitted food on plates. It was fun to see them put it all together and realize the stuff I've made holds up pretty well. In fact, everything looked to not be falling apart which was a thrill for me. Here's the pizza I visited that day, also from Susie Johns.

A slice of cheese and pepperoni pizza

It really isn't mine since it as well as most of the other food featured in this blog so far belongs to the girls, but it was fun to see them all again in "play".

Thanks girls for letting me into your restaurant and for letting me see you enjoy the silly things I make. And Steve, thanks for that memorable moment with Brenna. I have some ideas about what to do with it and it might just involve yarn!

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