Temperatures in the Stash Haus were dropping last evening. (When your fingers are getting numb and your knitting needles never warm up while knitting, there's a problem.) It was frustrating to have problems with a brand new furnace installed this past fall. The poor on-call repairman - he had been out in sub-zero temperatures responding to numerous emergency calls. Turns out the furnace was not correctly wired when it was installed and had been running at 40% - not at 100%. We keep the thermostat set in the low to mid-60's so the lack of efficiency was not noticeable until the outside temperature dropped to below 0.
Today was a bit warmer...but not by much. At least our cars started.
The sock is progressing - although it doesn't seem like it when I try it on. I feel like I knit and knit and knit, then try it on and it appears to be the same length as before.
One goal for this year is to sort out my WIPs - and there are many. I've got nothing against WIPs, but I find there are distinct disadvantages to having too many: (1) They use up needles and I'd rather not keep buying more of the same sizes I already have; (2) I tend to lose the labels from the yarn; and (3) I forget design details I've changed or I've misplaced the notes I was making while knitting the project. So I'm trying to go through the WIPs and decide whether to frog or to finish. The other evening I found this - Falling Water Lace Scarf. I think the yarn is from Mountain Colors, but I'm not certain. (Yes - lost the label!)
I really like the subtle variations of shades of blue in the yarn. The lace pattern is very easy - a 16 row repeat - and can be found here.
I'm still working on the baby blanket but I left it in the car and won't make a trip outside solely to retrieve it.
Enough said.
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Thought of you last night as we huddled under afghans and cheered for the Packers. Sigh.
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