I'm Cold

So I knit a hat and mittens for me. (I probably won't really wear this hat either, even though I should.)


The yarn is from my friend, LC, from awhile ago. (A year or so?) It is KnitPicks Shamrock in Reilly. I still have most of one skein left, too. Maybe I can knit a neckwarmer.The mittens are an Ann Budd recipe. I added a few rows here and there, but otherwise pretty much followed along. I used size 7 needles. I started these on Monday evening, and finished this morning as I was going over the student emails and the like.

The hat is from Yarn Harlot. An Unoriginal Hat. I did one change: I used size 10.5 needles aka 6.5 mm, because I don't have 7mm dpns. It fits me a bit snug, and it also fits the Wiz, who thinks he should get the hat. It might wind up his--I hate wearing hats. But it is a good looking hat, I think.
A close up of the cables: pretty easy, but interesting to do and to look at. I started it at noon, and finished it about 3 and a half hours later. Not too bad. I think it would make a good gift, too. I'll probably knit it again some day.

Maybe I'll wear it.

We Went for a Walk

to pick up the Wiz from school. Here are more snow pictures.



It was all of 2:45 when we were walking home. I am still having trouble with how low in the sky the sun is in the afternoon.

More Snow

Total was about 7".

The boys have never seen so much at once. The Wiz thought it was great, until he got cold on the way home from church.Neither have the dogs. Maisie is sure she's going to catch a squirrel. Whenever she's outside right now, she spends all her time staring up in the trees.

The only problem is we have a tree that is going to have to come down. There's a car underneath that tree. (The 'burb isn't damaged.)

I just like this picture. The bright berries on the naked tree limbs with the snow just says something to me (besides, wow, we did get a lot of snow).

Snow!

Today is probably the most snow the boys have ever seen. It's been snowing since about 7:30 this morning. We have about 3 or so inches (it seems we actually have 5 inches), I suppose.

It's a good thing I finished these:
new mittens for the Wiz. Knit on size 2.5 needles, using Knit Picks Felici in Provence yarn. I used Ann Budd's recipe from The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns. He loves them. They aren't the warmest mittens, but they'll be great for those cooler mornings. He has thinsulate mittens for playing in the snow and for really cold mornings.

I finished another pair of pajama bottoms for Game Boy. These ones are tan plaid flannel with bears on them. (I have coordinating material for both boys, but since someone reads my blog sometimes I won't tell you what they are.)

It's also time for these:

more cloth gift bags. After a few years, we'll really have a collection. Last year's after Christmas sales apparently were mostly snow men. The Santas above are the only fabric that don't have snow men on them!

Seattle III

Yes, we went to Seattle again. Full immuno work up (6 vials of blood, poor kid), but we did something fun this time.

A college friend of the Collar's and mine lives in Seattle, and we met him for dinner. We had sushi. The Wiz loves sushi, and this place is great. They have a list of gluten-free sushi and even keep bottles of the tamari sauce so I even got to have wasabi and sauce. It was lovely. Catching up with an old friend is good too. It had been 16 years since I'd seen him. We're going to try and get together next time, too.

After The Wiz's appointment (we arrived at the hospital at 8:00 and finished around 10:45) we went to the Seattle Aquarium. It is the first time we were able to do something fun in conjunction with a hospital day. I think he had fun.