Snow snow go away.....

I've been working away on Rams and Yowes.  There are 2 1/2 rows of sheep showing up now.

If you look closely at the right edge, you can see the some of the steek stitches -- they look a bit like a checkerboard.  Once I'm done with the middle of this blanket, which is worked in the round (it's a tube), I will cut the steek stitches to make a flat piece.  Yup.  Sounds scary, right?  I think so too!

I started another Boxy sweater, but this time in worsted weight.  With the fingering weight yarn, it felt like I wasn't getting anywhere.  I found this yarn in my stash -- Valley Yarns Stockbridge -- from a shopping trip to WEBS a few years ago.  I was so happy to find it!

I'm actually farther along than this by now, but I haven't taken another pic of it yet.

I am slowly adding stars to my EPP quilt.

This is the bottom left corner.

A few of you asked to see me model my Walking Tour Scarf once it dried.  This is as close as you're getting.  lol!

I am amazed and pleased to find that once the scarf was blocked, it came out to almost exactly the stated dimensions.  Nice discovery!  I have the feeling that I should stick to Shetland wool when I do color work.  It works so nicely for color work!  The scarf is in Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift, which seems to be much more available in the US.  Rams and Yowes uses Jamieson and Smith Jumper Weight Shetland wool, which is much more readily available in the UK.

We've had another storm or two this past week.  The storm on Wednesday/Thursday was light, fluffy, sparkly snow.  So strange!

And the snow Saturday into Sunday -- well it was snow.

Luckily our snow blower, which was broken for the big storms of January, is fixed and the father type took care of all the clean up -- what a luxury not to have to shovel!!  Father type took the above picture too.

Mia has been hibernating so much on the heating duct, I've started to feel like I'm missing her!  This is a rare sight now.

Ah well.  I'll know it's spring when Mia starts to sleep somewhere besides the heating duct!

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week!

Forecast: more freaking out -- with possibility of continued freak outs the rest of the month

Look how long my fair isle scarf is getting!

I'm going to try to show the various patterns on the scarf.

Again, this is the Walking Tour Scarf using Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift.

My fussy cut stars quilt is growing very slowly since I'm limiting my EPP hand sewing to an hour or so on Fridays.

I picked up one of my pieces of framing this weekend.  It's Ann Pennsylvania Peacock by Little by Little.

Her head is a bit large for her body since I used 36 or 35ct instead of the called for 32ct.  Guess what two pieces are at the framer's?  :D

The boy child sent me pictures of Boston after the big storm this past week.

These were taken Wednesday (I think, or Thursday) after some cleanup had happened.

Mia got shut into the back room (which is closed off from the rest of the house during the winter since it gets cold back there) at one point this week.  She was not happy when I opted to take a picture of her instead of letting her in.

Yes, she's scratching on the glass.  lol!  Poor baby.

I'm freaking out yet again.  This time they are calling for snow followed by significant amounts of ice with wind.  Here's hoping we make it through without losing power.  The forecast calls for more snow Wednesday and Thursday (a small amount, just like we had this past Thursday), followed by yet more snow NEXT Sunday into Monday.  Do I see a pattern here?  Sigh.  I hope not.  (Like the title of my post?)

Thanks for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week -- and this weather lets up!!  (I want to move....)

Finished! And sick of snow

I finished my sweater!

Knitbot Lightweight Pullover sweater -- with modifications
Bugga yarn from Verdant Gyphon in American Rubyspot

I did make some modifications to the sweater.  I knit it in a larger size and eliminated the body shaping, and I had to shorten the sleeves and make the decreases in the sleeves more quickly than written in the pattern since my sweater was knit to fit so loosely.  I also made the ribbing on the body and sleeves shorter than written in the pattern.  I love my new sweater!

It's nice and warm!

I made my usual Fussy Cut Friday star, this time using some fabric from Judie Rothermel's Peace and Unity collection.

And here are all my stars (seven!) so far.

A while back, my sweet friend Laurie of the My Little Corner of Iowa blog sent me a lovely package of wovens and plaids she didn't want.  Can you believe these lovely piles?

I put my favorite at the very top.  lol!  Thanks again, Laurie!  I hope I do justice to these fabrics!

We got quite the snow storm Thursday into Friday, along with so many others.  This is what we faced for the cleanup.

Thank goodness we have a snow blower!  (And yes, those porch walls are usually much more visible than in this picture.)

Here is Mia playing with her favorite ball since kittenhood.

And here she is looming over me on the shelf above the bed.

Such a funny girl!

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week!  I'm looking forward to more Olympics viewing!

Let it snow?

First, here is my progress on The Hart Lives.  I can't wait to be done with the border!!!

I am getting there.

It's also time for the TUSAL ORT report.  Here are my ORTs for the month.

My ORTs never look like much.  I always work the thread down to the last possible mm, so I rarely throw away anything longer than an inch, and usually it's more like a 1/4 inch.  lol!  You can see all the red from The Hart's border.

Of course everyone has heard about that winter storm named after a fish.  We were lucky and only got maybe a foot of snow.

I am so glad we have a snow blower!  And that I have a husband who is strong and can manipulate the thing.  lol!  I did all the shoveling necessary that the snowblower couldn't reach.  Good exercise.

The boy child was in Boston, of course, where they got 2 feet of snow.  He took a few pictures for me once the storm had passed.

I can't decide whether that last pic is of a snowman or someone's bike.  lolol!  The boy child has class again today -- classes were cancelled on Friday.

Mia has been doing her best to keep warm during all the cold and snow.

Yes, she is in this picture.  lol!

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week.  I also hope everyone up in New England is warm and safe and has power.

Peekaboo!