The Grandma visit turned out to be a success. She was making plans to come visit again in a year or sooner when we were walking out of the house to take her to the train station. It is a monumentally big deal that she enjoyed herself. I used to believe that she thought fun was just a dirty word and something only to be had by slackers and loafers. It's nice that she has started to mellow out.
I just realized that I have not mentioned anything about my knitting projects in quite a while. I have finished my yoga mat bag. It's a little too long but otherwise I think it went well. I made myself a shawl that was immediately hijacked by my grandmother. I made her another one just to be nice. I started a third shawl and she was eyeing that too but I told her no way it's mine. And so I am making myself a rose colored shawl with Pattons Divine.