It is colder than (fill in your own description here - mine are not printable). The temperature right now is -4 degrees (-20 celsius for you readers north of the border and across the pond). Wind chills by Thursday are going to be minus 25 to minus 40 degrees! At this rate, hell will freeze over. This is one of the distinct disadvantages of getting older - my tolerance for this extreme cold is lessening with each winter.
Reason #921 for a stash - insulation.
My Secret Pal must have foreseen this need for additional insulation. Get a load of this -
Hmmm...what could it be?
The Loopy Ewe wraps the items in tissue paper and includes a little bag of Hershey's Kisses.
A preview of spring.
And to encourage some sock knitting around here - 2 skeins of Malabrigo sock yarn
and a cool case to put my sock project in!
I'm pretty sure my Secret Pal didn't intend this - but they also included a cat toy which provided hours of amusement.
Both cats spent the better part of the day squeezing themselves into and out of this box.
What an incredible package - thanks so much!
I haven't had a chance to sit down and knit this week - but am itching to resume Girasole as I'm coming up on the end of skein #2 and skein #3 is burning a hole in my knitting bag. If I can get to late night knitting this Friday night, progress will be made!
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Hey at midday on Wednesday it's up to -15F (-26C) here in Fargo, it was way less than -20 this morning...yesterday morning it was -28F. A bit nippy, as we say here....OK, what we really say is Jeez, it's effing cold out there!
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