Well, crap

     While I’ve been visiting at the nursing facility, I’ve been crocheting fuzzy lap blankets out of insanely thick yarn. Pencil-thick yarn plus a hook the size of my thumb means I’m making stitches that are more than an inch square, so a 3’x5’ blanket only takes half a day of work. The finished projects are going to go to Liza’s teachers as holiday gifts, and she’s been helping pick out colors for each teacher. We’ve run through the list of her instructors multiple times, and yet ...

     "This is the last one! I can finally retire the giant hook!"

     "Wait, what color did we pick for the art teacher?"

     "Son of a ..." 

     (Gretchen shuffles off to Joann’s for more yarn)