h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The caterpillar factory.
That's my living room.
And I blame... no, not 2legs; I blame Sho.

As some of you may have noticed already, Sho is a fan of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
As some of you may know already, I enjoy knitting.
So when Sho said she might come to the Reims Meet, I looked for a caterpillar knitting pattern to make.
I found one.
I made one.
Then, real life happened and Sho couldn't come after all.
So the caterpillar flew to her.

But my colleagues had seen me knitting it (although some still don't know if it was a worm or a snake). Those colleagues include a young lady who had a 6-month-old daughter. She didn't directly ask for one, but she complimented me on it, so I made one for little D. (although her mum says it's more like a tapeworm).
And my colleague sent me pictures of the little one chewing on the caterpillar's nose.
Which is what the nose is all about, by the way. (I hope you're taking notes, Sho!).

Then there was the time I apologised to my book club mates for not having read a lot, due to some intensive knitting.
To which the librarian said: Oh, we have that book here! I sometimes read it to the kids on Wednesdays! (*)
Again, she didn't ask directly, but rather said something along the lines of "ooh, wouldn't it be nice to have something like that while reading the story, it would make things so much more lively!"
Right.

And then there was my sister's daughter.
Her mother did ask directly.
For an extra-long, multicoloured one.
Because.

So I am now working on my fourth caterpillar.
And I might have a fifth one to make after that.



(*) Wednesday is the day off school. The library organises afternoon activities.

[Amy P]

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