On A Cold Wednesday Morning...

It was a cold and frosty morning.  The date was Wednesday, March 26th, 2014.  Even though it was spring... the weather was not obeying.  It was bitter outside.... it was -12 C outside (but felt like -17 C).  For you American readers that is 10.4 F and feels like 1.4 F.

KnitMama and I decided today was the day.... our tag had to be placed!  We had been working long and hard at our tag and it was finally ready.

Excitement was in the air... it was bursting!

Knitting Wonder Woman had gymnastics first thing in the morning so that seemed like a perfect time to place our piece for the public to see.

We bundled up, but not well enough, and loaded into the van.  Knitting Wonder Woman and Little Knitter joined in on our mission.  Their role: The Lookouts!

We arrived at our destination... but knew we had to hurry. It was cold and Knitting Wonder Woman had to make it to her gymnastics class on time.  We had only 18 minutes to put up the tag and make it across town.... but we felt up to the challenge!

KnitMama was The Seamer and got right down to work.

 

KnitMama started seaming right away

This was not sew easy (teehee) because it was sew cold out!

I was The Photographer and The Organizer.  I had to make sure to get KnitMama the scissor when needed and pass her the final tassel when she was ready to tie it on.

This was on a busy street in downtown Peterborough, ON... and it was morning time.  We wanted it to be in a location where it would get noticed (and we chose bright colours too so it would easily be seen).  But.... there were cars driving past us the whole time we were putting up the tag.  I didn't notice them though and just did the jobs that needed to be done.

Cars to the West

And cars to the East

Knitting Wonder Woman (and Little Knitter) stayed in the van and kept a lookout for us.

Knitting Wonder Woman and Little Knitter keeping a lookout

Knitting Wonder Woman saw a man in a wheelchair coming down the street.  Fortunately, it was on the other side of the street.  She thought this was fine because we were on the other side of the street.

But then, she saw a woman in black coat and black boots carrying a rainbow purse.  She started on the other side of the street, but before we could do anything about it, she crossed the road!    Knitting Wonder Woman was worried we were going to get caught in the act!

KnitMama saw her from the corner of her eye and began to worry.  She just stayed focused on the job at hand and kept on seaming!

I was not nervous.  I am barely ever nervous.  And sure enough, the woman just walked right by and didn't even notice us.

Whew!

KnitMama was wearing her fingerless mitts again.  These are the best choice when it's cold and you have to seam.  These are the same ones she wore on our first adventure out to put up a tag (see While You Were Watching The Superbowl...).

KnitMama's hand being kept as warm as possible.

With how cold the weather was though, this was not good enough for KnitMama's fingers.  Her fingers were just aching with cold.  I didn't have on any mittens as I worked the camera.  I thought for sure I was getting frostbite (again!).  It was so cold!

Finally... the tag was finished being seamed!

We quickly inspected it and took a few last photos.

I double checked our label to make sure it said what it was supposed to

With such a busy spot for this tag, we really hope that our mission comes true of bringing cheer to the world!

We we done!  The tag was placed.  We rushed back into the van and sped off... across town and made it to Knitting Wonder Woman's gymnastics class just in time.  But it took longer than that for our fingers to thaw.

Would you like to see what the completed tag looks like all set up in it's new home?  Would you like to know where it is?  Well too bad... you'll have to wait until the next blog post to find out.

We've heard from some fans who have seen it already.  Let us know if you spot it.