Pleasantly suprised

to have been able to finish the back of the Aran Sweater.
Thanks Maggie for encouraging me to cast on the front and get 8 rows done.
I am hoping that blocking will even out some of the wobbly areas as an 8 stitch move of a 12 stitch cable is tough to make pretty.
I picked up some Qiviut to make myself some gloves but the pattern is not exactly at the same gauge so I'm going to knit up a test glove from some cheap stuff before I unwrap $90 worth of wool!

Just go ahead and snow!

'cause I'll just be snuggled down with my knitting, my fire and my glass of wine.
Manuel (my man servant) has put on some jazz and I'm just happy. The plow has just gone by my driveway and given me a 3 foot high drift behind my car and Manuel has poured me another glass of wine.

Knitting through the storm

Last night was my Wednesday knit night and our little group was poised to meet on Lee Ave. I hemmed and hawed about driving there, worrying most about where I would find parking when snowplow drifts had taken over the streets. In the end I decided to walk and it only took about 15 minutes but I was drenched when I got there.
Great wine, Jeri and Jean for company, it was great. Thanks ladies.

I have some photos to post later, after I dig my car out.
M.

Knots, Snarls and Other Tangles

I created such a snarl, tangle knot in my ball of wool that I had to cut it and rewind it into two balls and start again. In the effort of being a supremely thrifty knitter I decided that if I wound a ball of wool, used both ends, started 2 socks at the same time that I would be able to knit til the wool ran out thus preventing the dreaded leftover stash (which just goes to Rochelle anyways). So.....all was well through the toe, foot and heel. Somewhere up the leg a loop came out of the centre of the ball. I stuffed the loop back in, the loop came out agai, I re-stuffed. Then the loop came out and wound itself around everything, grew tentacles, and well became unmanageable.
I weighed the remaining ball, 34 grams left. So I cut the yarn from the project, untangled the mess and re-wound the first ball. It came out to 18 grams. I wound the second ball and magically it was 20 grams and now the first ball weighed 16 grams.
In the end the sock will be done but I don't think that I will ever try this again.