Our bike riding enthusiast, though easily distracted (and with an inevitably itchy nose that must be scratched an average of two times every block we ride), is a trooper. She thrills at moving herself from point A to point B on a bike. I'm her enthusiastic cheerleader each morning as I bike alongside her, pulling the trailer behind. She's her own coach, willing herself on with shouts of "Come on, come on, you can do it!", "Almost there!", and "Don't stop! Don't stop!". That day that, careening down a hill, she shouted out "I'm free as a bird!" was classic.
I'm not sure if it was the unfamiliar bike route (and the accompanying novelties that distracted her), or the preceding day of Thanksgiving festivities and travel, but she was struggling on this blackest of all Fridays. Our suggestion that we simply lock her bike to a tree and she continue on in the trailer was not an option for her. Until it was. Beaten, she defeatedly climbed in. But the next moment was in tears, desperate to go home rather than ride in the trailer of shame. Some crackers and clementines smoothed things over enough so that we could finish the ride.
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oh I love that dress. the orange! is this the one you knit from an unraveled thrifted sweater? fantastic.
ReplyDeletegirls and their bikes. it took bry over an hour to come the five miles home with the girls yesterday. I think lulu would have been faster if she had been walking. but they are out of the habit with sick days and below zero temps, and at the hungry end of a long day, it's hard to expect much else. I'm so impressed with her personal cheerleading. what a girl.
What pattern is the sweater dress? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Allyson. Yes, it's the one using yarn I salvaged from a Goodwill sweater.
ReplyDeleteThis pattern was my own creation. Unfortunately I don't think I wrote down the pattern as I knit it (I'll search through my knitting bag to see).
ReplyDeleteI could, however, try to put together a tutorial on how to make a similar one. I'd be happy to share what I can!