Cold

Close-up of the reverse stockinette
of the toasty-warm sweater.

It's cold here in NEPA. Really cold. Freeze your nose hairs when your take a breath cold. It was a whopping 1 degree out this morning when I took the brats to school / bus stop. At least the high school had taken care of the mess that was their drive way. I made it in/out yesterday with the 4wd (I lurve mah Jeep!) but apparently, many people got stuck. Janitors had to be called to help get folks out, and C's fav teacher was late because traffic was so backed up.

I'm in the office today. The cop fixed the heat in the Jeep last night after we froze on the way to/from the movies.*  It only needed some antifreeze (pfew) and now it's all toasty again. Would not have enjoyed 90 minutes each way with no heat.

The only upside to the cold is that I get to wear my lovely wools. Today it's cold enough to warrant the reverse stockinette stitch sweater made of kitten-soft Cascade 128. I adore this sweater. It's boxy and short and has a lovely cable/twist on the back. Maybe I can add a photo of the back later. I love this yarn. I have one skein left, I think. Oh... what to make. I'm thinking a cowl of some sort - it's just SO soft - it begs to be against skin.

*Saw The Hobbit. In 3D. It was amazing. The casting was perfection. They could not have done a better job with Bilbo. Now I have to go back and reread the book. It's been ages. Can't wait for part 2 to be released.

Socks and Sweater

Let the selfish knitting begin! My Christmas gift {Thanks Mom and Brother!} order from Knit Picks arrived and now I have a horrible case of cast-on-itis.

Downloaded the sweater pattern {Sullivan} that's been in my queue for ages. I've got a whole pile of Wool of the Andes in Shire Heather just waiting to be knit up into a sweater.

Yarn for THREE pairs of socks, and the Sock Knitter's Master Class book to work through. Only two sets of the socks yarn for that though... the other is a wonderful blue that is going to become TARDIS socks. YES!