Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for December 12, 2015

What can Marigold say? She’s a unicorn.

She could find her some of those fancy traditional purple carrots and make a festive wreath out of them.

Easy to shop for; another reason I want to believe in unicorns.

Makes…total sense! I-I suddenly understand all the Cosmos. It suddenly makes sense! Only, I think it’s Brussels sprouts…

Yesterday I mentioned that this year I’m knitting “Morse Code” scarfs for Christimas and some people expressed an interest in them so I posted the instructions to make one. In case people are still interested and missed yesterdays post I thought I’d repost the instructions today. The scarfs use 2 colors, the main color and the stripe color, and the stripes spell out the person’s name in morse code. I can knit about a scarf a week, but your speed may vairy. Anyway, here’s the pattern, spread the joy.

The instructions for the scarf are simple, first, you take the person’s name and look up international morse code on the internet (you’ll find more sites than you know what to do with) You’ll need 2 colors for the scarf, one for the body (about 7 oz) and 1 for the stripes (about 5 oz) (you decide which one to use for which). Use #10 (6.0mm) needles for an adult size scarf, and #6 (4.0mm) needles for a children’s size scarf. Cast on 40 (30) stitches of the main color. Knit 12 rows, add stripe color, for a dit(.) knit 2 rows, for a dash (-) knit 4 rows, between dots and dashes in a letter knit 2 rows (the same as a dot), between letter knit 4 rows (same as a dash) and between words knit 8 rows of the main color. After the last letter tie off the stripe color and knit 68 rows, reattach stripe color and do the letters in reverse order (both the name and the dots and dashes). After the last stripe knit 12 rows, bind off. Fold the scarf in half length wise with the “wrong side” out and sew the two edges together with the main color (matching the stripes together as you go along. After sewing the edges and one end together invert the scarf and sew the last end together. You can add a fringe if you want, but most of the people I’ve made the scarfs for were happy without the fringe. If a name is short enough (10 letters or less) you can put both names on each end, if not you will probably need to put the first name on one end and the last name on the other end.Well, that’s my pattern, pretty easy when you get right down to it, let me know how it turns out.

Unicorn’s gotta eat.

Maybe marigold wants a pony?

Is Marigold old enough to remember the days before patriotic Dutch farmers created orange carrots?

I take it that you wanted to do this.I hope that is okay that i did it for you.If you wish i can remove it.

And, if its okay that i did post it you can now delete the post that has the Facebook link in it.

Sorry, but there’s no getting away from the Calvin and Hobbes comparisons:

Carrots, apples, and peppermints. My horse is easy to shop for. Has Marigold discovered peppermint candy canes yet?

A coworker brought purple and yellow carrots for her snack the other day. Perhaps you might try some of those, Phoebe.

If I could get Marigold a present, I’d get her Atlas Shrugged. I’m sure she wouldn’t read it, but if she did, it would probably blow her mind.

i remember something like that but with apples…