Well, the holidays are behind us, and I’ve come out with my wits and most of my wool intact. I must admit that the long lapse in posts has not been due to lack of ideas or knitting accomplishments, but to my reluctance to take the time to upload pictures. (Yes, that means my camera is back on track.) For some reason, that task is one I seem to put off. So, here is a little update, sans photos.
The Christmas knitting went wonderfully well. I made a pair of socks for my father-in-law, a hat for my brother-in-law, a scarf and Christmas ornament for my mother-in-law, and a purse for my mother. All of these items were completed with plenty of time and sanity to spare.
You’ll notice the absence of Tyler’s Gilead Pullover in that list, but don’t get the impression that major progress wasn’t made. In fact, I made so much progress (both front, back and one sleave completed) I allowed myself to get distracted by a beautiful wide collared vest for myself. Mom sent me the yarn and pattern to me as a St. Nick gift from Churchmouse. The yarn is lovely Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed in the asparagus colorway, and I’m making the Wide Collared Vest from Jo Sharp’s Knit Issue 3. I love it, and it was the perfect easy knitting project for the drives up and down the eastern seaboard surrounding Christmas. This yarn brings us to my previous statement that most of my yarn survived the holiday season. One skein of the Silkroad Tweed fell to the jaws of Bailey, my inlaws Golden Retriever. Now, my mother-in-law knits, and the yarn was (I thought) safely on a table, but she managed to obscond with it and spread it all over the stairs in short, 6-8 inch lengths. That’s right, some how she managed to shred an entire ball of yarn. (Of course it was from far away, she couldn’t have picked the ball of Cascade 220 that would have been readily replacable.) But fortunately, Churchmouse still had one ball left in the dyelot I needed. Disaster averted.
Oh, yes. And, I also finished a pair of socks.
So now I’m still working on the neverending collar for the vest, the second sleave of Tyler’s sweater, the Plimoth Plantation gloves, and a pair of socks for a dear family friend.
In other big news, Mom got me a beautiful spinning wheel for Christmas. Tyler has stained it and it now only lacks a poly coat and assembly before I can start learning to spin on it.
One last bit of exciting news, I found a LYS in my town. I haven’t visited yet, but it looks promising. I’ll give a full report when I get to visit.
In the meantime, happy knitting in 2008!
