Happy New Year

Yule knitting is done, and almost all delivered. The last bit gets dropped off tomorrow. There was this whole snow thing....

Here's the tally:
angora socks for Mom
DIC Shrug for Em
hat and mittend for Jake
socks for honey and me
socks for S&M
hats for J (for after the brain surgery)


Now I'm knitting for me. I've started the Pentagon sweater from Knitting Nature by Norah G. I'm changing it up a bit by knitting the body in a rib instead of stockinette. It think it will fit the curves better. I'll let you know. Oh, and the yarn showed up today for my Diamonds jacket from Knitpicks. Auburn yarn. It's going to be yummy, I just know it.

First, I need to cast on Nate's socks. He's Em's guy and I just learned his birthday is the 2nd. Yep, like the day after tomorrow. I think they're going to be late. It's not my fault he's got size 13 feet and lives 1500 miles away. (okay, maybe the distance part is my fault..)

BRRRRRR (or How 3" of snow can shut down a city)

So while I was sleeping on Sunday it snowed. A bit. Like 2-3". Not bad, unless you live in the Portland Metropolitan area. This is enough to shut the city down for at least one day. Totally. I still went to work that night, without the legally required chains. I didn't know, and fortunately, I didn't get caught. Now I know to check the ODOT site during inclement weather. Now I have chains in my truck. Now I'm staying home as much as humanly possible, because, Baby, it's cold outside. Good for knitting, bad for pretty much anything else you might have in mind. Oh, yeah, and it means the heater is now turned on. Household temperatures in the 60's, not too bad. Temps in the 50's, wrong, very, very wrong.